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~Q’<cnchinr'veruie, in t he Bodyoi that Creature,which choaketh the Fire. 
, Wee fee that Milke qucncheth wild-fir eficixcx thanwr, becaufe it 
j entreth better. . 
j! Experiment 
[;• Solitary rou- 
' ching theC<n- 
tra>y Operatkns 
; ot'T;wfjVpoa 
i Fruits and Li- 
j tfuors. 
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np /trie doth change Fruit, (as Apples, Pcms,Pom^anates, &c. ) from 
£ move Sowre, to more.5iP^f:Butcontrariwife Liquors ( euen thofe 
that are oft he I tty re of Fruit) from more Street to more Some • As wort. 
Muff, NewVeriuyce.&c. The Caufi is, the Cohyregitm of the Spirits to¬ 
gether: for in both Kindes,the spirits is attenuated by Timeout in the 
fir ft Kindc, it i|more Dijfufed,and mmcMaftcredhy the Groffer Pam, 
which the Spirits doe but difgeft : But in Drinks the Spirits doe reigne, 
and finding lefte Gppofition of the Parts , become themfelues more 
Stroar Which canfeth alio more Strength in the Liquor •, Such^if 
t he Spirits be of the Hotter Sort, the Liquor becommeth apt to Ruw- 3 
Bat in Time, it caufeth likewife, when the Higher Spirits ate Enapo- 
rated,more Sowrencjfc. 
11 Experiment 
j Solitary toH- 
i chin'’ Monet 
j and Bruifis. 
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f T hath beene obferued by the Ancients, that Pines of Met all, and 
lefpccia’Iy of Brajfe, applyed prefcntly to a Blow, will kc.epe it downe 
from Swelling. The Caufi is Re^crcujsion, without Humeclation^ or En¬ 
trance of any Body : for the plate hath only a Virtuall Cold, which doth 
not fearch into the Hurt, Whereas all Plafiers, and Ointments do enter. 
Surely, the Caufe, that Blowes and BruifisetuiueeSwelling, is, for that 
the Spirit referring to Succour the Pant hat Laboureth, draw alfo the ) 
Humours with them : for we fee, that it is not the Repulfe , and the Re, 
. turns ofthe Humour in the Part Strucken, that caufeth it ; For That 
Gouts, and Tooth-Aches caufe fwelling, where there is no Percuffion 
at all. 
i 
I Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Onii 
Root. 
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•“T - * He Nature of the Orris Root , is almoft Singular*, For there be feW 
1 Odoriferous Roots-, And in thofe that are, in any degrec/rraf, it is 
but the fame Swectneffe with the Wood, otLeafe : But the Orris isnoi 
Sweet in the Leafe- y Neither is the Flower any thing fo smet as ihc Root. 
The tfmfeemeth to haue a Tender dainty Heat-, Which when it com* j 
meth aboue Ground, to the Sunne, and the Aire, vaiiilhcth: For it is a 
great Modifier • And hath a Smell like a Violet. 
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Expeumcnt 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Com- 
pnffiun o i li¬ 
quors. 
8(^4 
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f T hath beene obferued by the Ancients, that a great vejpel full,drawne 
1 into Bottles • And then the Liquor put againc into the Vejfell- will not j 
fill the Vcffell againc, fo full as it was, but that it may take in more Li- | 
auor : And that this holdeth more in Wine, than mimer. The i Caufi \ 
may be Triuiall; Namely,by the Expence ofthe Liq tor, in regard fome^ 
may fticke to the Sides ofthe Bottles : But there may be a Caufi more j 
Subtill -Which is, that the Liquor in the VMl, is not fo much Com -; 
prelfed, as in the Bottle ; Becaufe in the Vejfell, the Liquor meeteth with. 
Liqnor chiefly But in the Bottles a Small Quantity of Liquor, mec-| 
