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Reafonyv hy it holdeth toot in the Offence,i s,for that this Sight is the molt j 
Spiritual! of the Senfes j whereby it Hath no Obiett Grofll- e nough to of¬ 
fend it. But the Caufe (chiefly) is, for that there be no Aciiue Obitci's to 
offend the Eye. For HarmOnicallSounds, find Difeordant Sounds ,are both 
Ail we, and Pofitim : So are Sweet Smcls, and Stinker : So are Bitter, and 
Sweety in Tajles ; So are OaerrHop, and Ouer~Cold, in Touch : But Black- 
neffe, and Darknejfe, arc indeed but Prittatiues • And therefore haue 
little or no Aftiuity. Somewhat-they doe Contriflace,but very little. 
VT JAter ofthe Sea, orotherwifc,looketh Blacker when it is moued, 
VV and whiter vthenit refteth. The Caufe is, for that by meanes of 
the Motion, the Beamed of light paffe not Straight , and therefore muft 
be darkned: whereas,when it reftcth,the Beams doc paffe Straight.Be- 
fides, splendour hath a Degree of whiteneffe ; Efpeciallyif there Dea lit¬ 
tle Repercujiion : For a Looking-Glaffe with the Steele behinde, looketh 
whiter than Glaffe Simple, This Experiment deferueth to be driuen fur¬ 
ther, in Trying by what meanes Motion may hinder sight . 
Expei irucnc 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching shtH- 
Fijh. 
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S HelUplfh haue beene, by fome ofthe Ancients, compared and for ted 
with the InfeSta-, But I fee no reafon why they lhould- For they haue 
I Male, and Female, as other Fifh haue : Neither are they bred of Putri- 
ifaftion ; Efpecially fuch as doc Mdue: NeuerthelefTe, it is certaine,that 
Oyjlers, and Cockles, and Muffles, which Moue not,haue no diferiminare 
Sex: Quaere in what time,and how they are bred ? ft feemeth that Shels 
of Oyjlers are bred where hone were before; And it is tried, that the 
great Horfe-Muffle, with the fine (hell, thanbreedeth in Ponds , ha,th 
bred within thirty yeares : But then,which is f!range,it hath beene tri¬ 
ed, that they doe not onely Gape,and Shuras the Oyjlers doe, but Re- 
moue from one Place to Another. 
T H eSenfes arealike Strong,both ©n'the Righiside,ax\d on the Left-, 
But the Limbes on the Right Side are Stronger. The Caufe may be, 
for that the Braine, which is the Injlrumeni of’ Senfe, is alike on both 
Sidcsj&ut Motion,a.nd liabilities (At Mouing,ixe fomewhat holpenfrom 
the Liner, which licth on the Right Side.lt may be alfo,for that the Sen¬ 
fes are put in Exercife , indifferently,on both Sides, from the time of our 
Birth ; But the L/^ejarevfedmoft on the Right Side, whereby Ctt- 
flome helpeth,- For we fee that fome &xc Left-Handed: Which are filch, 
as haue vfed the Left-Hand mod.. 
F Riciions make the Parts more Flefhie and Full : As wee fee both in Experiment 
Men ; And in Currying of Horfes,tkc.The Caufe is/or that they draw 
! greater Quantity of Spirits and Blond to the Parts: And againe,becaufc 
they draw the Aliment more forcibly from within.-And againe,b'eeaufe 
they relax the Pores, and fo make better Pajfage for the Spirits, Blond, 
and Aliment .'Liftly ,becaufe they dilfipate arid difgeft any Inutile or Ex- 
V 2 .crementitiow 
experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Ca- 
laur of the Sea, 
or ocher Water. 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou- 
chingth cRighi 
Side, and the 
Left. 
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