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Salt. The remedy therefore is, to digge ftili New Pits - when the old 
wax Brackijh, As if you Would change your Strainer. 
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f T hath beetle obferued by the Ancient jr, that Salt water , will diffolue 
Lsalt put into it,inlcfie time,than Frejh-waterwillditfolueit.The Caufe 
may be, for that rhe Salt in the Precedent water, doth, by similitude of 
Subfiance h dvaw the Salt new put in,vnto it* Whereby it diffufeth in the 
Liquor more fpcedily. This is a Noble Experiment , if it be true • For it 
Cneweth Meanes of more Quicke and Eafic Infufions-, And it is likewile 
a good / nfiance of Attraction, by Similitude oisubfiance. Try it with Su¬ 
gar put into Water, formerly Sugred • And into other water Vnfugred. 
Experiments 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching AnraCli- 
o/t by Similitude 
oSSubJlar.ee. 
88$ 
T) V t Sugar into wide, part of it aboue, part vnder the wine . And you 
i fhall hnde, (that which may feeme ftrange,) that the Sugar aboue 
the wine, will foften and dilTolue fooner, than that wi t hinth twine. The 
Caufe is, for that the wine entreth that Part of the Sugar , which is vnder 
the Wine, by Simple Infufion, or Spreading j But that Part aboue the 
wine is like wife foiced by Sucking : For all Spungie Bodies expell the 
Aire, and draw in Liquor,it it be Contiguous; As wefee it alfo in spun- 
ges, put part about the Water. It is worthy the Inquiry, to fee how you 
may make more Accurate Infufions fisy helpe of Attraction. 
Experiment 
Solitary toii- 
cYano Attra¬ 
ction. 
884 
IT J A ter in wells is warmer in winter , than in Summer : And fo Aire 
W in Cams. The Caufe is, for that in the Hither Parts, vnder the 
Earth $ there is a Degree of fome Heat 5 (As appeareth in Sulphureous 
Veincsficc.) Whichihutclofein,(asin^/mr) is the More j But if it 
Perfpire, (as it doth in Summer ,) it is the Leffe. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Heat vn¬ 
der Earth. 
885 
TT is reported, that amongft the Leucacians, in Ancient time, vpona 
ISuperftition,they did vfe to precipitate a Manjrorh a High cliff e into 
theSe^ Tying about him, wich firings, at fome diftance, many great 
Fowles • And fixing vnto his Body diuers Feathers , fpread, to breake the 
Pall. Certainly many Birds , ofgood wing, (As Kites,and the like) would 
beare vp a good weight as they fi ie ; And Spreading of Feathers, thin and 
clofe,and in greatBreadth,wili likewife beare vp a great weighty Being 
euen laid,without Tilting vpon the Sides. The further Extenfion of this 
Experiment for Plying may be thought vpon. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Flying in 
the Aire. 
88£ 
nr Here is, in fome Places, (namely in CephaUnia ,) a little shrub, 
A which they call Holy-Oake , or Dmrfe-Oake : Vpon the Leaues 
whereof there rifeth a T umour , like a Blifier - Which they gather, and 
rub out of it, a certaine Red Dufi, thatconuerteth (after a while) into 
wormes, Which they kill with wine, (as is reported,) when they bemn 
to Quicken : With this Dufi they die Scarlett 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Dje 
of Scarlet. 
887 
| N Zant, it is very ordinary, to make Men Impotent , to accompany 
*• V 3 with! 
Experiment 
| Solitary tou- 
