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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Rife 
of Water, by 
Meanes of 
Flame. 
m 
Experiment* 
in Contort 
touching the 
Jnflutmt of 
the Mom. 
3\(aturdl History: 
with their wines. The like is practiied in (Sajcouie - Where it is tailed 
Nou'erl'egu illette. It is praftifed alwaies vpon the Wedding Day. Andm 
Zant, the Mothers themielues doe it, by way of Prem nrion \ Becaufe 
thereby they hinder other Charmrs, and can vndoe their Owne. It is a 
Thing the Ciuiil Law taketh knowledge of > And therefore is of no Light 
Regard. 
I T is a Common Experiment, blit the Caufeis miftaken. Take a Yet, 
(Orbettera Glajje , becaufe therein you may teethe Motion, ) And feta 
Candle lighted in the Botteme of a BaJen of tv. ter • Andturrethe Mouth 
of the Pet, or GlajJ'e,mtx the Candle , and it will make the wate rife. Thev 
aferibe it, to the Drawing ot Heat 5 Which is not true: For it appeared* 
plainly to be but a Motion of Nexe, which they call Ne danr vacuum . 
And it proceedeth thus. The Flame of the Candle , as focneas it is coue- 
red, being fuffocatcdby the Clo/e Aire, lefit ne'hby little and little: Di.~ 
ring which time, there is fome little Aicent of water , but not much: For 
the Flame Occupying lefic and lefle Rocme, as it lefleneth, the water 
fucceedeth. But vpon the Injlant or the Candles Going out, there is a Hid¬ 
den Rtje, of a great deale of water 5 For that the Body ot the blame fiJIeih 
no more Place •, Andfo the Aire, andth e water fucceed. It worketh the 
fame Effetl, if in fteadof water, you put Flower, or Sand, into the Bafen. 
Which Iheweth, that it is not the Flames drawing the Liqueur, as Aon 
rilhment $ As it is fuppofed j For all Bodies are alike vnto it 5 As it is euer 
in Motion of Nexe-, Infomuch as I haue feenethe Glajf'e , being hblci by 
the Hand, hath lifted vp the Bafen, and all: The Motion of Nexe, didfo 
Clafpe the Bottomeof the Bafen. That Experiment, when the Bafen was 
lifted vp, was made with Oyle % and not with water : Neuertheleffe this 
is true, that at the very fir ft Setting of the Mouth of the Glaffe, vpon the 
Bottomeohhe Bafen , itdraweth vp the water a little, and then ftandethat 
a Stay, almoft till the Candles Going out, as was laid. This may fhewlbme 
AttraBtonat firft: But of this we will fpeake more, when we handled 
trattions by Heat . 
Of the Power of the CelefliaU Bodies , and what more Se¬ 
cret Influences they haue, befidcs the twoManifeft Influences 
ofHeat,and Light , We (hall fpeake, when we handle Experi¬ 
ments touching the CekftiaU Bodies: Meane-whiie, wee will 
giuc fame Due&ions for more certain ^Trials, of th cFertuc^ 
and Influences of the Moone j which is our Near eft Neigh¬ 
bour, 
The Influencesof the Moone , (moft obferuedj are Foure. 
The Drawing forth of Heat: The Inducing of Putrifattion: 
The Increafe of Moifture : The Exciting of the Motions oi 
Spirits, 
For 
