Century, i X. 
For die Drawingforth of Heat, we haue formerly prefcribed, to take 
WaurWarm:, and to let Part ot it againft the M 00ri e-Beames,and Part of 
it with a Sheene between; And to lee whether that which tlandcch Ex- 
poled to the Beames, ■will not Coole i'ooner. Bin becauifethis is but a 
Small Interpoftion,{ though in the Sun we fee a Sm alt Shaded oth much,) 
it were good to try it,when the Moone fhinetb,&: when the Mooneftn- 
ftcth not at all 5 And with miter War me in a Glajfe-Bottle , as well as in a 
fiijh ; And with Cinders • And with Iron Red-Hot y &c. 
For the Inducing of PutrifaBion , it were good to trie it with Fle[h, or 
Fijhy Expofed to tlie Moone-Beames ; And againe Expofed to the Aire, 
wlicn the Moone lnineth not,for the like time $To fee whether will cor¬ 
rupt fouher: And trie it alfo with Capon , or feme other Fowle , layd a- 
oroad,tofee whether it will mortifie,and become tender fooner ? Trie 
it alfo with Dead Flies,o r Dead wormes, hauing a little miter cad vpon 
thengtofee whether will Putrifie fooner. Trie it alfo with an Apple, or 
Orenge, hauing Holes made in their Tops, to fee whether will Rot or 
Mould fooner? trie it alfo with Holland-Cheefe, hauing wine put into it, 
whether will breed Mites fooner, or greater ? 
For the increafe of Moijlure, the Opinion Receiued is • That Seeds 
will grow fooneft , And Haire,and Nailes,and Hedges , and Herbs ,Cut, 
&c. will grow fooneft, if they be Set, or Cut, in the Increafe of the 
Moone. Alfo that Braines in Rabits,wood-cockes , Calues,tkc. are fulled in 
the Full of the Moone: And fo oi Marrow in the Bones: And foof Oijlers, 
and Cockles , which of all the reft are the eafieft tried. If you haue them 
in Pits. 
Take fome Seeds, or Roots , (as Onions, &c.) and let fome of them im- 
mediatly after the Change y And others of the lame kinde immediately 
after the Full . Let them be as Like as can be : The Earth alfo the fame 
as neere as may be ; And therefore beft in Pots : Let the rots alfo ftand, 
where no R aine, or Sunne may come to them, left the Difference ofthe 
weather confound the Experiment: And then fee in what Time,the Seeds 
Set in the Increafe of the Moone, come to a ccrtaine Height; And how 
they differ from thofe that are Set in the Decreafe of the Moone. 
It is like,that the Braine of Man waxeth Moijler , and Fuller,v pon the 
F»//of the Moone: And therefore it were good for thofe that haue Moijl 
Braines,& are great Drinkersy to take Fume of Lignum Aloes,Rofe-Mary, 
Frankirtccnfe,$cc.about the Full of the Moone. It is like alfo,that the Hu¬ 
mours in Mens Bodies, Increafe, and Decreafe, as the Mooned oth •, And 
therefore it were good to Purge, fome day, or two, after the Fully For 
that then the Humours will not replenifh fo foone againe. 
As for the Exciting of the Motion of the Spirits,you mud note thatthe 
Growth of Hedges, Herbs, Haire,&c. iscauled from the Moone, by Exci¬ 
ting of the Spirits, as well by Increafe ofthe Moijlure. But for Spirits in 
particular, the great Injlance is in Lunacies. , 
There maybe other Secret EffeBsot the Influence ofthe Mooney 
which are not yet brought into Obferuation. It may be, that if it fo fail 
out, 
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