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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Vinegar. 
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I out, that the Wind be Norths or North-Raft, in the Full of the Mefone, it 
! increafeth Cold-^ Andif Souths ot South-Weft, itdifpofeth th q Atre, fora 
good while, to v/armth, and Raine • Which would be obferued. 
It may be, that Children , and Toung Catted, that are Brought forth in the 
Full of the Moone, are ftronger, and larger, than thofe that are brought 
forth in the wane : And thole allb which are Begotten in the Fud of the 
Moone : So that it might be good Husbandry, to put Rants, and Bulls to 
their Female , lomewhat before the Full of the Moone. It may bee alio, 
that the Egges lay’d in the Full of the Moone , breed the better Bird : And 
a Number of the like Ejfefts, which maybe brought into Ob/ernation: 
Qu&re alfo, whether great Thunders , and Earth-Quakes , be not moil in 
the Full of the Moone ? 
T He Turning of Wine to Vinegar, is a Kindeof Vutrifattion: And in 
Making of Vinegar , they vie to fet Veffels of Wine, oner againft the 
Noone-Snnnc ; which calleth out the more Oily spirits , and leaueththe 
Liquour more Some, and Hard. Wee lee alfo, that Burnt-wine is more 
Hard, and Afiringent , than Wine Vnhurnt. 11 is laid j tha t Cider in Nauigati- 
ons vnde'r the Line ripeneth, when wine or Be ere loureth. It were good 
to fet a Rundlet of Veriuice ouer againft the Sunne, in Summer , as they doe 
Vinegar , to lee whether it will Ripen, and Sweeten. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Creatures 
that Sleepe all 
Winter. 
8 99 
T Here be diuers Creatures, that Sleepe all winter ; As the Beare, the 
Hedge-hogge, the Bat, the Bee, &c. Thefe all wax Fat when they 
sleepe, and egeft not. The Caufeof their Fattening 5 during their Sleeping 
time , may be the want of Af imitating • For whatloeucr Afimilateth not i 
to Fleftj, turnetn either to Sweat 3 or Fat. Thefe Creatures, for part of their 
sleeping Time , haue becne obferued not to Stir re at all 5 And for the other 
part, to Stine, but not to Remoite. And they get warme and Clofe Places 
to sleepe in. When the Flemmings Wintred in Nona Zembla, the Beares, 
about the Middle of Nouember , went to Sleepe . And then the Foxes be¬ 
gan to come forth, which Durft not before. It is noted by fomeof the 
Ancients , that the Shee-Bearebteedeth, and lyeth in with their Young, 
duringthattimeof Reft: And that a Beare, Bigge with Youngs hath fel- 
domebeene fecne. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Ge¬ 
nerating of 
Creatures by Co- 
pulatim ,and by 
Putrifattm. 
900 
S Om e Lining Creatures are Procreated by Copulation betweene Malc^, 
and Female: Some by PutrifaBion ^ And of thole which come bv?#- 
trifaffion, many doe (neuerthelelfe) afterwards procreate by Copulation. 
For the Caufe of both Generations : Firft, it is moft certaine, that the 
Caufe of all Vinification , is a Gentle, and Proportionable Heat, working vp-i 
on a Glutinous and Teelding Subfiance : For the Heat doth bring forth Spi¬ 
rit in that subfiance : And the Subftance , being Glutinous 3 produceth Two 
Ejfctts : The One, that the Spirit is Detained , and cannot Breakeforth: 
The Other, that the Matterhorn® Gentle, and veelding, is driuen forwards 
by the Motion of the Spirits, after lome Swelling into Shape and Members. 
There- 
