Century X. 
p<ktc<J co be in Perfumed G louts, or the like: And it is like, they Mingle 
die Pofon chat is deadly, wich foirie Smels that are Sweer, which alio 
maketli it die (ooner receiued. Plagues alfo haue bcene railed bv A Min¬ 
ting of die Chinkes of Deeres, and the like; Not fo much bv the Touch 
as lor that it is common for Men, when they fi tide any thing Wet vpon 
their Fingers, to put them to their Nofe^ Which Men therefore fhould 
take heed how they doe. The belt is, that thefe Compsfitions of In fed torn 
Aires , cannot bee made without Danger of. Death, to them that make 
them. But. then againc,they may haue lomc Anti dates colauc themfelties • 
So that Men onglitnottojbe fecureofit. 
There haue bcene, in diuers Countries ± great Plagues, by the Pusr fa¬ 
ction, of great Srv.irmesof Grajfe-Hoppers, and Locnjls, when they haue 
bcene dead, and call vpon Heap*. < . / 
Zchapnethoft in Mines, that, there arc Damp's, which kill, either by 
Suffocation, or by the Poifonous Nature of the Minerals And thofe that 
ijealc much in Refiling, or other Workes about Met ah, and UMineralls, 
haue their Braines Hurt and Stupefied by the Metalline razors, Amongft 
which, it is noted, that the Spirits of Quick-Silver, either fly to the Skull, 
Teeth , or Bones * In fo much as Gilders vfe to haue a Peece of Goldin 
their Mouth, to draw the Spirits of, the Jgui'ck-Silner- Which Gold af¬ 
terwards they hilde to be Whitened. There are alfo certaine Lakes and 
Pits, filth as that of Auerntes, that Pot fen Birds (as is faid) which fly ouer 
chem^ Or Men, that flay too long about them. \ . 
The Vapour of Char-Coale, or Sea-Coale, inaCloleRocftne, hath kil¬ 
led many: And iris the more dangerous, becaule it commeth without 
1 any III Smell-, But ftealethonby little and little- Enducirigonly a Fain's- \ 
nejje , without any Mmfefi Strangling. When die Dutch-Men Wiritred 
at Nova Zemblu, and that they could gather no more Sticks.; they fell to 
make Fire of fome Sea-Coale they had, ^herewith (at fir ft) they were 
muchrefrefhed- But a little after they had fit about the Fire, there grew 
a Generali Science, and iothnelTe to Ipeakc amongft them j And im¬ 
mediately after, One of the weakefi of the Company, fell downe in a 
Sowne; Whereupon they doubting what it was, opened their doore, 
j to let in Aire, and fo failed themlelues. The EjfeB (no doubt) is wrought 
I by the Tnfpiffation of the Aire • And fo of the Breath and Spirits. The like 
j enfueth iiiRoemes newly Plaftered, if a Bire be made in them; Whereof 
! no lerfe Man ftian the Emperour louinianus Died. 
Vide the Experiment, So 3. touching the Infectious Nature of the Aire , 
vpon the firft showers, after a long D roughs a 
It hath come to pafle, that fome Apothecaries, vpon .Stamping of Ce- 
! loquintida , haue bcene put into a great Skoaring, by the Vapour only. 
| It hath beene a Practice to bfcirne a Pepper, they calf Ginny-Pepper-, 
Which hath fueh a ftrong Spirit, that it prouoketh a Cdntinuall Snee- 
in thofe that are.in the Roome, 
It is an Ancient Tradition , that Bleare-Ejes infett Sound-Eyes • And 
that a Menflruous woman, lookingvpon a Glajfe, doth ruft it. Nay they 
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