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Times ; And belides, there be diuers Things, that breath better or them- 
I fellies, than when they come to the Fire 5 As Nigella Romana, the Seed of 
| Melanthium , Amomum , &c. 
There be two 7 ^>gr,which(inwardly vfed)doe Coole and con den le 
the Spirits 5 And I with the fame to be tried outwardly in Vapours. The 
one is Nitre, which I would haue diflblued in Malmefcy, or Greeke-wine, 
and fo the Smell of the wine taken 5 or if you would haue it more forci¬ 
ble ,poure ofitvpon a Fire-pan,we 11 heated,as they doe Rope-water, and 
Vinegar . The other is, the Dijlilled water of wilde Poppy * which I with 
to be mingled, at halfe, with Rofe water , andfo taken with lome Mix¬ 
ture ofa few Clouts, in a Perfuming-Pan. The like would be done with 
the Dijlilled Water of Saffron Flowers. 
Smells of Mufke, and Amber , andC/«/V, are thought to further Vene- 
rcous Appetite s Which they may doe by the Refrefoing and Calling forth 
of the Spirits. 
I ncenfe,and Nidorous Smells,(inch as Were of Sacrifices,) were thought 
to Intoxicate the Braine, and to diipofeMen to Deuotion: Which they 
may doe, by a kinde of sadnejfe , and Contrijlation of the Spirits ; Arid 
partly alfo by Heating, and Exalting them. We fee that amongftthe 
I ewes, the Principal Perfume of the Sanfluary,was forbidden all Common 
There be fome Perfumes , preferibed by the writers of Natural! pAa- 
I gicke, which procure Pleafant Dreames « And fome others, (as they 
lay,) that procure Propheticall Dreames 5 As the Seeds of Flax, Flea- 
wort , &c. 
It is certaine that Odours doe,in a fmall Degree, Nourilh; Efpecial- 
ly the Odour of Wine: And we fee men a hungred,doe lone to Imell Hot 
Bread. It is related, that Democritus, when he lay a dying, heard a wo¬ 
man, in the Houle, complaine, that fhe.fhould be kept from being at a 
Feajl, and Solemnity , (which fhe much defired to fee,) becaufe there 
would be a Corps in the Houfc 5 Whereupon he caufed Loaues of New 
Bread tobefentfor, and opened them. And powred a litle Wine into 
them; And fo kept himfelfe aliue with the Odour of them, till the Feajl 
waspaft. I knew a Gentleman, that would fall (fomecimes) three or 
foute,yea hue dayes,without Meat,BrOad, or Drinke ; But the fame Man 
vfedtohaue continually, a great wif}e of Herbs, that hefmelledon : 
and among ft thofe Herbs, fome Efculcnt Herbs of ftrong Sent ; As Oni¬ 
ons. Garlicke,Leehs, and the like. 
They doe vfe, for the Accident of the Mother , to burne Feathers , and 
other Things of ill Odour: And by thole lit Smells, the Rijtng of the Mo¬ 
ther h putdovvne. 
There be Aires, which the Phyfiians aduife their Patients xo remouc 
! vnto,in ConfumptiOns , or vpon Recouery of Long sicknejjes : which(com- 
| monly)are plains champaignes ,but Grajing, and not Ouer-growne with 
Health, or the like:Or e\fc Timber-Shades,as in Forrejls,and the like.lt is 
1 noted alfo, that G roues of Bayes doe forbid PeJUlent Aires : Which was 
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