Century. X. 
Prickles,arc generally Drie: As Briars,Thornes,Berberries: Arid there¬ 
fore the Ajhes of a Htdge-Hoga re laid to bee a great Dejiccatiue of Fi¬ 
ji uh’s. 
Mummy hath great force in Stanching of Bloud . which, as it may be 
aferibed to the Mixture of Balmes /hat are Glutinous-,S o it may alfo par¬ 
take of a Secret Propriety-, In that the Bloud draWcth Mans Fltjh. And it 
isapproued, that the Mojje which gtoweth vpon the skull of a Dead 
Man vnburied, will ftanch Bloud potently. And fo doe the Dre?s, or 
Powder of Bloud, feuered from the Water, and Dried. 
It hath beene pra&ifed, to mike white Swallowcs, by A anointing of 
th cEgges with Gyle. Which Ejf lft may be produced, by the Stoppingof 
the Pores of the Shell, and making the luyce, that putteth forth the Feet, 
thers afterwards, more Penurious. And it nlay be, the Annointing of the 
Eggcr, will be as Effe&uall as th e Annotating of the Body- 3 Of which ride 
the Experiment 9 3 . 
It is reported, that the white oftij Egri,or Bloud , mingled with Salt- 
water, doth gather thcSaltneJJ'e,and maketh the water tweeter. This may 
be by Adhejicn • As in the 6. Experiment of clarification : It may be alio 
that Bloud, and the white of an Egge , ( which is the Matter of a Lining 
Creaturej) hatic fome Sympathy'wnh Salt: For all Z^hath a Sympathy 
wirh Salt. We fee that Salt, laid to a Cutjinger, healeth itjSoas it lee- 
meth Salt draweth Bloud, as well as Bloud draweth Salt. 
It hath becne anciently receiued, that the Sea-Hare, hath an Antipa¬ 
thy with the L^r,(ifitcommeth neare the Body,)anderodeth them. 
Whereofthe Caufe is concerned to be, a Quality it hath of Heating the 
Breath, and Spirits 5 As Cantharideshauc vpon the watrie Parts ofthe 
Body ; As Frine and Hydropic all water. And it is a good Rule, that what- 
foeuer hath an Operation vpon certaine Kinds of Matters, that, in Mans 
Z>W/c,workech moll vpon thofe Parts, wherein that Kind of Matter a- 
boundeth. 
Generally, that which is Deader Corrupted, or Excerned, hath An¬ 
tipathic with the fame Thing, when it is Aliue,and when it is Sound-, And 
with thofe Parts, which doe Excerne: As a CarkaJJ'e of Man is tnoft Infe¬ 
ctious,and Odious to Alan *, A Carrion of an Horfe to an Hoy fe,&cc. Puru¬ 
lent Matter of wounds, and Flccrs^Carbitncles, Poches, Scabs , Leprojie, to 
SoundFhfh: And the Excrement of euery Species to that Creature that 
Excerneth them. But the Excrements are lefle Pernicious than the Cor¬ 
ruptions, 
It is aComraon Experience, that Dogs know the Dog-Killer- 3 When as 
intimcsoflnfeftion, fome Petty Fellow i s lent out to kill Dogs ♦ And 
chat though they haue neuerfecne him before, yet they will all come 
forth, and barke,and fly at him. 
The Relations touching the Force of Imagination , and the SecretIn- 
Jlinfts of Nature, are fo vnp ertaine, as they require a great dealt of Ex- 
amination,Qte we conclude vpon them. I would haue it firft throughly 
inquired, whether there be any Secret PalTages of Sympathy 3 bctwccno 
Perfons ) 
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