the water being heavy accabels not and overpresseth with his wheightinesse those which plunge or dive into it and those which swim between two waters likewise wherfore a paile full of water weighes not or swallowes not within the water it selfe it from him that sustaines it aloft by the chain or cord although that it weighes very much being out of the water A. It is because that water in his proper and naturall place is so well united that the parts sustayn the one to the other which hindreth that his weight keepeth it not down or pressingly those which are under it for the opinion of those which hold that water weighes not in his naturall place is false Q. Wherefore is it that raiâ—â— water nourisheth the plants better then that of ponds and rivers A. Because that in falling from aloft she wraps up in heâ— much ayre as the little botteâ— or bubles which are here begotten in falling downe makâ— proofe and the ayre being of iâ— selfe hot and moist aydeth much to the production and increase of the plants together that those waters so ingendereâ— in the ayre are more pure and more cleare whereas the o ther 's still retaine some qualities of the ground upon and by which they runne Q. Wherefore is it that rivers beare in winter greater burthens and that boats sayle or swimmâ— more slowly then at other seasons even in equall depth of water A. It is because that the cold â—ickens condenseth and shutâ—th close the water and especiâ—lly the frost by reason whereâ—f being brought to be more soâ—d it will beare a greater burâ—en but it runnes the more â—owly Q. VVherefore is it that seaâ—ater better beares sustains the â—essels then fresh waters though in â—n equall profundity and depth A. It is in as much as the sea-Sea-water is grosse and more terâ—estriall caused by the burning â—xhalations which mingleth with it and thereby it becommeth so salt Q. Wherefore is it that those which often wash themselves in sea-sea-water are sooner dry then those which are washed with freshwater A. Because that sea-Sea-water is more thicke and dry his proper saltnesse ayding to dry and fresh water wetteth much more which is the cause that they are longer a drying although that Plutark seems to hold a contrary opinion without yeelding any other reason then the authority of Homer to as little purpose and as far from this matter Q. Wherefore is it that fresh water is more proper and better to wash and clense our cloathes woollen or linnen then that of the Sea A. Because that fresh water is more subtile by reason where of it easily insinuates into the little holes of the cloth and so thrusts out the ordure and dirt Q. Wherefore is it that those which sayle upon the sea even in calme and faire times are more heart sick then those that sayle upon fresh Rivers A. It is in asmuch as the odour of the sea is more violeÌ„t moving and provoking them as a strong medicine to cast void vpwards downwards together with the fear apprehension of danger which often there is much but this doth not happen upon fresh rivers because they have neither that vapour there nor any such apprehension of perill as upon the Sea Q. Wherfore it it that the sea water wil not nourish herbs plants A. Because that is so grosse that it can neither peirce nor penetrate even to the roots besides it is so heavy that it cannot mount to the branches now that it is much more grosse and by consequence more heavy then fresh water it appeareth by that wee have formerly said that it beareth a greater burthen and sustaineth the vessells better even in equall depth joyne also that it is a dust bitter and saltish because of the burning exhalations which are mixed with it the which taketh away the vertue of the nourishing hearbs and trees as the faculty of moystning by reason whereof wee cannot drinke it for to the contrary as wee have formerly shewed Sea water makes dry Q. Wherefore is it that the sea in winter is lesse salt then in any other time of the yeare A. Bccause that it is then lesse heated by the Sunne for beeing that the saltnesse of the Sea proceeds from burning exhalations and are drawne from the profundity of the same by the heat of the Sunne this heat being much more weake in winter then in any other season of the yeare it must of neceâ—ssit y be that the sea should be lesse saltish together that in the winter so many and such aboundance of flods come and discharge themselves within the sea with much more great quantity of fresh water then accustomed may also something moderate and attemperate the saltnesse of the Sea all these things together may doe that which they cannot doe particularly Q. Wherefore is it that all the naturall waters that of the sea is onely susceptible of the flame that 's to say may bee onely burned A. Because that it is more grosse as its saltnesse sheweth and otherwise it is as oyly for of salt one may draw and distill an oyly liquor and oyle will conceive flame Q. Wherefore is it then that sea water being more fat grosse is neverthelesse more cleare and more transparent then fresh water A. It is because the Sea water is fat and oyly as I have said before it is neverthelesse more transparent then fresh water which is ordinarily sulied thickned wâ—th the clay and dirt of the earth but Sea water is not so sullied and muddie in going from any fountaine but his issuing is from Rocks and floting upon sand it is cleare and transpaparent as Crystall it selfe Q. Wherefore is it that hot water is sooner cold in the Sunne then in the shadow A. It is because that the neighbour Ayre being heated by the reflective rayes of the Sun the heat extends it selfe and dissipateth sooner then when his forces are shut up within it selfe flying the cold of the shadowed ayre by the like reason the fire is lesse hot then when the rayes of the sunne toucheth it Q. Wherefore is it that water which hath beene boyled and after cold sooner congealeth or freezeth then that which hath never beene heated A. It is inasmuch that cold worketh with more force against that which hath beene heated as being more contrary to him or else that the fire hath evapoured by his heate the more subtile parts of the water so that as they which remaine being more grosse are taken and frozen more easily by the cold for grosse things are more easily frozen then the most subtile and soft as the mudde sooner then the water neverthelesse Sea-water because of his heate and saltnesse freezeth not so soone as fresh water although it is more grosse Q. Wherefore is it that Aqua vitae if it be excellent conceives flame and burnes without hurting the body that is in it be it a linnen cloath or such other thing A. It is that
is it that the body having his perfect growth hath neverthelesse yet neede of nourishment Ans Because that our bodies have this imperfection that they are in continuall fluxe and losse of substance the which we repaire and renew by meate and drinke which I have other where shewed more amply Qu. How is it then possible wee should dye since that by eating and drinking we repaire the losse of our substance An. Because that which is added by the meate and drinke is of strange matter and is not so excellent as that which is innate and wholly naturall as the light in the Lampe by the meanes of Oyle abateth with time and in the end we corrupt by the ordinary alteration we receive by food so that it is of necessity we dye Q. But how is it the Apostle teacheth us Rom. 5. Cap. That by a man sin entred into the world and by sin death it is not then by the fault and imperfection of the body but rather of the foale A. If the first man had not sinned truely hee should never have dyed but had remained in the state of innocence within the Garden of Felicity untill that after a lâ—â—g tract of yeares it had pleased God to lift him living into the Heavens but the humane body framed of corruptible matter had not left to have the default and imperfection afore-said the which neverthelesse he had repaired by a more singular and soveraigne Dyet then that whereof wee feed at this present which food was of the Tree of Life Q. Wherfore is it that little children increase more in the Head then in any other part of the body A. Because according to Aristotle eating much and often naturall heate which is very boyling in that age lifteth great quantity of the aliment to the superiour parts especially to the Head which nourisheth it much more and sooner so that it hath beene observed five daies after their birth the little children have not beene able to move and turne the necke so have the parts above beene filled with humours Adolescentior Youth Q. FRom whence comes it that youths about 14 or 15 years become hoarse having their voyces rough and unequall and a little time after change their voyces into a more grosse and grave tone A. It is because in that age the Organs and Conduits of the body dilate and stretch themselves and all the members ingrosse and fortifie to be the more proper to travell and especially to generation and amongst other Organs that of the voice dilateth it selfe also but because that it is not done at 〈◊〉 suddaine nor according to some equally by the Artery of the throate the voyce sharpe and small stretcheth into a more grosse and grave tone becommeth unequall untill it be entirely changed by a perfect dilatation of the vocall Artery Q. Wherefore is it that about the same Puberty or Youth that is in young youthes at 14 yeares and maides at 12 the haire begins to appeare in their chinnes and secret parts A. Because then as the great and ample conduits of the body stretch and dilate themselves so doe the pores and subtile conduits of the flesh so the haire hath liberall issue likewise in the parts naturall where the heate begins to descend with the spirits which aideth to carnall copulation neverthelesse women have no beards because of their excessive humidity and coldnes as I shall say more amply hereafter upon this word Woemen Tooth-ache Q. FRom whence proceedeth the aking of the Teeth A. From cold and austere iuyces and liquours which fret in the Teeth as wee may prove in cutting a greene and unripe Apple by the iuyce upon the knife Q. Wherefore is it that Parsley and Salt taketh away the akeing of the teeth A. Parsley hath a weake iuyce yet neverthelesse it is gluing and binding the which being administred and sticke in the teeth taketh away the akeing Salt also by his acrimonious and stinging quality produceth the same effect and in as much as he is hot and corrosive hee taketh away the akeing from the teeth which proceedes of coldnesse upon the subiect see more after where I speake of Teeth Sharpenesse Q. WHerefore is it that Victuals sharpe and biting provoke appetite to â—ate A. It is in asmuch as they are opening for they open the stomacke and by a kinde of tickling or pricking they awake the naturall heate in cleansing or dissipating that which held his action still or in quiet Ayre Q. HOw can it be that the Ayre is more moist then the VVater for in the common opinion of Philosophers seeing that the VVater wets much more and the Ayre in the contrary dries A. In asmuch as Water is a body much more grosse then Ayre so it is lesse humid then Ayre and wetteth therefore the more even as a piece of Iron red hot in the fire burneth more then the fire it selfe because of the solidity of the matter and for that which is said that the Ayre drieth it is because it is hot but it dries not much without the aide of the Sun and Winde which holdeth of hot and dry Q. From whence comes it that where motion chafeth the Ayre we refresh our selves neverthelesse when we are hot in beating the ayre with our hats hand-cerchiffs or Fannes A. It is that in so moving and beating the Ayre we chase behind us that which was formerly chafed and that which succeedeth and followeth suddainly after the other is more fresh for there is nothing voide in nature Q. VVherefore is it that it is more hot and smothering the Skie being covered and charged with Clouds then when it is cleare and faire seeing that the Starres may more commodiously heate the â—arth the ayre being faire A. It is because that all the heate exhal'd aloft when the Ayre is faire nothing doth thrust it downe below and in the contrary the clouds repulsing it downwards it falls of necessity that the inferiour region of the Ayre is more heated and as it were stifled or choaked by this repulsing of the heate Q. VVherefore is it that the Ayre is more moist in Townes then in the fields A. Because that the buildings hinder that it cannot bee strucke or beaten by the rayes of the Sunne and of the winds Q. VVherefore is it that the middle region of the Ayre is more cold in Summer then in VVinter A. It is because of the Antiperistasis and counter-resistance or counter-battery of heate and cold for the heate occupying the face of the earth in Summer the cold is shut up partly within the entrayles of the earth by reason wherof the water which issueth out is fresh and part flyeth into the middle region of the Ayre because whereby Hayle is ingendred which is of the water taken and congealed by the cold Q. VVherefore is it that the ayre is not perceiveable by any of our exteriour senses but by the touch onely A. Because that it hath no other quality of it selfe to those which are
in them which makes that they first loosen and then fall for that which is set upon too much moisture is not firme Q. VVherefore is it then that from old persons they also fall seeing that they are very dry A. No too much is neither friend of nature nor of perfection so old folkes losing their teeth with too much drinesse and children with too much humidity is neither more nor lesse then as a wall built of dry earth and sand instead of good morter cannot long endure no more then if it were founded upon a place too moist Q. VVherefore is it that the teeth still increase and become large above in aged persons and on the contrary thinne cleare and small below towards the rootes although that they have beene other wayes well stopt A. They become large above in as much as they increase well neere all their life time but that they cleare it is by their grinding besides they grow barâ— in their drying by their age which is the cause they are more cleare and small below then above Q. Wherefore is it that the teeth increase so well neere all the length of the life being that they are bones and the other bones increase not but with the members of the body A. Nature hath it so wisely ordained well foreseeing that other wayes within a little time the teeth would consume themselves by their grinding of their food Q. Wherfore is it that the teeth fall from old folkes A. By the lack of humiditie as doth the leafes from the trees as also Rumes Catars makes them hollow rot and at last fall from yong folks likwise Q. Wherefore is it that they iudge shortnesse of life in those that have their teeth thinne cleare and not firmly set A. Because it is a certaine signe of the thicknesse of the bone of the head the matter of defailance in the teeth being turned into the thicknesse of that bone the which is the cause that the braine cannot so easily discharge himselfe hee makes within the head great corruption and putrifaction of the humidity whereof followeth mortall maladies this is the resolution of the Philosopher but I wil say further those which have their teeeth so thinne are of weake complection and of a feeble nature for if they were of a nature robust and vigorous shee had planted in the gums teeth firmly and thick set for the fertile and well bearing earth makes the graine grow thicke without leaving vetle void places neverthelesse the learned Scaliger noteth upon this purpose that if the chawers were too hard set the matter feeding the teeth could not pierce them which should be an argument rather of long then of short life Descending and Ascending Q. WHerefore is it that wee Descend more easily and more nimbly then wee Ascend A. Because that wee beeing naturally heavy our bodies with their proper weight and naturall motion bears vs belowe when wee descend on the contrary then when wee ascend they load and keepe us backe in this motion being against nature by the same reason a stone thrust from high to low runnes much more swiftly then she can mount from below to high although throwne with a strong hand moreover I say that all bodies heavy and weighty tend naturally to their center below Q. Wherefore is it that we wallow much more going upwards then downewards A. Because that we have more paine in mounting then in descending by the reason deduced in the precedent question which is because that the interiour ayre heateth sooner then when wee goe at our ease for wee often then blow and respire for quicke breath Q. Wherefore is it that water being heavy may neverthelesse be made to mount as high as its spring A. The vulgar holds this commonly as a great marvaile and likewise Cardan hath put it amongst his subtilties without yeelding any reason but onely he saith that nature hath so ordained it with much providence if she had not given it this faculty and property to the water the course of Brooks and Rivers should be arrested and stayed at all the encounters of bodies a little height from whence it should have followed inundations which would have covevered the earth on all sides but if we consider that the first Sources of all waters comes from the Sea and that all ebbe and return into the Sea as teacheth the divine Oracle wee shall â—inde that this reasoÌ„ is more false â—hen common since that expeâ—ience her selfe shewes us ordiâ—inarily the contrary for we may â—urne easily the water by ditches and bankes of earth which we may oppose to their courses â—he true cause is then that the â—odies of the most soft and most â—uple being pressed or repulsed by the most hard yeeld not place plumne downe or perpendicularly but lift up and inâ—ance themselves for example presse your foot amongst dirt or Ouse and it will swell and rise â—n height insteed of falling of the sides if one would say to me it is because of his humidity I shall answere that one doing the same to a heap of sand it hapens not or shall it not so doe so then the water hath his way falling from an high and eminent place the flux of that which is behind shaâ— incess antly thrust still on thaâ— which is before pressing upoâ— and thrusting one another which is the cause that finding resistance or hindrance in his course and that which is thrust cannoâ— penetrate or pierce the body iâ— encounters gives place so as it iâ— forced by that which followeâ— it to lift it selfe up mount and the other likewise that followes him if it findes not some easie meanes to extend and spread iâ— selfe for in asmuch as it is liquid the extention defusion is naturall to it and the descent also because of his heavinesse and its mounting is contrary caused by vyolence for it extends in breadth and descends sooner more easily then it mounts by the hindrances that it encounters by its course but suppose that the water bee so well inclosed within a pipe of lead that it cannot extend side waies yet it cannot for al that be so limited in his course but that it will mount to the height of the place from his course this depends upon the force impulsion weight of the body which thrusts him behinde of it that resists before for if the repulsion weight of the body pressed by the behinde is more weak then the resistance of the body which is in the before the water wil not mount so high as if the impulsioÌ„ weight of the body pressing by the behinde surmounteth it must be as is said forced by him that resisteth in him before this may bee seen in the pipes of fountains that one may cause the water to mount as high as one will by the Artifice of weight but here let us stay fix't I havâ— dwelt the longer upon the resolution of this question to destroy the popular errour
more great quantity of vapours to the braine then after that one hath slept sometime and that the digestion is made or very neare accomplished for naturall heat not being so busied beginnes to disperse and coâ—sume the vapours which stoâ— the conduits of the Senses Q. Wherefore is it that when we are seized with sleepe our eye-lids fall downe and cover thâ— eyes A. Because that the naturall heate being then occupied to concoct the victuals which are within the stomacke where they are shut up the parts a loft during that time are seized with cold the which stiffens and makes them without motion for it is that heate which worketh and moveth this corporall masse in all his parts and cold on the contrary stiffens all our members Sweetnesse Q. FRom whence comes it that we well feele and perceive â—owernesse and bittâ—rnesse of the pittle that is sometime in our mouths and not the sweet A. It is because that the sweet is the natural temperament which one perceiveth not him selfe as he doth of the other qualities which proceed from some alteration coÌ„meth beside nature Q. Wherfore is it that sweet meats ingender vermin in our bodies soner then those which have in them acrimony or sharpnesse A. Because that sweet meats are very easily corrupted for sharp tasting things resist corruption by reason wherof we salt pouder our meat to keep it the salt drying consuming the superfluous humidity but the swetnes in victuals testifieth a temperature of heat with humidity very much disposed to receive a new forme by corruption Right hand or side Q. WHerefore is it that thâ— instruments of the sences those of the right side as thâ— eye the eare and the right nostril are not more excellent then those of the left seing that in all other things wee prize more the right then the left and especially in the parts of the body where the right is more strong and robust then the left A. In as as much as to feel is to suffer or to be affected and being so that the one the other instruments of the sences as wel the left as the right is equally susceptible for the affections of the object and the other parts of the bodie consist more in action then in passion so that the right being ordinarily and from its birth more exercised it is therefore more strong robust wherof the contrary if the left were as much exercised it would surmount the right in force and in nimblenes as you see in those that they call left handed but neverthelesse the right part is esteemed more excelent then the left because it is consecrated to divinity is taken for a symbol of good luck and honour together as we somtimes read in the Poets that the thunder held in the left hand is esteemed a presage of good luck that is because that that which commeth to us on the left side comes from the right of God which regards us froÌ„ high for he that opposeth me face to face hath his right hand answering to my left my left answering to his right Q. Wherefore is it that according to the common saying that male children are ingendered oâ— the right side of the matrix and females on the left A. It is a popular errour that they have beleeved otherwise then at the present for by the Anatomies dissections of the bodies of Women they have seene the contrary and that the males and females are engendered indifferently in all the Cells of the matrix Q. Wherefore is it that wee beare more easily a burthen upon the left side then upon the right since the right side is more strong A. It is because that upon the right wee hinder the part more strong and lest it remaine in his infirmity and weakenesse and bearing it upon the left side the right remaines free and we are something eased or else it is that as the right part is more easie to move then the left also it endures lesse in travell Water Q. WHerefore is it that pit-water is more fresh in the winter then in Summer A. It is in as much as naturally all contraries fly most strongly their contrary the face of the earth being then in Summer heated by the double reflection of the Sunnes rayes which beate right downe and in a right line from high to low the cold which cannot resist it is shut up within the intrailes of the earth from whence it comes that the waters in the pits are fresh on the contrary the Sunne darting his rayes in winter obliquely and aside the face of the Earth is not much heated so that the colâ— there predominates as the more strong and the heate is inclosed within the earth and for this cause the water which is in the pits participates of this heate and is by this resistance of mutuall contrarieties which the Greeks call Antiperisâ—asin Q. Wherefore is it that the waters in pits being drawne and left within the tub neverthelesse without touching the same it is more fresh then that which they draw at the present It is because the Ayre in the bottome of the pit or well and so it comes to coole the water which is left to rest within the vessell and therefore those which love to drinke their wine fresh in Summer make their bottels to be hanged within the Wells or pits that they may be â—he better tempered within the water Q. But wherefore is it that the ayre doth not coole as well as pit-water though it bee formerly drawne and left to rest within the bottome of the pit or in the tub A. It will coole also without doubt but not so much because it is more eaâ—ie to affect a little quantity then a much more great Q. Wherefore is it that water being heated to that degree that it is more hot then the fire it selfe to the touch cannot for all that burne and consume wood or such like bodies as doth the fire A. It is because that the flame of the fire which burnes and consumes is very subtill active and penetrating and the water is grosse at least in regard of the fire together that the humidit â— of the water hindreth it from consuming and burning Q. Wherfore is it that casting a stone or another heavy body within the water it will make many roundles of circles waving even to the bankes A. It is as saith Alexander Aphrâ—diseus in as much as water yeeâ—ding to a body more strong retyres it selfe and in his retyring one wave thrusteth another of all sides in a round because that the water is naturaly round as wee have shewed in that the drops of raine falls in roundells upon the earth for the same reason ought to be in the whole as he is in his parts so teacheth upon this subject the Philosopher Q. Wherfore is it that water descends more nimbly then ascends A. It is because it is heavy and tends naturally to below Q. Wherefore is it then that
abateth this extraordinary boyling for so saith Aristotle in his Problems and the wisest Physitians approveit Frost Q. WHerefore is it that the Frost and Ice being ingendred of one selfe same matter that is Raine it freezeth not for all that as it raines in all seasons A. Because that the Snow and Raine comes from great clouds amassed from vapours which are drawne into the middle region of the Ayre and there hanging many dayes and the Hayle comes not but from vapours drawne from the bodies hanging one night the same vapours being not able to lift themselves high are congealed and taken together by the cold in cold seasons but in seasons temperate and warme they come to dissolve in small drops of water which wee call the dew Q. Wherefore is it that water and oyle congeales easily so doth not Wine nor Vinegar or saltish waters A. It is because that Wine or saltish waters having in them some heate resist easily the cold and cannot be brought to congeale but very seldome or by an extreame cold Vinegar also because it is very subtile and retaines some thing of the qualities of wine resisting also the cold but water beeing very cold and participating with the grosse vapours of the earth is easily taken congealed with the cold and oyle being temperate resisteth more the cold then the water but not so much as wine and liquors more hot Q. But wherefore is it that in frosty weather a little fall or an overturne maks us runne into the danger of breaking an arme or a legge sooner then in other seasons A. The cause is that the humidity being bound in by the cold the body and limbes are more stiffe more bended and by the same meanes more fraile brittle and more easie to break even as candles frozen be they of waxe of tallow or of rosin as also on the contrary the humidity being spread diffused through all the body the members are more loose flexible Q. Wherefore is it that Aqua vitae being mixt with any other liquour keepes it from freezing A. Because it is very hot and therefore it is called burning water and is very good in your inke in the winter-time Q. How comes it that the cakes of ice swimme upon the top of the water in Rivers A. Because they are made of the most light water that is to say of that which is uppermost for the bottome of Rivers congeale not because that all the heate retires thither flying the cold which seizeth upon the surface of the water of the earth Q. Wherefore is it that the bodies most grosse are sooner congcaled and frozen then the subtile and smooth as by example the mud sooner then the water A. Because that the more subtill being more active resists â—more then the passive neverthelesse if the more grosse bodies bee more hot and they resist yet more easily then the subtile cold so the wine resists the frost more then the water and the water of the Sea more then the water of the River Generation Q. FRom whence comes it that all the Animals of the world have appetite to ingender and beget their like A. Nature hath given them all this appetite to the end they should conserve their species and kinde Q. Wherefore is it that the naturalists hold that of all the motions and changings onely generation and corruption are done in an instant and without any consideration of times A. In asmuch that if generation and corruption should bee done with any space of time a thing should receive his being in part and part Q. From whence comes it that certaine Animals bring a great sort of little ones and others onely one A. Nature as I have said often above all things pleaseth her selfe with diversity but yet we must note herein the providence for commonly the Animals that live but a little while produce also often and that much more often then the others the multitude of their little ones where the frequent production repaireth the small lasting of their lives as in dogges in swine and also in all birds and fishes on the contrary those which live more long time produce seldome but one because that during their long lasting they may divers times beget many others as Men Elephants and Deere doe Q. Wherefore is it that during the blowing of the northern windes they beget more of males and when the winde blowes in the south they beget more femals A. Many learned and wise men say they have so observed it and the reason of this is that the North winde by his coldnesse makes to close and unite the naturall heat within the interiours so the males which are naturally more hot then the females are begot oftner in that time then on the contrary because that the south winde languisheth and letteth slack naturall heat the generation is lesse vigorous so that it must be then the Sex feminine which is more cold and more weak and begotten oftner then the masculine Q. From whence comes it that learned and prudent men often beget children unhealthfull weake and sots and the sots and ignorant on the contrary beget children unhealthfull well advised warie and strong A. It is because the sots and ignorants attend brutishly the carnall copulation and have not their spirits diverted other where so as they accomplish the act fully and from thence it comes that they beget children well complexioned and accomplished On the contrary men learned and wise have often such extravagancy of spirits that they least attend the carnall and brutish pleasure in this act of generation that they doe little and the children which are then begot are lesse accomplished Q. Wherefore is it that the Physitians hold that the corruption of one thing whatsoever it be is followed with the generation of another A. Because that there is no corruption but by the privation of the forme precedent and succession of another wholly new the matter alwayes remayning the which cannot bee naturally annihilated nor cannot change but in the formâ— Taste or tasting Q. HOw comes it that all bodies are not sappish that is to say savorous and perceptable by the taste A. For that the watry humidity is not decocted in all by the heate for savour and taste consisteth in the mixture of the dry in earth with the moist in water both concocted with heat Q. From whence comes it that fruits are of better taste in moderate and temperate Regions then in cold A. Because that in cold Regions the moisture is not sufficiently decocted by the heate and that the cold hinders them from full ripening Q. Wherefore is it that by the rigour of an extreame cold victualls become walowish and without taste A. Because that the taste I take the taste for the sauour according to the vulgar fashion consisting in a temperate heate so an extreame cold makes and takes away the taste from the victualls Q. Wherefore is it on the contrary that victualls too much decocted