but when the Moysture is Mistris and predominates the Vapour is more Gross which Gross Vapour doth not onely quench out that Flame caused by the Unnatural Heat but stops and hinders the Extenuating Faculty of the Natural Heat like as a Cloud should obscure the Sun obstructing his Beams which disperseth his Heat by the Line of his Light which causeth the Air to be Dark and Cold. Thus in the midst of Summer when the Sun is at the height of his Glory a Dark Cloud made of Vapour will cause the Complexion of his Light to be of a Black Pale and the Body of the Day to be Cold But when the Sun breaks thorow by degrees he dissipates those Black and Sullen Clouds rarifying the thinner part into Wind and the thicker condenses into Water the one bloweth over the other showers down So those that have Agues their Flesh looks with a blue black pale and is very cold to the Touch but when the Natural Heat dissipates that Cold and Gross Vapour that is raised from a raw or half concocted Humour the thinnest part spreads about the Body like the Wind getting into every Cranny Corner or Part of the Body as Veins Arteries Muscles Sinnews putting the Body into a Violent and Unnatural Motion which is the Shaking Fit and when the Rarified Vapour is spent the Shaking Fit ceaseth and goes over and then the Patient entreth into a Burning Heat for the Unnatural Heat which was involved in the Grosser Vapour as Fire in Clouds which lightens and thunders begins to break thorow especially when it is helped by the Sun which is as the Natural Heat of the Body the Body as the Air grows soultry hot and the Heat dissipating those Foggy and Cloudy Vapours in the Region of the Body condenseth the Gross Parts into Water which issueth forth in Sweat as Showers of Rain Thus when the Vapours are dispersed and breathed out of the Body thorow the Pores of the Skin or otherwise the Body is like the Air Serene and Clear untill there are more Vapours ascended from the corrupted and half concocted Humours which sometimes gather sooner and sometimes are longer before they are gathered into Clouds again This is the reason some have Quotidians Tertians Double-tertians and Quartans Of a Hectick Feaver MOST Hectick Feavers are caused by an Excessive Heat in the Arteries which Heat is more difficult to quench than to stop a prickt Artery for in this case letting Blood doth more harm than good by reason that the Moysture of the Blood strives to quench the Fire therein or at least to temper the Heat thereof for it is Wet that puts out Fire not Cold for hot Water will as soon put out Fire as cold Water Neither can the keeping in the Blood cure the sick Patient it may some short time retard Life from expiring the reason is because the Excessive Heat not onely corrupts the Blood and melts the Fat of the Body but it doth evaporate Life forth like boyling Water that consumes in Smoke Thus it becomes an Incurable Disease when once the Heat overpowers the Moysture Of Coughs THere are many several sorts of Coughs some proceeding from a Superfluity of Moysture others from too much Heat some from a Corruption of Humours others from a Decay of the Inward Parts others from sudden Colds upon great Heats and some proceed from Wind likewise from sharp salt Rheums and some from fresh Rheums Those that proceed from a Superfluity of Moysture are strong Coughs that raise up Flegm for in that sort of Coughs when the Stomack is full of Humours the Flegm riseth highest like the Scum of a Pot on the Fire or like Whites of Eggs that are put into any hot Liquor and when the Stomack is hot it boyls up like a seething Liquor which boyling or seething provokes to strain which straining is not so violent as to vomit for those sorts of Coughs are of the nature of vomiting as in straining or striving or shuffing upward but by reason it is not so violent a Motion as Vomiting is it onely provokes to Cough bringing up Flegm or Water with the Motion thereof After the like manner are such sort of Coughs as proceed from Corrupt Humour and most commonly are the Fore-runners of the Small Pox Meazels or the like Diseases But Coughs that proceed from a great Heat either in the Stomack or Bowels the reason is that the Heat causeth a great Vapour which Vapour ascending to the Head there gathers into Clouds of Water where dissolving it falls back again like Showers of Rain where it sometimes falls in pouring Showers other times like mizzling Rain And the fuller of Moysture the Body is the greater Showers of Rain fall down This stopping the Passages of the Throat causeth a straining and striving in the Throat as when any thing goeth awry or Crums or Bones lye in the Throat or stop the Wind-pipe for every part of the Body if it be bound or hurt will strive and strain to help it self But if the Constitution of the Body be Naturally or Accidentally Dry the Vapour is thinner and then it ariseth like a steam in a Still or Limbeck where the Head like the top of a Still or Limbeck gathers that steam into a Dew which falleth back in distilling Drops which Drops trickling down the Throat as Tears on the Cheeks do rather tickle the Throat than stop the Wind-pipe or strain the Throat but if the Rheum be sharp or salt it causeth a gentle smart which is of such a kind of touch as tickling is provokes a faint or weak Cough But Coughs that proceed from a decay of Parts are when any part of the Body is corrupted it becomes less solid as from being a Solid Flesh to be of a Jelly Substance which dissolves with the least Heat melting by degrees away and as it melts it falls into liquid Drops which Drops tickle or smart those parts they fall or trickle on for by reason the Inward Parts are as it were raw or very thin skinned they make it sensible of the least touch besides there is a faint strife when the dissolved part falls from the other which strife tickling causeth a Cough but the Cough is more or less according as the part dissolves But these tickling Coughs are the most dangerous Coughs for the one causeth a Consumption the other is caused by a Consumption for when these tickling Coughs proceed from the Body they are caused from a Consuming Part that melts and dissolves by degrees but when it is Distillation from the Head it corrupts Parts by falling thereon like as Water with a constant dropping will penetrate thorow a Stone much more may a Constant Distillation corrupt a Spungie Matter as Flesh and according as the Rheums are fresh salt or sharp the Parts decay flower or faster for salt or sharp Rheums ulcerate the Parts and destroy them soon Also Wind will cause a tickling in the Throat as a tickling in the
and not like Man wasting the time with idle Disputes tormenting themselves to no purpose Of Vnderstanding of Man and Beast THat which makes one Man wiser than another and some Beasts and other Creatures subtiller and craftier than others is the temper of the Brain being hotter and dryer cold and dry hot and moyst and the Intelligence that the Senses bring in which Beast hath as well as Man Difference betwixt Man and Beast MAN troubles himself with Fame which Beasts do not and Man troubles himself for Heaven and Hell which Beasts do not Man is weary of what he hath and torments his Life with various Desires where Beasts are contented with what they have Man repines at what is past hates the present and is affrighted at what is to come where Beasts content themselves with what is and what must be Man hates Ease and yet is weary of Business Man is weary of Time and yet repines that he hath not Enough Man loves himself and yet doth all to hurt himself where Beasts are wise onely to their own good for Man makes himself a trouble where Beasts strive to take away trouble Men run into Dangers Beasts avoyd them Man troubles himself with what the Sense is not capable of when Beasts content themselves with their Sense and seek no further than what Nature directs with the just measure of the pleasure of their Sense and no more Beasts seek not after vain Desires or Impossibilities but that which may be had they do not backbite or slander they raise not false Reports their Love is as plain as Nature taught they have no seeming Grief they make no Sacrifice to false Gods nor promise Vows they never perform they teach no Doctrine to delude nor worship Gods they do not know Passion and Appetite of Beasts SOme say Beasts have no Despair or trouble in Mind but we find by experience they will be Mad and we know not from whence the Cause proceeds whether from the Body or Mind then we find by experience that they be Jealous Amorous Revengefull Spightfull Deceitfull Treacherous and Theevish they will steal one from another Again they say there is no Injustice in Beasts yet what greater Injustice can there be among Men than there will be among Dogs for one Dog shall come and take another Dogs Bone from him although that Bone was given him by Man for a Reward of some good Service done by him for his Master Again what Ambition is there amongst Beasts for one Horse striving to out-run another will run so fast untill it be near dead and so the like of Dogs Then what Envy is there amongst them that if any Strangers although of their own kind come amongst them they will beat them away or kill them Then what Covetousness is there amongst them to hoard and lay up but this we call Providence in Beasts and onely Coverousness in Man and so for Birds also Then what Pride is there amongst them as we may perceive in Peacocks ' Turky-cocks Horses and many others and we can guesse at Pride but by the Outward Carriage in Men so in Beasts Then they say Beasts are Temperate and full of Moderation and that they never surfet themselves with Excess nor drink nor commit Adultery and yet how often have we seen Pigeons break their Crops with their eating and Dogs and Cats so to over charge their Stomacks with eating as they are forced to vomit it up again and many Creatures will burst themselves And what Man can or will be more drunk than the Ape if he can got wherewithall to be drunk And we find few Beasts that will refuse good Liquor when it is given them as Horses Dogs and the like and if they had as much as was proportionable to their Bodies they would be drunk as often as Men and believe it if there were Ponds of Wine as well as of Water they would drink of the Wine and leave the Water and if they had those Meats that Men call Delicious they would be as Luxurious and as great Epicures as Man for most Creatures love sweet things which shews them Lickerish besides Birds will choose the best Fruits in a Garden to eat of and they love Savoury-meat for Pigeons will pick holes in Walls for Salt-Peter and many the like Examples and that which we call Adultery and Fornication in Men is common among Beasts for every Bird and Beast will choose his Mate to breed on but yet not contented with one they will strive to take each others Mate away at least make use of them and how often do Beasts with Beasts and Birds with Birds fall out about it and beat one another and many times kill one another in the Quarrel Thus Beasts commit Adultery as well as Men if there had been a Law against it howsoever they are false in their Loves and are as Jealous as Men in taking each others Mate or making Love to each other as well as Men and their Wives besides they will make use of their own Breed which few Nations will do among Men. Then they say Beasts have no judgement which to choose and distinguish but we find Beasts can choose the warmest and safest Habitations then we see Hounds that they will smell first one way then another but never stay to sent the third way but run on as judging of Necessity the Hare must run that way having no other way left which is Logick Besides all Animals that pursue or are pursued shew great Judgement and Wit both in the choyce of their way and the executing of the Pursuit and the like have those that are pursued in avoyding the places of Danger and choosing the places of Security if there be any to be found And what hath more Judgement than the Bears going backward to her Den Besides Beasts know by sight how to distinguish betwixt Friends and Foes Besides what Judgement do Birds shew when they fly in a pointed Figure to cut the Air that their flight may be easy Then they say they have no Compassion but we see they will bury their Dead and help one another in Distress or at least do their endeavour as a Hog that is a Creature that sheweth as little Good Nature as any Creature yet when a Dog bites one of them by the Ear and the Hog cryes out all the rest of the Hogs that are within hearing will come running to the rescue although they do nothing but grunt when they come and though they can do their fellow Hog no good yet it shews a good will And again they say they have no Grief and yet we see daily how they will mourn for their Young or the absence of their Mates and the Turtle Dove seems never to be comforted but dyes for Grief Then they say Beasts have no Memory or Remembrance which if they had not how should they return to their Holes or Nests when they are once gone out And there are many Creatures if they
Thunder in the Winter as in the Summer is that most of the matter that makes Thunder in Summer is turned into Wind in Winter for Water Air Wind and Thunder are all but one Element only thicker and thinner for Wind is a condensed Air and Air a rarified Water and thus by Dilating and Contracting alter their Forms and their Properties which makes that Matter seem of several Qualities only works different Effects and these Effects being different by their several Motions which give them several Forms and make many times a Civill War amongst them every Form striving to out-do one another and often in their striving change their Shape But Fire being an Element not subject to change somtimes parts the Fray and somtimes sets them more one against another for in the Summer the Sun being hot raiseth the Vapour so high that it gets into the Middle Region and being there condenses into Wind and when it is there it seeks a Passage out and so falleth foul upon the Clouds beating them about untill its Fury and Strength be spent but in the Winter the Sun-beams being weak cannot draw the Vapour so high and so blows uppon the Earth and amongst the lower Clouds which by crushing them together squeeseth out Rain or breaks them in sunder which falls down in Showres this makes more Rain and frequenter Storms in Winter than in Summer and Thunder in Summer because it is drawn so high that it cannot easily return Thus Wind in the Middle Region causeth Thunder and in the Winter going no further than the lower Region causeth Storms and Lightning may be the striking of some Clouds that have Bitumenous matter mixed in them which like to a Flint do strike out Fire Allegory IN the Chymistry of Nature the Earth is the sixt Salt the Air the Sulphur the Water is the Incipid Flegm the Sun or Fire are the Spirits Light and Darkness is the Center Life is the volable Salt and Death is the Terra Damnata The noise of Water WAter being Spherical of a hollow and Porous Body the Wind beating thereon the Hollowness causeth a sound by the Rebounds it maketh against the inside or outside of the Spherical Bodie which we call Drops which being moved either by the Tydes or Winds are so quick being so small and apt to move being round as the Rebounds are so many and so thick that the Ecchoes thereof are confused which confusion we call a Roaring of the Waters as the Roaring of the Sea Of the Motion of the Sea THE Reason why the Sea is more apt to move than Fresh-waters is by the Saltness for Salt having an acute quality doth penetrate and divide and Water whose propertie is to intermingle and unite doth strive to join the divided parts again this makes it as it were a Perpetual Motion the one striving to meet and join the other to separate and disunite The Noise of Winds THE Reason the Winds make such a Noise in the Air as on the Sea is that Clouds are a Condensed Vapour or Air which Condensed Air is Water so that Clouds are as it were a Sea over our Heads and those Clouds being Waves and great Billows when the Wind blows beating upon them as upon the Sea makes the same Noise for the Roaring of the Sea and the blowing of the Wind is much alike but when the Wind blows upon the Sea it makes a horrid Noise Of Water TO my apprehension Water lies like a Swarm of Bees every drop being like a several Bee and as Bees lie so close one to another as at small distance they seem to be one intire Heap or Ball so do Waters but if they be disturbed they will spread and every Bee is seen distinctly which before we could not see so Water when great quantitie is together the Distinction of each Drop cannot be perceived by Mans Eies but cast up a Handfull of Water or sprinkle it about and it will fall into Drops Besides Drops of Water lie much closer together than the Bodies of Bees can doe because they are more Porous and soft which yields to Contraction and being wet makes them Glutenous and so stick closer which makes the Distinction of the Drops of Water less visible than Bees Winds may be rarified Air. AS Air is rarified Water so Wind may be rarified Air and by thinness beget such an Agilness as may give it such a Strength by the quick Motion that it may over-power the more Solid which are Air and Water for quick Motions by the often Repetitions grow powerfull and strong Wind is the Essence of Air as the Spirits of Air for it is an extracted Substance which makes it Quick Subtil and Sharp and of such a powerfull nature that it incounters solid Bodies and many times hath the Victory over them and by its active Wandring subtil and piercing Motion it appears more like Life than an other Element Of Rain VApour that is sent from the Earth or drawn up by the Sun is like so many several Springs that issue out of the Pores of the Earth and when they are streamed to such a height they meet and jon together and gathering into Clouds they become like a flowing River with curling Waves like the Sea But where there is too great a Quantity gathered together that the Sun cannot disgest they overflow and fall down into showres of Rain Of the Saltness of the Sea and the freshness of Springs SOme are of Opinion that the Veins of the Earth are filled from the Sea and that the Water runs thorow the Earth as thorow a Sieve or the like letting the thinnest part thorow and keeping the more solid back which is the Salt which to my Reason doth not seem probable for we find by Experience that the Nature of Water being Moist Soft and Plyable doth suck out with the Liquid Tongue the Salt and Tincture of every Thing even from the soild'st Body as Minerals which are harder far and more close than the Porous part of the Earth And for experience we see and taste those Waters that run thorow Mines have not only the Tincture and Taste of those Minerals but the purging effects which proceed from the Nature belonging to them which shews that it is unlikely that Salt should be taken out of the Water when Water draws and sucks out all Salt or the like into it self unlesse they could prove Earth to be more Thin and Liquid than Water whose Liquidness sucks out all the looser Ingredients which is not only as I said before the Tincture and Taste but the natural Propertie and since it is improbable that the Salt should be retained by the Earth from the Water but far more probable that the Water should become more salt from the Earth which makes me think it is improbable that the Veins of the Earth should be filled with Water immediatly from the Sea but to my Apprehension they are filled after this manner The Planets like