Bacon, Francis - Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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11985Century V. flower a little; whereas that under Water did not; though it were freſh.
The Milk ſoured, and began to putrifie. Nevertheleſs it is true, that there is a
Village near Blois, where in deep Caves they do thicken Milk, in ſuch ſort,
that it becometh very pleaſant; which was ſome cauſe of this tryal of hang-
ing Milk in the Well: But our proof was naught, neither do I know, whe-
ther that Milk in thoſe Caves be firſt boyled. It were good therefore to try
it with Milk ſodden, and with Cream; for that Milk of it ſelf, is ſuch a Com-
pound Body of Cream, Cruds, and Whey, as it is eaſily turned and diſſolved.
It were good alſo to try the Beer, when it is in Wort, that it may be ſeen,
whether the hanging in the Well, will accelerate the ripening and clariſying
of it.

DIvers, we ſee, do Stut. The cauſe may be (in moſt) the Refrigeration of
11386. the Tongue, whereby it is leſs apt to move; and therefore we ſee,
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Solitary,
touching
Stutting. that Naturals do generally Stut: And we ſee, that in thoſe that Stut, if they
drink Wine moderately, they Stut leſs, becauſe it heateth: And ſo we ſee,
that they that Stut, do Stut more in the firſt offer to ſpeak, than in continuance;
becauſe the Tongue is, by motion, ſome what heated. In ſome alſo, it may
be (though rarely) the dryneſs of the Tongue, which likewiſe maketh it
leſs apt to move as well as cold; for it is an affect that cometh to ſome wiſe
and great Men, as it did unto Moſes, who was Linguæ Præpeditæ: And many
Stutters (we finde) are very Cholerick Men, Choler enducing a dryneſs in
the Tongue.

SMells, and other Odors, are ſweeter in the Air, at ſome diftance, than near
33387. the Noſe; as hath been partly touched heretofore. The cauſe is double,
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in Conſort,
touching the
Smells. firſt, The finer mixture, or incorporation of the Smell. For we ſee, that in
Sounds like wiſe, they are ſweeteſt, when we cannot hear every part by it ſelf.
The other reaſon is, For that all ſweet Smells have joyned with them ſome
Earthy or Crude Odors; and at ſome diſtance the Sweet, which is the more
ſpiritual, is perceived; and the Earthy reacheth not ſo far.

Sweet Smells are moſt forcible in dry Subſtances, when they are broken;
55388. and ſo like wiſe in Orenges or Lemmons, the nipping off their Rinde, giveth out
their ſmell more: And generally, when Bodies are moved or ſtirred, though
not broken, they ſmell more, as a Sweet-Bag waved. The cauſe is double;
the one, for that there is a geater emiſſion of the Spirit, when way is made:
And this holdeth in the Breaking, Nipping, or Cruſhing; it holdeth alſo,
(in ſome degree) in the Moving. But in this laſt, there is a concurrence of
the ſecond cauſe, which is the Impulſion of the Air, that bringeth the ſent
faſter upon us.

The daintieſt ſmells of Flowers, are out of thoſe Plants whoſe Leaves
66389. ſmell not; as Violets. Roſes, Wall-flowers, Gilly-flowers, Pincks, Wood-bine, Vine-
flowers, Apple-blooms, Limetree blooms, Bean-blooms, & c. The cauſe is, for that
where there is heat and ſtrength enough in the Plant to make the Leaves
odorate, there the ſmell of the Flower is rather evanide and weaker, than
that of the Leaves; as it is in Roſemary-flowers, Lavender-flowers, and Sweet-Brier
Roſes: But where there is leſs heat, there the Spirit of the Plant is digeſted
and refined, and ſevered ſrom the groſſer Juyce in the Effloreſcence, and not
before.

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