Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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periment made of putting Sea fish into Freſh-water, Ponds, and Pools. </
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good diſtance from the Sea: </
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pleaſanter, and may fall to breed. </
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which are put into Pits, where the Sea goeth and cometh, (but yet ſo that
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there is a Freſh-water coming alſo to them when the Sea voideth) become
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by that means ſatter, and more grown.</
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known, that the Arrow hath pierced a Steel Target, or apiece of Braſs
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Solitary,
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Attraction by
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of two Inches thick: </
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headed with Wood, hath been known to pierce through a piece of Wood of
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fight, ſhort Arrows, which they called Sprights, without any other Heads,
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ſave Wood ſharpned; </
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pierce through the ſides of Ships, where a Bullet would not pierce. </
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this dependeth upon one of the greateſt ſecrets in all Nature; </
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Similitude of Subſtance will cauſe Attraction, where the Body is wholly freed
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Lead, and Gold would draw Gold, and iron would draw Iron without the help
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of the Load-ſtone. </
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a meer Motion of Matter, and hath no affinity with the Form or Kinde)
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doth kill the other Motion, except it ſelf be killed by a violent Motion; </
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in theſe inſtances of Arrows, for then the Motion of Attraction by Simili-
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tude of Subſtance beginneth to ſhew it ſelf. </
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of Nature fully in due place.</
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Servets, which are like to Candid Conſerves, and are made of Sugar and
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Lemmons, or Sugar and Citrons, or Sugar and Violets, and ſome other Flowers;
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diſſolve in Water, and there of make their Drink, becauſe they are for bidden
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Wine by their Law. </
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or German, doth ſet up Brewing in Conſtantinople, conſidering they have ſuch
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quantity of Barley. </
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cauſe of Drinking Water; </
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ones drink: </
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or Ale; </
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their Complexions. </
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Heat, or an over-moiſt Heat. </
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the Heat; </
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fhutteth the Pores. </
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the Sun or Fire, then if they ſtood naked: </
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with hot water, do provoke in Bed a Sweat more daintily then Brick-bats
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hot. </
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it ſpendeth the matter in thoſe parts under the Water, beſore it iſſueth </
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