210176Natural Hiſtory;
APpetite is moved chiefly by things that are cold and dry.
The cauſe is,
11831.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Nature of
Appetite in
the Stomack. for that Cold is a kinde of indigence of Nature, and calleth upon ſupply,
and ſo is Dryneſs: And therefore all ſour things (as Vinegar, Juyce of Lemmons,
Oyl of Vitriol, & c.) provoke Appetite. And the Diſeaſe which they call
Appetitus Caninus, conſiſteth in the Matter of an Acide and Glaſſie Phlegm
in the Mouth of the Stomack. Appetite is alſo moved by ſour things, for
that ſour things induce a contraction in the Nerves, placed in the Mouth of
the Stomack, which is a great cauſe of Appetite. As for the cauſe why Oni-
ons, and Salt, and Pepper in Baked Meats move Appetite, it is by Vellication
of thoſe Nerves; for Motion whetteth. As for Wormwood, Olives, Capers, and
others of that kinde, which participate of Bitterneſs, they move Appetite
by Abſterſion. So as there be four principal cauſes of Appetite; the Reſri-
geration of the Stomack joyned with ſome Dryneſs, Contraction, Vellicati-
on, and Abſterſion; beſides Hunger, which is an emptineſs; and yet over-
faſting doth (many times) cauſe the Appetite to ceaſe; for that want of Meat
maketh the Stomack draw Humors, and ſuch Humors as are light and Cho-
lerick, which quench Appetite moſt.
11831.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Nature of
Appetite in
the Stomack. for that Cold is a kinde of indigence of Nature, and calleth upon ſupply,
and ſo is Dryneſs: And therefore all ſour things (as Vinegar, Juyce of Lemmons,
Oyl of Vitriol, & c.) provoke Appetite. And the Diſeaſe which they call
Appetitus Caninus, conſiſteth in the Matter of an Acide and Glaſſie Phlegm
in the Mouth of the Stomack. Appetite is alſo moved by ſour things, for
that ſour things induce a contraction in the Nerves, placed in the Mouth of
the Stomack, which is a great cauſe of Appetite. As for the cauſe why Oni-
ons, and Salt, and Pepper in Baked Meats move Appetite, it is by Vellication
of thoſe Nerves; for Motion whetteth. As for Wormwood, Olives, Capers, and
others of that kinde, which participate of Bitterneſs, they move Appetite
by Abſterſion. So as there be four principal cauſes of Appetite; the Reſri-
geration of the Stomack joyned with ſome Dryneſs, Contraction, Vellicati-
on, and Abſterſion; beſides Hunger, which is an emptineſs; and yet over-
faſting doth (many times) cauſe the Appetite to ceaſe; for that want of Meat
maketh the Stomack draw Humors, and ſuch Humors as are light and Cho-
lerick, which quench Appetite moſt.
IT hath been obſerved by the Ancients, that where a Rainbow ſeemeth to
22832.
Expetiment
Solitary,
touching
Sweetneß of
Odor from the
Rainbow. hang over, or to touch, there breatheth forth a ſweet ſmell. The cauſe is,
for that this happeneth but in certain matters which have in themſelves ſome
Sweetneſs, which the gentle Dew of the Rainbow doth draw forth; and the
like do ſoft Showers, for they alſo make the Ground ſweet: But none are ſo
delicate as the Dew of the Rainbow where it falleth. It may be alſo, that the
Water it ſelf hath ſome Sweetneſs; for the Rainbow conſiſteth of a Glomera-
tion of ſmall drops, which cannot poſſibly fall but from the Air that is
very low, and therefore may hold the very Sweetneſs of the Herbs and
Flowers as a Diſtilled Water: For Rain and other Dew that fall from high
cannot preſerve the ſmell, being diſſipated in the drawing up; neither do we
know, whether ſome Water it lelf may not have ſome degree of Sweetneſs.
It is true, that we finde it ſenſibly in no Pool, River, nor Fountain; but good
Earth newly turned up, hath a freſhneſs and good ſent; which Water, iſ it be
not too equal, (for equal objects never move the Senſe) may alſo have. Cer-
tain it is, that Bayſalt, which is but a kinde of Water congealed, will ſome-
times ſmell like Violets.
22832.
Expetiment
Solitary,
touching
Sweetneß of
Odor from the
Rainbow. hang over, or to touch, there breatheth forth a ſweet ſmell. The cauſe is,
for that this happeneth but in certain matters which have in themſelves ſome
Sweetneſs, which the gentle Dew of the Rainbow doth draw forth; and the
like do ſoft Showers, for they alſo make the Ground ſweet: But none are ſo
delicate as the Dew of the Rainbow where it falleth. It may be alſo, that the
Water it ſelf hath ſome Sweetneſs; for the Rainbow conſiſteth of a Glomera-
tion of ſmall drops, which cannot poſſibly fall but from the Air that is
very low, and therefore may hold the very Sweetneſs of the Herbs and
Flowers as a Diſtilled Water: For Rain and other Dew that fall from high
cannot preſerve the ſmell, being diſſipated in the drawing up; neither do we
know, whether ſome Water it lelf may not have ſome degree of Sweetneſs.
It is true, that we finde it ſenſibly in no Pool, River, nor Fountain; but good
Earth newly turned up, hath a freſhneſs and good ſent; which Water, iſ it be
not too equal, (for equal objects never move the Senſe) may alſo have. Cer-
tain it is, that Bayſalt, which is but a kinde of Water congealed, will ſome-
times ſmell like Violets.
TO ſweet Smells, heat is requiſite to concoct the Matter, and ſome Moy-
33833.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Sweet Smells. ſture to ſpred the Breath of them: For heat, we ſeethat Woods and Spi-
ces are more odorate in the Hot Countreys, then in the Cold. For Moiſture,
we ſee that things too much dryed loſe their Sweetneſs; and Flowers grow-
ing ſmell better in a Morning or Evening, then at Noon. Some ſweet ſmells
are deſtroyed by approach to the Fire; as Violets, Wall-flowers, Gilliflowers, Pinks,
and generally all Flowers that have cool and delicate Spirits. Some continue
both on the fire, and from the fire, as Roſe-Water, & c. Some do fcarce come
forth, or at leaſt not ſo pleaſantly, as by means of the fire; as Juniper, Sweet
Gums, & c. and all ſmells that are encloſed in a faſt Body; but (generally)
thoſe ſmells are the moſt grateful where the degree of heat is ſmall, or where
the ſtrength of the ſmell is allayed; for theſe things do rather wo the Senſe,
then ſatiate it. And therefore the ſmell of Violets and Roſes exceedeth in ſweet-
neſs that of Spices; and Gums, and the ſtrongeſt ſort of ſmells, are beſt in a
weft afar off.
33833.
Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Sweet Smells. ſture to ſpred the Breath of them: For heat, we ſeethat Woods and Spi-
ces are more odorate in the Hot Countreys, then in the Cold. For Moiſture,
we ſee that things too much dryed loſe their Sweetneſs; and Flowers grow-
ing ſmell better in a Morning or Evening, then at Noon. Some ſweet ſmells
are deſtroyed by approach to the Fire; as Violets, Wall-flowers, Gilliflowers, Pinks,
and generally all Flowers that have cool and delicate Spirits. Some continue
both on the fire, and from the fire, as Roſe-Water, & c. Some do fcarce come
forth, or at leaſt not ſo pleaſantly, as by means of the fire; as Juniper, Sweet
Gums, & c. and all ſmells that are encloſed in a faſt Body; but (generally)
thoſe ſmells are the moſt grateful where the degree of heat is ſmall, or where
the ſtrength of the ſmell is allayed; for theſe things do rather wo the Senſe,
then ſatiate it. And therefore the ſmell of Violets and Roſes exceedeth in ſweet-
neſs that of Spices; and Gums, and the ſtrongeſt ſort of ſmells, are beſt in a
weft afar off.