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

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236204Natural Hiſtory; the Odor of them till the Feaſt was paſt. I knew a Gentleman that would
faſt (ſometimes) three or four, yea, five days, without Meat, Bread, or
Drink; but the ſame Man uſed to have continually a great Wiſp of Herbs
that he ſmelled on, and amongft thoſe Herbs ſome eſculent Herbs of ſtrong
ſent, as Onions, Garlick, Leeks, and the like.

They do uſe for the Accident of the Mother to burn Feathers, and other
11935. things of ill Odor; and by thoſe ill ſmells the riſing of the Mother is put
down.

There be Airs which the Phyſicians adviſe their Patients to remove
22936. unto in Conſumptions, or upon recovery of long ſickneſſes, which (common-
ly) are plain Champaigns, but Graſing, and not over grown with Heath,
or the like; or elſe Timber-ſhades, as in Foreſts, and the like. It is noted al-
ſo, that Groves of Bays do forbid Peſtilent Airs; which was accounted a
great cauſe of the wholeſome Air of Antiochia. There be alſo ſome Soyls
that put forth Odorate Herbs of themſelves, as VVilde Thyme, VVilde Marjoram,
Penny-royal, Camomile; and in which, the Bryar-Roſes ſmell almoſt like Musk-
Roſes; which (no doubt) are ſigns that do diſcover an excellent Air.

It were good for men to think of having healthful Air in their Houſes;
33937. which will never be, if the Rooms be low-roofed, or full of Windows and
Doors; for the one maketh the Air cloſe, and not freſh; and the other,
maketh it exceeding unequal, which is a great enemy to health. The Win-
dows alſo ſhould not be high up to the Roof (which is in uſe for Beauty and
Magnificence) but low. Alſo Stone-walls are not wholeſome; but Timber is
more wholeſome, and eſpecially Brick; nay, it hath been uſed by ſome
with great ſucceſs, to make their Walls thick, aed to put a Lay of Chalk
between the Bricks to take away all dampiſhneſs.

THeſe Emiſſions (as we ſaid before) are handled, and ought to be hand-,
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Experiment
Solitary,
touching the
Emißions of
Spiritual Spe-
cies, which
affect the
Senſes. led by themſelves, under their proper Titles; that is, Viſibles, and
Audibles, each apart: In this place it ſhall ſuffice to give ſome general Ob-
ſervations common to both. Firſt, they ſeem to be Incorporeal. Secondly,
they work ſwiftly. Thirdly, they work at large diſtances. Fourthly, in
curious varieties. Fifthly, they are not effective of any thing, nor leave any
work behinde them, but are energies meerly; for their working upon mir-
rors and places of Echo doth not alter any thing in thoſe Bodies; but it is
the ſame Action with the Original, onely repercuſſed. And as for the ſhaking
of Windows, or rarifying the Air by great noiſes, and the Heat cauſed by
Burning Glaſſes, they are rather Concomitants of the Audible and Viſible
Species, then the effects of them. Sixthly, they ſeem to be of ſo tender and
weak a Nature, as they affect onely ſuch a Rare and Attenuate Subſtance
as is the Spirit of Living Creatures.

IT is mentioned in ſome Stories, that where Children have been expoſed
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Experiments
in Conſort,
touching
Emißion of
Immateriate
Virtues from
the Mindes
and Spirits of
Men, either by
Affections, or
by Imaginati-
ons, or by other
Impreßsons. or taken away young from their Parents, and that afterward they have
approached to their Parents preſence, the Parents (though they have not
known them) have had a ſecret Joy, or other Alteration thereupon.

There was an Egyptian Soothſayer that made Antonius believe, that his
genius (which otherwiſe was brave and confident) was, in the preſence of
Octavianus Cæſar, poor and cowardly; and therefore, he adviſed him to abſent
himſelf (as much as he could) and remove far from him. The Soothſayer was
thought to be ſuborned by Cleopatra, to make him live in Egypt, and other
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