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

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            ſalted throughout) goeth to the bottom. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s504" xml:space="preserve">And therefore no marvel if the
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            draining of Water by deſcent, doth make it freſh: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s505" xml:space="preserve">Beſides, I do ſome what
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            doubt, that the very daſhing of the Water that cometh from the Sea, is
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            more proper to ſtrike off the ſalt part, than where the Water ſlideth of her
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            own motion.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s507" xml:space="preserve">It ſeemeth Percolation or Tranſmißion (which is commonly called Strain-
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            ing) is a good kinde of Separation, not onely of thick from thin, and groſs
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            from fine, but of more ſubtile Natures; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s508" xml:space="preserve">and varieth according to the Body,
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            through which the Tranſmißion is made. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s509" xml:space="preserve">As if through a Woollen-bag, the
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            liquor leaveth the fatneſs; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s510" xml:space="preserve">if through Sand, the ſaltneſs, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s511" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s512" xml:space="preserve">They ſpeak of
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            ſevering Wine from Water, paſſing it through Ivy-wood, or through other
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            the like porous body, but Non conſtat.</s>
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          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s514" xml:space="preserve">The Gum of Trees (which we ſee to be commonly ſhining and clear)
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            is but a fine paſſage, or ſtraining of the Juice of the Tree, through the
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            Wood and Bark. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s515" xml:space="preserve">And in like manner, Cornish Diamonds, and Rock Rubies,
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            (which are yet more reſplendent than Gums) are the fine Exudations of
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            Stone.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s517" xml:space="preserve">Ariſtotle giveth the cauſe vainly, Why the Feathers of Birds are of more
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            lively colours than the Hairs of Beaſts; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s518" xml:space="preserve">for no Beaſt hath any fine Azure, or
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            Carnation, or Green Hair. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s519" xml:space="preserve">He ſaith it is, becauſe Birds are more in the
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            Beams of the Sun than Beaſts, but that is maniſeſtly untrue; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s520" xml:space="preserve">for Cattle are
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            more in the Sun than Birds, that live commonly in the Woods, or in ſome
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            Covert. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s521" xml:space="preserve">The true cauſe is, that the excrementitious moiſture of living Crea-
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            tures, which maketh as well the Feathers in Birds as the Hair in Beaſts, paſs-
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            eth in Birds through a finer and more delicate Strainer, than it doth in Beaſts:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s522" xml:space="preserve">For Feathers paſs through Quills, and Hair through Skin.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s524" xml:space="preserve">The Clarifying of Liquors by Adheſion, is an inward Percolation, and is
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            effected, when ſome cleaving Body is mixed and agitated with the Liquors;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s525" xml:space="preserve">where by the groſſer part of the Liquor ſticks to that cleaving Body; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s526" xml:space="preserve">and ſo
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            the finer parts are freed from the groſſer. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s527" xml:space="preserve">So the Apothecaries clarifie their
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            Syrups by Whites of Eggs, beaten with the Juices which they would clarifie; </s>
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            which whites of Eggs, gather all the dregs and groſſer parts of the Juice to
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            them; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s529" xml:space="preserve">and after the Syrup being ſet on the fire, the whites of Eggs them-
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            ſelves harden, and are taken forth. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s530" xml:space="preserve">So Ippocraß is clarified by mixing with
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            Milk, and ſtirring it about, and then paſſing it through a Woollen-bag,
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            which they call Hippocrates Sleeve; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s531" xml:space="preserve">and the cleaving Nature of the Milk, draw-
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            eth the Powder of the Spices, and groſſer parts of the Liquor to it, and in
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            the paſſage they ſtick upon the Woollen-bag.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s533" xml:space="preserve">The clarifying of Water, is an experiment
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            tending to Health, beſides
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            the pleaſure of the Eye, when Water is Cryſtaline. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s534" xml:space="preserve">It is effected by caſting
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            in, and placing Pebbles at the head of a Current, that the Water may ſtrain
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            through them.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s536" xml:space="preserve">It may be Percolation doth not onely cauſe clearneſs and ſplendor, but
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            ſweetneſs of ſavor; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s537" xml:space="preserve">for that alſo followeth, as well as clearneſs, when the
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            finer parts are ſevered from the groſſer. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s538" xml:space="preserve">So it is found, that the ſweats of
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            men that have much heat, and exerciſe much, and have clean Bodies and
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            fine Skins, do ſmell ſweet, as was ſaid of Alexander; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s539" xml:space="preserve">and we ſee commonly,
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            that Gums have ſweet odors.</s>
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          <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">9.</note>
          <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">Experiments
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          in Conſort,
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          touching
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          Motion of
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          Bodies upon
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          their Preſſure.</note>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s541" xml:space="preserve">TAke a Glaſs, and put Water into it, and wet your finger, and draw it
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            round about the lip of the Glaſs, preſſing it ſomewhat hard; </s>
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            after you have drawn it ſome few times about, it will make the Water frisk
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