Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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of all, the hanging of them in a deep Well ſomewhat above the Water, for
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ſome fortnights ſpace, is an cxcellent means of making Drink freſh and
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doth, though it rarifieth the reſt that remain: </
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vigorous, and irritateth them, whereby they incorporate the parts of the
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the Spirits of the Body outward, and ſo ſpreading them more ſmoothly;
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this is eſſected by Heat, Motion, Attraction, and by a Rudiment of
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Putrefaction: </
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Chalk, in Lime, covered over with Onions, covered over with Crabs,
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cloſed up in Wax, ſhut in a Box, &</
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and freſh as at the firſt putting in, and the Kernels continued White. </
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cauſe is, for that all excluſion of open Air, (which is ever predatory) main-
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taineth the Body in his firſt freſhneſs and moiſture; </
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ſome ſuch thick coated fruit, it would not do.</
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wrinkled, dry, ſoft, ſweet, yellow within. </
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a degree of heat, which doth neither melt nor ſcorch (for we ſee that
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in a greater heat, a roaſt Apple ſoftneth and melteth, and Pigs feet
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made of quarters of Wardens, ſcortch and have a skin of coal) doth
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Mellow, and not adure: </
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ſprinkled with Soot, which helpeth to mature. </
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Pears and Prunes, in the Oven, and removing of them often as they begin
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peared both in their yellowneſs and ſweetneſs. </
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Degree of Heat, which is in Lime and Aſhes, (being a ſmoothering heat) is
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of all the reſtmoſt proper; </
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therefore it is the Experiment fitteſt for uſe.</
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forth the Spirits of the Apple, and ſpred them equally thoro wout the Body;
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ſo one Cluſter of Grapes, that toucheth another whileſt it groweth, ripen-
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much as the other, but the Apple in the Straw, more. </
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the Hay and Straw have a very low degree of Heat, but yet cloſe and
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ſmoothering, and which dryeth not.</
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all Air kept cloſe, hath a degree of warmth; </
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