Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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Vapors diſperſe into the Winter ſhowers; </
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eth them in, and tranſporteth them into the late Spring and Summer fol-
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earlier, do ſhew the temperature of Weather according to that Countrey
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whence they came: </
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Winters. </
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of Seaſon, like unto that Seaſon in which they come; </
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Cucks
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es, &</
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more certain then thoſe of Seaſons: </
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Shore, and the Murmur of Winds in the Woods, without apparent Wind,
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ſhew Wind to follow. </
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are not at the firſt perceived, except they be pent by Water or Wood. </
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therefore a Murmur out of Caves like wiſe portendeth as much.</
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Tempeſt and Winds before the Air here below. </
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of the ſmaller Stars, is a ſign of Tempeſts following. </
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ſhall finde a number of inſtances in our Inquiſition de Ventis.</
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peſts ſooner, then the Valleys or Plains below. </
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VVhen certain Hills have their Night-caps on, they me@n miſchief. </
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Tempeſts which are for the moſt part bred above in the Middle Region, (as
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they call it) are ſooneſt perceived to collect in the places next it.</
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finde it. </
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wiſe we do not feel; </
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beginneth to be unquiet; </
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more then they uſe. </
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ſtruck and driven the Air, is apparent to the Senſe; </
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move then Air. </
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ſhake them off; </
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up Graſs or Chaff, or ſuch light things into the Air.</
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ings of the Water, (whereof weſpake before) ſo it cauſeth ſome light mo-
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tions of Bubbles, and white Circles of Froth. </
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Wind cannot be perceived by the Senſe, until there be an Eruption of a great
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quantity from under the Water, and ſo it getteth into a Body, whereas in the
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firſt putting up, it cometh in little portions.</
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ried by the Wind; </
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ſheweth a VVind at hand: </
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fro in the Air.</
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Creatures that live in the open Air (ſub dio) muſt needs have a quicker
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impreſſion from the Air, then Men that live moſt within doors; </
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cially Birds who live in the Air freeſt and cleareſt, and are apteſt by their
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voice to tell tales what they finde, and likewiſe by the motion of their
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flight to expreſs the ſame.</
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