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

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            there Springs are chiefly generated. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s707" xml:space="preserve">We ſee it alſo in the Effects of the Cold
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            of the Middle Region (as they call it) of the Air; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s708" xml:space="preserve">which produceth Dews
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            and Rains. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s709" xml:space="preserve">And the Experiment of turning Water into Ice, by Snow, Ni-
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            tre, and Salt (whereof we ſhall ſpeak hereafter) would be transferred to the
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            turning of Air into Water. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s710" xml:space="preserve">The ſecond way is by Compreßion; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s711" xml:space="preserve">as in Stilla-
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            tories, where the Vapor is turned back, upon it ſelf, by the Encounter of
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            the Sides of the Stillatory; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s712" xml:space="preserve">and in the Dew upon the Covers of Boiling Pots;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s713" xml:space="preserve">and in the Dew to wards Rain, upon Marble, and VVainſcot. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s714" xml:space="preserve">But this is like to
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            do no great effect; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s715" xml:space="preserve">except it be upon Vapors, and groſs Air, that are al-
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            ready very near in Degree to Water. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s716" xml:space="preserve">The third is that, which may be
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            ſearched into, but doth not yet appear; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s717" xml:space="preserve">which is, by Mingling of moiſt
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            Vapors with Air; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s718" xml:space="preserve">and trying if they will not bring a Return of more Wa-
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            ter, than the Water was at firſt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s719" xml:space="preserve">For if ſo, That Increaſe is a Verſion of the
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            Air: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s720" xml:space="preserve">Therefore put VVater into the bottom of a Stillatory, with the Neb
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            ſtopped; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s721" xml:space="preserve">weigh the VVater firſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s722" xml:space="preserve">hang in the Middle of the Stillatory a large
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            Spunge; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s723" xml:space="preserve">and ſee what quantity of VVater you can cruſh out of it; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s724" xml:space="preserve">and what
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            it is, more, or leſs, compared with the VVater ſpent; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s725" xml:space="preserve">for you muſt under-
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            ſtand, that if any Verſion can be wrought, it will be eaſily done in ſmall
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            Pores: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s726" xml:space="preserve">And that is the reaſon why we preſcribe a Spunge. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s727" xml:space="preserve">The fourth way
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            is probable alſo, though not appearing; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s728" xml:space="preserve">which is, by receiving the Air into
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            the ſmall Pores of Bodies; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s729" xml:space="preserve">For (as hath been ſaid) every thing in ſmall quan-
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            tity is more eaſie for Verſion; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s730" xml:space="preserve">and Tangible Bodies have no pleaſure in the
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            conſort of Air, but endeavor to ſubact it into a more Denſe Body: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s731" xml:space="preserve">But in
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            Entire Bodies it is checked; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s732" xml:space="preserve">becauſe, if the Air ſhould Condenſe, there is no-
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            thing to ſucceed: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s733" xml:space="preserve">Therefore it muſt be in looſe Bodies, as Sand, and Pow-
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            der, which we ſee, if they lie cloſe, of themſelves gather Moiſture.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s735" xml:space="preserve">IT is reported by ſome of the Ancients, That Whelps, or other Creatures,
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0041-01" xlink:href="note-0041-01a" xml:space="preserve">28.</note>
              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0041-02" xlink:href="note-0041-02a" xml:space="preserve">Experiment
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              Solitary,
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              touching the
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              Helps to-
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              wards the
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              Beauty and
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              good Features
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              of Perſons.</note>
            if they be put young into ſuch a Cage, or Box, as they cannot riſe to their
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            Stature, but may increaſe in breadth or length, will grow accordingly, as
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            they can get room; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s736" xml:space="preserve">which, if it be true, and feaſible, and that the young
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            Creature ſo preſſed, and ſtreightned, doth not thereupon die; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s737" xml:space="preserve">it is a means
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            to produce Dwarf Creatures, and in a very ſtrange Figure. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s738" xml:space="preserve">This is certain,
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            and noted long ſince, That the Preſſure, or Forming of Parts of Creatures,
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            when they are very young, doth alter the ſhape not a little: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s739" xml:space="preserve">As the ſtroak-
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            ing of the Heads of Infants, between the Hands, was noted of old, to make
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            Macrocephali; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s740" xml:space="preserve">which ſhape of the Head, at that time, was eſteemed. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s741" xml:space="preserve">And
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            the raiſing gently of the Bridge of the Noſe, doth prevent the Deformity
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            of a Saddle Noſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s742" xml:space="preserve">Which obſer vation well weighed, may teach a means,
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            to make the Perſons of Men and Women, in many kindes, more comely
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            and better featured, than otherwiſe they would be; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s743" xml:space="preserve">by the Forming and
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            Shaping of them in their Infancy: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s744" xml:space="preserve">As by Stroaking up the Calves of the
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            Legs, to keep them from falling down too low; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s745" xml:space="preserve">and by Stroaking up the
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            Forehead, to keep them from being low Foreheaded. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s746" xml:space="preserve">And it is a common
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            practice to ſwathe Infants, that they may grow more ſtraight, and better
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0041-03" xlink:href="note-0041-03a" xml:space="preserve">29.</note>
              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0041-04" xlink:href="note-0041-04a" xml:space="preserve">Experiments
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              Solitary,
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              touching the
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              Condenſing of
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              Air in ſuck
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              ſort as it may
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              put on
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              Weight, and
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              yield Nouriſh-
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              ment.</note>
            ſhaped; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s747" xml:space="preserve">and we ſee young Women, by wearing ſtraight Bodies, keep them-
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            ſelv es from being Groſs and Corpulent.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s749" xml:space="preserve">ONions, as they hang, will many of them ſhoot forth; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s750" xml:space="preserve">and ſo will Penny-
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            ro
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            yal; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s751" xml:space="preserve">and ſo will an Herb called Orpin; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s752" xml:space="preserve">with which they uſe, in the
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            Countrey, to trim their Houſes, binding it to a Lath, or Stick, and
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            ſetting it againſt a Wall. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s753" xml:space="preserve">VVe ſee it likewiſe, more eſpecially, in the </s>
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