1rations have a notable and manifeſt ſhare
in thoſe obvious effects, that men have
already been invited to aſcribe thereunto
ſuch as are the various diſtempers inci
dent to humane Bodies, eſpecially if cra
zy, in the Spring, the Autumn, and alſo
on moſt of the great and ſudden changes
of Weather) but likewiſe, that the fur
ther diſcovery of the nature of the Ayr,
will probably diſcover to us, that it con
curs more or leſs to the exhibiting of ma
ny Phænomena, in which it hath hither
to ſcarce been ſuſpected to have any inte
reſt. So that a True Account of any
Experiment that is New concerning a
thing, wherewith we have ſuch conſtant
and neceſſary intercourſe, may not one
ly prove of ſome advantage to humane
Life, but gratifie Philoſophers, by pro
moting their Speculations on a Subject
which hath ſo much opportunity to ſolli
cite their Curioſity.
in thoſe obvious effects, that men have
already been invited to aſcribe thereunto
ſuch as are the various diſtempers inci
dent to humane Bodies, eſpecially if cra
zy, in the Spring, the Autumn, and alſo
on moſt of the great and ſudden changes
of Weather) but likewiſe, that the fur
ther diſcovery of the nature of the Ayr,
will probably diſcover to us, that it con
curs more or leſs to the exhibiting of ma
ny Phænomena, in which it hath hither
to ſcarce been ſuſpected to have any inte
reſt. So that a True Account of any
Experiment that is New concerning a
thing, wherewith we have ſuch conſtant
and neceſſary intercourſe, may not one
ly prove of ſome advantage to humane
Life, but gratifie Philoſophers, by pro
moting their Speculations on a Subject
which hath ſo much opportunity to ſolli
cite their Curioſity.
And I ſhould immediately proceed to
the mention of my Experiments, but that
I like too well that worthy ſaying of the
Naturaliſt Pliny, Benignum eſt
the mention of my Experiments, but that
I like too well that worthy ſaying of the
Naturaliſt Pliny, Benignum eſt
& plenum ingenui pudor is, fateri
per quos profeceris, not to con
form to it, by acquainting your Lord-