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

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268A Table of the chief Matters11
# Water cooleth Air, and moiſteneth it not
# 187, 188
Water may be the Medium of Sounds, 167.
# watry moiſture enduceth Putrefaction, 74.
# Turning watry ſubſtances into oily, 79. A
# great work in Nature, ibid. Four inſtan-
# ces thereof, ibid. 80. wrought by Digeſti-
# on, ibid. watering of Grounds, a great
# help to fruitfulneſs, 123, 124. Cautions
# therein, ibid. Means to water them # ibid.
Water-Creſſes # 78
Weapon anointed # 213
Weight of the Diſſolution of Iron in Aqua-
# fortis # 166
Wheat ſet # 95, 96
White, a penurious colour, 24, 25. In Flow-
# ers, 108. commonly more inodorate then
# other colours, ibid. The cauſe, ibid. white
# more delicate in Berries, 109. The eauſe
# thereof, ibid. Not ſo commonly in Fruits,
# ibid. The cauſe thereof # ibid.
White Gunpowder # 42, 43
Wholeſome ſeats, 164. Tryal for them, 173.
# Moist Air, not good, ibid. Inequality of
# Air, naught # ibid.
Wilde-fires, why water will not quench them
# 165
Wilde Herbs ſhew the nature of the Ground
# 135
Winds southern, diſpoſe Mens bodies to hea-
# vineſs, 81. winds Southern without Rain
# fevoriſh # 166
Winds gathered for freſhneſs, 164. Prog-
# noſticks of winds # 174
Winding Trees # 113
Wine burnt, 5. Wine how to be uſed in Con-
# ſumptions, 14. Wine, for what Bodies
# good, for what burtful, 153. wine cor-
# rected, that it may not fume # 165
Wine new, preſently made potable # 139
Wine and water, ſeparated by weight, 3, 4.
# Tryal hereof in two Glaſſes, ibid. When
# it will operate, and when not, ibid. Spirit
# of wine burnt, 82. Mingled with wax,
# the operation of it # ibid.
Winter and summer ſukneſſes, 84. Signs of
# a cold winter, 155, 174. winter Sleepers
# 194
Witches, 198, 199. work most by Imagi-
# nation and Fancy, ibid. 203. Witches
# Oyntment # 210
# Woolf-guts applied to the belly, care the
# Collick, ibid. Head hanged up frighteth
# Vermin # ibid.
Wonder, 151. The Impreſſions thereof # ibid.
Wood ſhining in the dark # 77, 78
Wood-ſear # 104
Wool attractive of Water, 20, 25. Through
# a Veßel # ibid.
World, ſuppoſed by ſome to be a Living Crea-
# ture # 197, 198
Worms foretel Rain # 176
Wounds, ſome applications to them,139
# wounds made with Braſs, eaſier to cure
# then thoſe made with Iron # 166
Wriſts have a ſympathy with the Head, and
# other parts # 25
Y.
YAwning hindereth Hearing, 62. The
# cauſe, ibid. It is a motion of Imitation,
# 65. In yawning, dangerous to pick the
# Ear # 140
Years ſteril, cauſe Corn to degenerate # 111
Yellow colour in Herbs # 109
Young Trees, which bear beſt # 131
Z.
ZOne Torrid, leß tolerable for Heats then
# the Æquinoctial, 87. Three cauſes
# thereof # ibid.

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