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Show Chap. I V. 0f Fermentation. Chan. IV. 0f Fermentati'eiz. 1 Vt'nlr' Extrac't, as ftrcaming above out of the Sun, and other Planets, anc Stars, ofa greater or ten Magnitude -, and others being of a more mean Chitin-inn, ariiing out of a lower Orb. have divers FamiliesJ as they are pro~ . pagarcd from h'iinerals, Vegetables, and Animals. . . ‘The Mineral Steams allo are of a different lugeny, fome Saline, {ome Sulv i1" phureolfi, and others Earthy, the Saline are different too, as Armomac, Vitriolick Nitrous, Aluminous, and many‘others, made up of Actds and Alcalys, and Sulphureous Etlluxes alto are of leveral forts, wrhereof fome are Falutarygts Amber, Bitumen, Zommon Sulphur; and otlrersVenenate,as Auripioinentum, Arfniclt : and Earthy Steams are alfo leveral, as flowmg from diifl'rcnr Earths, as 'l'erra Lemnia, Sigillata, and the like. The \"eeetable Efiliixes too are no lilte Heterogeneous, and far more in»: :1}t‘l‘0ti=, than thofe of Minerals: Becaufe the whole Earth being Clothel with Plants, and adorned with Leaves and Flowers, perpetually emittntg \r'iollome Steams into the Air; fome "fatty, and Gummy, and other [liq nczssand Refinous, 0in and Balfamic, and others Saline of leveral Famil'es, compounded of Acids and Alcalys. ' ~ The Elliuxes of Animals, infpiting the Air, are much lefs than thoe'of Vegetables, and are of feveral Natures; fornc Fuliginous, tranfmitted out of the Lungs, with the expired Air', and others Alimentary, which are the more fine, \ olatil, Saline, and Sulphurious Particles of the Blood, and Nervous Liquor, tranlpiriug the many Minute Pores of the Cutis and Cuticula. Thefe various Ellluxes arifing out of feveral Families of Entities,aud every particular Branch of them, are fo many different Sources (out of which, they are tranfmitted into one common receptacle of Air) make divers difputes, the Volatil Saline, and Sulphureous afpiring, are confined Within the more grof) embraces of theaqueons and earthy Steams; which get the advantage ofbrinf; refined, by the more Spirituous and Volatil. ‘ The furore thin, aperitive, vinous Efllltxes of Vegetables, are euclofed \ruhin t' more Aftringent, Emplafiic and Oleaginous: The gummy and :, grow more exalted by the allociation of volatil and vinous l\'l l 'l'heSteamsallb of the bodies of Animals, are different from thofe other " i" yr; L mm a; filibiimc. :f‘cssl'dm‘ families of Entities, and arifing out of the Heterogeneous Principles of the Blood, do contribute to the fermentative difpofition of the Air, confifting oz" many extraneous parts 5 which beingyf contrary Natures, fornc Rare, form more Denfe, others aperitive or aflriugent, fomc volatil, others grofs, fomc Saline, others Sulphureous, fome Gummy, others Belinous, fome naive, others paflive, d0 aft and reaél: upon each other, according to their fevernl Capacities 3 and at laft, after divers Contefts, the Heterogeneous parts that cannot be reconciled to each other, fulfer a Divorce ‘, and the more Similar do mutually efpoufe by curring into an intimate union, as great Friends and Prefert ation of each other Thefe various Eflluxes, though little in bulk, yet are of great power, their great number fpeaking a Compeulation for their finalnefs of their bc- Attnt may be ""1th upm a 'uuunited, dies, as being aflbciated in one Compage, do fcem to Operate, as it were, are greatagent made up of many Minute ones. So that, as not only lelfer l and Waters breaking their Confines, do over- flow the Neighbouring Meadows, but alfo great Inundations fwallowing up Whole Countries, are aéled with bodies {ingly f0 finall, and inconflderablei HS dmpsrnaking Showres in their immenfc numbers, and after their long continued fall do create Dcluges of Waters, which in Nazi/J's time, covered die who 6 whole face of the Earth» This great allociation of fmall Particles of J ter, COnllltUElflg Showrcs of Rain, are compounded of far leis; and mo numerous bodies of afcendmg vapours, which being condenfed firft into Clouds, do afterwards diflolve into Showres, to drench and impregnate this lower Orb. Thus haxing {hede the feveral Fountains (out of which thefe Corporeal Eflluxe- do dream) and their various Difpolitions, imparting to Air, a Per- mentative Nature: M v, farther Intendment is now to declare,how Air imprgeg; Hated with different Steams, doth influence the feveral orders of Subliancés and Entities, whofe Eflluvia do advance the Atmofphaerc: and again, the Atmofphzere being impraagnated with lllthereal and Corporeal Emanarions, doth lpeak its grateful'returns, t0 the treble Family of Minerals, Vegetables and Animals, as the Parents of all Corporeal Ellluxes, which are conveyed to and fro all Earthy Bodies, by the mediation of the Air, the common ve- hicle of Steams (for the molt part confifling of a thin {ubtle nature) eafilv (13:37": QC‘ffa drift lures Zilif‘im' U ] inhnuating themfelves into the Pores of Neighbouring Bodies: Becaufe the r greatfwarms of Emuxcs, being great multitudes of minute volatil Bodies, do not only fport themfelves upon the outward Surfaces, but allo penetrate . through the fmall fecret pallages, into theinward parts of Bodies. "7,3,, mm at: And though every {ingle fteam, and its proper Operation, is not confider- fif},",f;f;",, ,, able in reference to the numerous parts {of which Bodies are compofed) yet val‘t numbers of tbcfe minute agents, aflilliiig each other in joynt Ope- r rations, may highly affect a proportionate number of parts, whofe lirbllance vcttue. they permeate. And here (I conceive) it may not be unworthy our Remark, that great fwarms of Eflluvia, may produce notable efi‘eé‘ts upon Bodies, when we confider that they do not proceed at once in manner of a Torrent, or like a Haillhotcoming out ofa Gun, but ilfue from bodies, as vaporous Winds do out of an JEolipil well heated : Or like Waters iliitin‘g out of a Fountain, in continued Streams, wherein numerous Fluid Particles {lill prefs one ano~ The manner ther forward in a fucceflive motion; f0 that though multitude otheams emitted at one time, be only capable to affeé't the outward furfaces of Bodies, yet the fucceeding Eflluxes, may infinuare themfelves a little farther inward, and every minute emitteth new fupplies of Corporeal Emanations, which do prefs forward thofe that are already entred, and fuccellively move each "MM" (learns, incorv fi?fi:‘§,j;‘o‘l‘,‘g,:‘ illicit-255' \vardrccetTca omwou'" other, from place to place, through the manifold Pores, feared one within another, till they being embodied with their vehicle of Air, do at lafl arrive the inmoft recell'es of the Body. And indeed, upon a curious furvey of the Subjec't, We may difcover, that though greatnefs of Bodies, do fomewhat contribute to their Operation upon others, yet matter precifely taken in its own nature, is a lluggilh Princi‘ple ( and one part aélcth upon another by local Motion) whofe Operations are rendred more ealie, and diverfly Modelled, by their Figure, Magnitude, Situation, and texture of agent and patient. And therefore Bodies, though gaifjntfij'jf, Very finall, yet in great numbers, may have a degree of Motion, when Mimlte Particles do conform in [hape and fize to the l'ores of the Bodies they aft . . . "P033 and the minute models of Emuvm, do hold analogy uith the texture of Bodiesfitred to receive their amicable,or hofiile impreflions,and may accom- actuiwnsam Form inm- l1. $535113;- gilt-63:2? other as con- plilh fuch efl‘eéls in the Subjeé'r, as more confiderable bodies in quantity, b€~ iambic 31'} , mg 3" fhaped, and moved, are not capable to effeét upon the fame body. u‘fthetligpofgi Minerals in Solutir principiz'r, being Liquid and Fluid Bodies, have an open 2,53?ch Compage, and being lodged near the Surface of the Earth, may be penetrate d L by |
