green feces fall to the bottom, the reſidue of the water being white and cleare. Now by all this you may conclude what manner of diſſimilarity there is in the parts of water. I ſhall adde but one obſervation more, and ſo conclude this ſubject.
Take a flint of[errata 1] river water, and put it into a gourd glaſſe, poure upon it as much river water as will fill the glaſſe, evaporate this water till the flint be dry, then poure on more fresh water, doe this ſo long till the flint will fill up the glaſſe, (for in a little time it will fill it up, and becon e to be of the forme or figure of the glaſſe) for it attracts to it ſelfe the mucilaginouſneſſe of the water, which indeed is a ſlimie ſaltiſh matter, and the true matter of ſtones. And thus thou shalt have that done by art in few dayes, which nature would have been perfecting many yeares, and indeed juſt ſuch a flint as is produced in the rivers. Any one that ſhould ſee this flint in the glaſſe would wonder how it should come in there. You may break your glaſſe, and take out your flint.
There are divers ſuch proceſſes which may be uſed, but in effect they demonſtrate but little more concerning the potentiall heterogeneity of water, and therefore to avoid tediouſneſſe, I ſhall here end with the Anatomy of water, concerning which if any one can make a further illuſtration, let him be candid and impart it, and I ſhall be glad to learn of him, and in the mean time let him accept of theſe my endeavours.
I Shall not ſpeak here of the juice of grapes as being naturally divided into Wine, Tartar and Lees, but of Wine as artificially divided into pure Spirit, flegme, and feces.
1. The Spirit is that hot, ſubtle, pure, clear, cordiall, and balſamicall ſubſtance which ariſeth with a ſmall heat after four
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