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Dee 25th 180 Christmas.

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VISCOUNT ST. ALBAN,

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OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

CENTURY IX.

Or perception in bodies insensible, tending to natural

divination or subtile trials,

Of concoction and crudity,

Page 1

9

ibid.

10

ibid.

11

13

ibid.

14

15

16

ibid.

17

ibid.

18

ibid.

Of alterations, which may be called majors,

Of bodies liquefiable, and not liquefiable,

Of bodies fragile and tough,

Of the two kinds of pneumaticals in bodies,

Of concretion and dissolution of bodies,

Of bodies hard and soft,

Of ductile and tensile,

Of several passions of matter, and characters of

bodies,

Of induration by sympathy,

Of honey and sugar,

Of the finer sort of base metals,

Of certain cements and quarries,

19

20

ibid.

21

ibid.

Of the altering of colours in hairs and feathers, 22

Of the difference of living creatures, male and
female,

ibid.

Of the comparative magnitude of living creatures, 23

Of producing fruit without core or stone,

Of the melioration of tobacco,

Of several heats working the same effects,

Of swelling and dilatation in boiling,

O the dulcoration of fruits,