and alſo more ſwéete. And heate bringeth forth matter, and ſhape lykeneſſes that be hidde in the matters, as in ſmall beaſts and wormes. For by working of heate, golde, ſiluer, and other mettals be brought forth of ſtones, and be beautified in a more noble ſhape. And by heate that diſſolueth and cleanſeth aſhes, the aſhes turne to glaſſe: And ſo it appeareth, that heate of aire and of kinde is miniſter and ſeruaunt. For by meane of heate the nobleſt ſhapes and likeneſſes as well of kinde as of craft, that be hid, commeth forth in act and in déede. Alſo heate that is printed in the aire, gendereth raine and clowdes, thundering and lightening, and dew, and other ſuch. For by the vertue thereof that worketh and draweth diuerſe vapours, drie & moiſt, be drawen vp to diuers places and regions of the aire, the which gathered together into clowdes, and the heate incloſed altereth and chaungeth them into diuerſe kindes, which at length it diſſolueth: and béeing diſſolued, ſome into Snowe, ſome into Hails, and ſome into raine, ſprinckleth them all about into the earth. And heate raiſeth the bodie that it is in; from the middle to the ouermoſt roundneſſe, as it is ſome in the Elements, in the which heate hath the maſterie: as in the Ayre & in the fire, that is fartheſt from the middle of the earth. And alſo this is ſéene in Oyle, that fléeteth and ſwimmeth alone, and in all other things, in which heate hath maſterie. Alſo it ſheweth the diſpoſition and qualitie of the body that it is in. As appeareth in the bodye, that heate hath the maſterie ouer. For as Conſtantinus ſayth, liber. 1. cha. 16. If the body be hot, then is much ſleſh, and little fatneſſe, redde coulour, much haire blacke or redde, hotte touching, good vnderſtanding, a man of great facunditie, a quicke goer, vardye, wrathfull, louelye, lecherous and deſiring much, and haſtelye defiring, or of good digeſtion, of ſharpe voyce, ſhamefaſt, of ſtrong and ſwifte pulſe, Conſtant ſheweth theſe ſignes, and many other, by the which an hot bodye is knowne. This ſufficeth at this time that is ſpoken of the propertie of heate.
¶Of Coldneſſe. Chap. 2.
Coldneſſe is a working propertye of an Element qualytie, more weaker in working then heate. For thereof the moouing is from the vter partes, to the middle. And therfore it maketh the partes of the bodye that it worketh in, to drawe néere togethers. And therefore it worketh his effect in the bodye more ſlowlye, and with the more difficultie. Alſo though it coole kindlye, and maketh colde, yet otherwhiles it heateth. Wée ſée in the winter, that when colde ſtoppeth the holes and powers of the bodie, the hot fumoſitie draweth inwarde, and hath not the frée out going, for that they bée held within, they ſmite togethers and heate themſelues. And ſo other whiles the colde that is without, maketh heate within. And colde maketh thicke and ſadde: for colde maketh the partes moue towarde the middle, and ſo the partes cleaue néere togethers, for the parts were before from the middle farre a ſunder, by moyſture put betwéene: but by drawing togethers of that moiſture, the partes drawe toward the middle, and bée néere togethers. Alſo though colde bringeth the partes toward the middle, and kindly ioyneth them together: yet it happeneth that it departeth and dealeth the parts a ſunder, as it is ſéene in ye braine that is thruſt with colde, by ſtrength of the uſing the moiſture that is therein, is wrong out, and falleth of, by diuers Emunctoryes of the braine, & is ſhedde or ſpilt, as appeareth in them that haue the catarre or ruine in the breaſt, cauſed of colde. Alſo kindlye colde maketh ſadde and rough: for when by working of colde, the partes come and cleeuie néere togethers, all the thing is made more ſadde and boyſtous. Farther by colde thruſting together firie partes, they bée thicked into airely, and airely, into watry, and the watry into earthly, and ſo the whole is made groſer. But it happeneth colde maketh the thing ſubtil. For when by colde conſtraining and thruſting
