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BUt contrarywise, Timber which is kept wet sometimes, and dry some∣times, as usually the foundations of Tim∣ber Houses are, if not secured by the
Masons Art, it would tire the House∣holders patience to see how soon such Timber will rot, and molder away, and become fit for nothing; which is a thing so well known, that the expe∣rience of every Rustick almost can teach it him.
So resolve our Stone must be used, if thou intend to have it putrefie kindly; our Wheel for Putrefaction must go round, in a constant Elevation or Ex∣traction of the Water or Humidity from the Body, by which Operation our Man the Sun is helped in his acting; and this Water must as constantly return to the Earth, to moisten it, by which the Wo∣man the Moon is helped in her acting.