Twenty-three discourses on subjects of physical science (see fol. 59), of which examples are: 'Whether the starres shine on the earth by reflection of Sun-beames' (fol. 6v) 'Why the sea increaseth by the entrance of Rivers' (fol. 20v) 'Why the wine of Egypt is smaller than that of Europe' (fol. 43) 'Whether our bodyes be hotter inwardly in Winter or in…