Loimotomia, or, The pest anatomized in these following particulars, Viz. 1. The material cause of the pest, 2. The efficient cause of the pest, 3. The subject part of the pest, 4. The signs of the pest, 5. An historical account of the dissections of a pestilential body by the author, and the consequences thereof, 6. Reflections and observations on the fore-said dissection, 7. Directions preservative and curative against the pest : together with the authors apology against the calumnies of the Galenists, and a word to Mr. Nath. Hodges, concerning his late Vindiciae medicinae / by George Thomson.
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             Loimotomia, or, The pest anatomized in these following particulars, Viz. 1. The material cause of the pest, 2. The efficient cause of the pest, 3. The subject part of the pest, 4. The signs of the pest, 5. An historical account of the dissections of a pestilential body by the author, and the consequences thereof, 6. Reflections and observations on the fore-said dissection, 7. Directions preservative and curative against the pest : together with the authors apology against the calumnies of the Galenists, and a word to Mr. Nath. Hodges, concerning his late Vindiciae medicinae / by George Thomson.
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           Hodges, Nathaniel, 1629-1688. -- Vindiciae medicinae et medicorum.
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               The
               Manner
               of
               Dissecting
               the
               
                 PESTILENTIALL
                 BODY
              
               .
            
             
               Printed
               for
               Nath
               :
               Crouch
               at
               the
               Rose
               and
               Crowne
               in
               Exchang
               Ally
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           ΛΟΙΜΟΤΟΜΙΑ
           :
           OR
           THE
           PEST
           Anatomized
           In
           these
           following
           particulars
           ,
           Viz.
           
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               Material
               Cause
               of
               the
               PEST
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Efficient
               Cause
               of
               the
               PEST
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Subject
               Part
               of
               the
               PEST
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               Signs
               of
               the
               PEST
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               An
               Historical
               Account
               of
               the
               Dissection
               of
               a
               Pestilential
               Body
               by
               the
               Author
               ;
               and
               the
               Consequents
               thereof
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Reflections
               and
               Observations
               on
               the
               foresaid
               Dissection
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Directions
               Preservative
               and
               Curative
               against
               the
               Pest.
               
            
          
        
         
           Together
           with
           the
           
             Authors
             Apology
          
           against
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           the
           Galenists
           :
           and
           a
           Word
           to
           Mr.
           
             Nath
             :
             Hodges
          
           ,
           concerning
           his
           late
           
             Vindiciae
             Medicinae
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             George
             Thomson
          
           ,
           M.
           D.
           
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
        
         
           Dii
           talem
           terris
           avertite
           Pestem
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Nath
             :
             Crouch
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           
           Exchange-Alley
           near
           Lombard-street
           ,
           1666.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           IMPRIMATUR
           ,
           1666.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Truly
           Honourable
           ,
           WILLIAM
           Earl
           of
           CRAVEN
           ,
           Vicount
           of
           Ovington
           ,
           and
           Baron
           of
           Hampsted
           Marshall
           .
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           YOU
           have
           so
           obliged
           this
           whole
           NATION
           to
           Love
           and
           Honour
           you
           ,
           for
           those
           many
           
             eminent
             Graces
          
           and
           Virtues
           conspicuous
           
           in
           you
           ,
           especially
           that
           
             transcendent
             Charity
          
           towards
           your
           Neighbour
           in
           
             time
             of
             Extremity
          
           ;
           that
           should
           I
           ,
           conscious
           of
           your
           
             Noble
             Actions
          
           ,
           having
           so
           fit
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           neglect
           to
           render
           you
           Thanks
           ,
           and
           to
           celebrate
           your
           Praises
           ,
           for
           your
           bounty
           and
           liberality
           to
           this
           
             miserable
             City
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Contagion
           was
           grassant
           to
           the
           depopulating
           and
           depauperating
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           might
           deservedly
           be
           reckoned
           among
           ungratefull
           men
           ;
           
             Augustam
             Animam
             Augusto
             in
             pectore
             gestas
          
           ;
           you
           
           have
           a
           Soul
           like
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Creator
          
           ,
           of
           a
           vast
           extent
           ,
           diffusive
           ,
           communicative
           ,
           beneficial
           to
           good
           and
           bad
           .
           Sir
           ,
           you
           have
           given
           such
           example
           of
           Charity
           upon
           this
           late
           Exigent
           ,
           as
           more
           powerful
           to
           convert
           this
           
             hard-hearted
             Age
          
           ,
           than
           the
           Tongue
           of
           Men
           and
           Angels
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           the
           presence
           of
           your
           Person
           ,
           hath
           been
           a
           means
           to
           counterpoise
           the
           evil
           effects
           of
           
             fugitive
             Physicians
          
           ;
           so
           that
           many
           probably
           have
           evaded
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           late
           Pest
           ,
           through
           a
           
             strong
             Imagination
          
           that
           
           it
           was
           not
           so
           Contagious
           and
           Mortal
           (
           as
           was
           conceived
           )
           because
           a
           Person
           of
           your
           Dignity
           did
           dare
           to
           
             tarry
             here
          
           when
           it
           was
           most
           outragious
           .
           Blessed
           be
           the
           Wise
           Disposer
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           who
           hath
           preserved
           you
           to
           be
           an
           Instrument
           for
           his
           
             further
             Glory
          
           ,
           the
           Benefit
           of
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           the
           maintenance
           of
           FUNDAMENTAL
           TRUTHS
           against
           all
           Opposers
           .
           And
           now
           I
           draw
           a
           little
           nigher
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           offering
           to
           you
           the
           First-fruits
           of
           my
           
             Difficult
             Labours
          
           ,
           collected
           in
           the
           
           time
           of
           the
           
             Raging
             Pest.
          
           The
           Substance
           of
           this
           Discourse
           is
           Practical
           ,
           no
           idle
           
             Dogmatical
             Fancy
          
           of
           a
           
             Non
             Ens
          
           ,
           no
           
             Necessary
             Directions
          
           from
           Hearsaid
           ;
           But
           I
           have
           here
           laid
           open
           what
           I
           visibly
           and
           experimentally
           have
           found
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           handled
           with
           these
           hands
           ,
           and
           seen
           with
           these
           eyes
           .
           Really
           ,
           
             Noble
             Sir
          
           ,
           all
           that
           I
           begg
           of
           your
           Honour
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           favour
           me
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           I
           Speak
           ,
           Write
           ,
           and
           Act
           according
           to
           Truth
           :
           which
           I
           know
           is
           so
           
           prevalent
           ,
           that
           maugre
           all
           Adversaries
           ,
           it
           will
           at
           length
           be
           Triumphant
           ,
           and
           bestow
           upon
           all
           
             Honest
             Endeavours
          
           an
           
             Immortal
             Crown
          
           of
           Glory
           .
        
         
           Your
           Lordships
           most
           Humble
           ,
           and
           Affectionate
           Servant
           ,
           
             GEO
             :
             THOMSON
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Know
           thou
           art
           Cloy'd
           with
           multitude
           of
           Books
           that
           this
           Scribling
           Age
           is
           fertil
           in
           :
           Thou
           must
           needs
           nauseate
           
             Cramben
             Millies
             coctam
          
           ,
           the
           same
           homely
           Service
           a
           Thousand
           times
           set
           before
           thee
           ,
           the
           same
           things
           still
           repeated
           ,
           perhaps
           false
           ,
           or
           little
           for
           thy
           satisfactory
           Instruction
           :
           So
           that
           it
           is
           enough
           to
           make
           thee
           look
           askew
           ,
           and
           scorn
           what
           I
           have
           here
           offered
           to
           thy
           Perusal
           ,
           expecting
           no
           other
           from
           me
           than
           
             Cuculi
             Cantum
             ;
             sed
             siste
             Gradum
             :
          
           If
           you
           please
           to
           make
           a
           Halt
           awhile
           ,
           I
           may
           deliver
           something
           thou
           may'st
           not
           repent
           to
           spend
           time
           to
           hear
           ,
           &
           take
           pains
           to
           read
           ,
           tending
           to
           thy
           Health
           ;
           that
           Goddess
           Salus
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           Temporal
           Felicity
           can
           be
           enjoyed
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           which
           so
           long
           as
           it
           favours
           us
           ,
           nothing
           but
           may
           be
           purchased
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           ventured
           my
           own
           Life
           to
           save
           thine
           ,
           passing
           through
           a
           way
           little
           trodden
           ,
           full
           of
           Bryars
           and
           Thorns
           ;
           and
           finding
           a
           
           shorter
           Cut
           ,
           I
           have
           given
           thee
           such
           Directions
           ,
           which
           if
           thou
           strictly
           follow
           ,
           may
           make
           thy
           passage
           through
           this
           vally
           of
           miseries
           more
           happy
           .
           I
           have
           declared
           in
           this
           following
           Treatise
           ,
           how
           we
           are
           begirt
           on
           every
           side
           with
           infinite
           occasional
           Causes
           that
           seek
           to
           ruine
           us
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           Domestick
           Enemy
           we
           carry
           about
           us
           ,
           ready
           to
           betray
           us
           to
           the
           violent
           power
           of
           preternatural
           things
           infesting
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           above
           this
           Twenty
           Years
           sollicitous
           and
           sedulous
           to
           find
           out
           the
           genuine
           proper
           Causes
           and
           Cures
           of
           all
           Diseases
           malignant
           ,
           but
           especially
           the
           Pest
           ;
           for
           which
           end
           I
           visited
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ,
           the
           Poor
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Rich
           ,
           administring
           to
           them
           Medicines
           of
           my
           own
           preparation
           ;
           observing
           from
           one
           ,
           what
           might
           be
           useful
           to
           another
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           eager
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           Therapeutical
           Truth
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           restless
           till
           I
           had
           the
           full
           view
           of
           the
           inward
           parts
           of
           a
           Pestilential
           Body
           ,
           whereby
           my
           Iudgment
           was
           confirmed
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           and
           my
           Intellectuals
           instructed
           in
           others
           .
           I
           have
           acted
           many
           Years
           formerly
           ,
           
           but
           especially
           now
           of
           late
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           most
           need
           ,
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Physitian
           ,
           Chyrurgion
           ,
           and
           Apothecary
           ,
           as
           becomes
           every
           honest
           able
           Man
           lawfully
           called
           to
           this
           Noble
           Faculty
           .
           Take
           it
           for
           an
           infallible
           Verity
           (
           and
           I
           assert
           it
           without
           the
           least
           Rancour
           and
           Malice
           to
           any
           Person
           )
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           without
           miraculous
           Inspiration
           ,
           for
           a
           Physitian
           to
           discharge
           his
           Duty
           in
           this
           honourable
           Profession
           ,
           unless
           he
           bring
           to
           Unity
           that
           which
           of
           late
           hath
           been
           made
           a
           Trinity
           ,
           through
           the
           Laziness
           ,
           Pride
           and
           Covetousness
           of
           a
           Company
           of
           Dogmatists
           .
           I
           speak
           not
           this
           to
           disparage
           or
           discourage
           any
           able
           professed
           Apothecary
           or
           Chyrurgion
           ,
           that
           is
           laborious
           ,
           ingenious
           ,
           honest
           ,
           and
           furnished
           with
           competent
           Learning
           (
           as
           for
           those
           that
           are
           otherwise
           qualified
           ,
           I
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           so
           many
           Iack-alls
           or
           Lurchers
           ,
           that
           hunt
           up
           and
           down
           for
           a
           Prey
           for
           their
           Masters
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           a
           share
           and
           snip
           with
           them
           )
           with
           some
           of
           whom
           I
           am
           acquainted
           ,
           who
           are
           an
           Honour
           to
           their
           Society
           ,
           for
           whom
           I
           have
           no
           small
           respect
           and
           kindness
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           I
           prefer
           
           them
           ,
           without
           Partiality
           ,
           before
           many
           Titular
           Prescribers
           ,
           
             Grandia
             gradientes
          
           ,
           that
           carry
           a
           fair
           outside
           ,
           make
           a
           great
           noise
           in
           the
           World
           (
           admired
           of
           a
           company
           of
           Idiots
           ,
           that
           gaze
           and
           dote
           upon
           them
           ,
           
             ut
             pueri
             Junonis
             Avem
          
           )
           and
           yet
           are
           grosly
           ignorant
           in
           
             Materia
             Medica
          
           ,
           and
           the
           right
           preparation
           of
           the
           same
        
         
           My
           Iudgment
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           no
           such
           preposterous
           thing
           (
           as
           some
           Philo-Galenists
           account
           it
           who
           are
           as
           it
           were
           riveted
           into
           a
           fond
           opinion
           and
           applause
           of
           that
           Sect
           )
           for
           a
           Physitian
           that
           intends
           to
           acquire
           excellency
           in
           his
           Science
           ,
           to
           begin
           with
           Pharmacopoea
           and
           Chyrurgia
           supposed
           ,
           that
           he
           have
           some
           considerable
           knowledge
           in
           the
           Tongues
           .
        
         
           Neither
           should
           I
           have
           thought
           it
           any
           Disparagement
           to
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           been
           (
           as
           they
           falsly
           alledge
           )
           at
           first
           professedly
           instructed
           and
           initiated
           in
           these
           Manual
           Operations
           ,
           as
           Doctor
           Bugs
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           have
           been
           Had
           I
           (
           when
           the
           distressed
           Patient
           cryed
           out
           for
           speedy
           help
           in
           the
           most
           acute
           Disease
           )
           been
           to
           seek
           to
           an
           Apothecary
           or
           
           Chyrurgion
           for
           the
           preparation
           and
           dispensation
           of
           my
           Medicines
           ;
           or
           either
           of
           them
           to
           have
           made
           their
           address
           to
           a
           Doctor
           ,
           many
           a
           sick
           man
           had
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           perished
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           had
           suffered
           much
           damage
           .
           A
           true
           Physitian
           alwayes
           carries
           an
           Apothecaries
           shop
           about
           him
           ,
           having
           
             in
             Procinctu
          
           at
           hand
           ,
           what
           is
           fitting
           to
           pessundate
           any
           potent
           Disease
           suddenly
           sallying
           out
           upon
           Nature
           .
           He
           is
           unworthy
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           Doctor
           ,
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Physitian
           ,
           that
           labours
           not
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           to
           attain
           such
           Remedies
           sufficient
           to
           save
           his
           Patients
           Life
           .
        
         
           I
           question
           not
           but
           the
           time
           is
           at
           hand
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           is
           wilfully
           ignorant
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           will
           be
           exploded
           by
           all
           understanding
           men
           ;
           for
           what
           madness
           can
           there
           be
           greater
           ,
           than
           for
           an
           infirm
           person
           that
           truly
           values
           Health
           ,
           to
           pin
           his
           Life
           upon
           the
           Sleeve
           of
           such
           a
           Doctor
           ,
           that
           prescribes
           a
           Composition
           ,
           the
           Ingredients
           whereof
           he
           knows
           not
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           taken
           in
           right
           ,
           the
           proportion
           just
           ;
           when
           ,
           nor
           perhaps
           how
           it
           was
           made
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           go
           farther
           (
           upon
           good
           
           grounds
           )
           that
           shall
           not
           tell
           you
           the
           name
           of
           those
           Concretes
           ,
           and
           judge
           of
           them
           ,
           laid
           before
           his
           eyes
           jointly
           ordained
           for
           a
           Medicine
           !
        
         
           Be
           wise
           at
           length
           ye
           Mortals
           ,
           and
           suffer
           not
           a
           Dogmatist
           to
           Cheat
           you
           any
           longer
           with
           a
           formal
           Recipe
           ,
           sent
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           up
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           nor
           by
           whom
           ;
           but
           be
           ascertain'd
           ,
           before
           you
           meddle
           with
           a
           Physitian
           ,
           that
           he
           have
           an
           intuitive
           knowledge
           of
           Animals
           ,
           Vegetals
           and
           Minerals
           ;
           that
           he
           is
           well
           versed
           in
           the
           separation
           of
           their
           pure
           Crasis
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           then
           thou
           needest
           not
           doubt
           of
           a
           happy
           event
           .
           Wishing
           thou
           may'st
           accept
           of
           my
           Advice
           for
           thy
           own
           welfare
           ,
           I
           remain
           thine
           ,
           whil'st
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Iune
               15.
               1666
            
             From
             my
             House
             in
             
               Dukes
               Place
            
             nigh
             Aldgate
             .
          
           
             G.
             T.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           the
           Chapters
           contained
           in
           this
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           
             CHap.
             1.
             
             Concerning
             the
             Name
             ,
             Essence
             ,
             and
             Material
             Cause
             of
             the
             Pest.
             pag.
             7.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             2.
             
             Of
             the
             Formal
             and
             Efficient
             Cause
             of
             the
             Pest.
             26
          
           
             Chap.
             3.
             
             Of
             the
             Subject
             Part
             ,
             where
             the
             Pest
             doth
             principally
             reside
             ,
             and
             act
             these
             Tragical
             Scenes
             in
             Mans
             Body
             .
             39
          
           
             Chap.
             4.
             
             Signs
             of
             the
             Pest.
             52
          
           
             Chap.
             5.
             
             An
             Historical
             Account
             of
             the
             Dissection
             of
             a
             Pestilential
             Body
             ;
             And
             the
             Consequents
             thereof
             .
             69
          
           
             Chap.
             6.
             
             Some
             Medicinal
             Reflections
             ,
             and
             useful
             Observations
             made
             upon
             this
             Pestilential
             Dissection
             .
             107
          
           
             Chap.
             7.
             
             Directions
             Preservative
             and
             Curative
             against
             the
             Pest.
             144
          
           
             The
             Author's
             Apology
             against
             the
             Calumnies
             of
             the
             Galenists
             .
             172
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Courteous
           Reader
           ,
           Here
           are
           a
           few
           Material
           Faults
           escaped
           by
           the
           Printer
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           have
           thee
           to
           mend
           with
           a
           Pen
           as
           thou
           Readest
           ;
           't
           is
           possible
           thou
           may'st
           meet
           with
           some
           Literal
           ones
           too
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           here
           omitted
           ,
           that
           may
           be
           past
           by
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Prologue
           ,
           page
           5.
           line
           17.
           for
           Orial
           read
           Trial.
           p.
           23.
           l.
           ult
           .
           for
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           read
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           p.
           54.
           l.
           ult
           .
           for
           Amphilogical
           ,
           read
           Amphibological
           .
           p.
           63.
           l.
           ult
           .
           for
           perspication
           ,
           read
           perspiration
           ,
           p.
           64.
           l.
           7.
           for
           Diapuoick
           ,
           read
           Diapnoick
           .
           p.
           84.
           l.
           20.
           for
           Dee
           ,
           read
           Dey
           .
           p.
           88.
           l.
           7.
           for
           senserint
           ,
           read
           senserit
           .
           p.
           105.
           l.
           16.
           for
           Pseudiatori
           ,
           read
           Pseudiatri
           .
           p.
           107.
           l.
           4.
           for
           labore
           ,
           read
           labor
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ΛΟΙΜΟΤΟΜΙΑ
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           PEST
           ANATOMIZED
           .
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             WHat
             that
             vertuous
             Lady
             ,
             once
             afflicted
             with
             the
             Leprosie
             ,
             wrote
             upon
             the
             Frontispiece
             of
             an
             Hospital
             ,
             which
             she
             erected
             for
             the
             Relief
             of
             Leprous
             Persons
             :
             
               Haud
               ignara
               mali
               miseris
               
               succurrere
               disco
               .
            
             That
             she
             had
             learnt
             experimentally
             to
             pity
             and
             assist
             others
             in
             the
             like
             condition
             ,
             I
             do
             heartily
             endeavour
             to
             put
             in
             Practice
             .
             And
             certainly
             none
             can
             truly
             condole
             anothers
             unhappy
             Fate
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             savourly
             and
             feelingly
             been
             made
             sensible
             of
             the
             vexation
             of
             the
             same
             himself
             .
             Methinks
             it
             should
             be
             no
             small
             encouragement
             to
             a
             sick
             man
             to
             take
             down
             freely
             that
             bitter
             Potion
             for
             his
             recovery
             ,
             which
             hath
             often
             been
             swallowed
             by
             that
             Physitian
             who
             hath
             been
             himself
             a
             Patient
             labouring
             under
             the
             like
             Grief
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             look
             back
             ,
             and
             seriously
             ponder
             with
             my self
             what
             an
             Army
             of
             Diseases
             have
             laid
             Siege
             to
             this
             my
             frail
             Mud-wall
             ,
             assailing
             ,
             undermining
             and
             battering
             it
             with
             great
             and
             small
             Shot
             ,
             sent
             flying
             from
             hereditary
             and
             outward
             occasional
             Causes
             ;
             I
             stand
             in
             Admiration
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             not
             ere
             this
             been
             laid
             flat
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             insulted
             over
             by
             Worms
             !
             I
             may
             confidently
             affirm
             ,
             That
             I
             have
             felt
             more
             or
             less
             in
             my
             Minority
             ,
             the
             smart
             of
             most
             
             Diseases
             that
             have
             an
             existence
             either
             traduced
             from
             my
             Parents
             ,
             or
             contracted
             by
             some
             exorbitancy
             and
             irregularity
             in
             my
             course
             of
             life
             .
             Three
             several
             times
             have
             I
             been
             wounded
             by
             the
             venemous
             Arrow
             of
             the
             direful
             Pest
             ,
             from
             which
             I
             have
             recovered
             ,
             being
             despaired
             of
             by
             my
             Friends
             .
             The
             first
             Arrow
             stuck
             deep
             and
             long
             in
             my
             Groin
             ,
             even
             four
             Months
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             application
             of
             appropriate
             Medicaments
             (
             which
             the
             Galenists
             alwayes
             want
             )
             for
             indeed
             at
             that
             time
             I
             conceived
             nothing
             could
             act
             beyond
             the
             usual
             Dispensatory
             to
             which
             I
             did
             then
             too
             pertinaciously
             adhere
             ,
             to
             my
             Sorrow
             :
             But
             the
             two
             last
             Arrows
             were
             quickly
             extracted
             ,
             and
             the
             wounds
             healed
             without
             extraordinary
             Labour
             and
             Dolour
             by
             Chymical
             means
             :
             And
             though
             I
             am
             certain
             the
             second
             Scene
             of
             this
             Contagious
             Sickness
             did
             much
             transcend
             the
             former
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             ingress
             and
             egress
             thereof
             ;
             the
             magnitude
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             the
             Atrocity
             of
             the
             Symptoms
             ,
             with
             the
             sad
             Signs
             prognosticating
             Ruine
             :
             Yet
             such
             Favour
             received
             
             I
             from
             the
             Donor
             of
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             Gift
             ,
             that
             those
             purified
             Remedies
             which
             he
             was
             pleased
             to
             bestow
             upon
             me
             ,
             did
             in
             the
             space
             of
             Ten
             dayes
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             I
             was
             taken
             ,
             enable
             me
             to
             visit
             some
             of
             my
             Patients
             abroad
             .
             Certainly
             had
             I
             been
             so
             well
             acquainted
             about
             Ten
             years
             pa●
             .
             with
             those
             Arcana's
             in
             my
             Art
             as
             now
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             I
             should
             (
             being
             at
             that
             time
             surprized
             with
             a
             malignant
             Feaver
             )
             have
             been
             Cloystered
             up
             Seven
             weeks
             in
             my
             Chamber
             ;
             extenuated
             to
             a
             Sceleton
             ,
             by
             no
             less
             than
             Six
             large
             Cruciating
             Vesicatories
             prescribed
             by
             no
             inferiour
             Galenist
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             extorted
             me
             out
             of
             the
             hands
             of
             an
             able
             Chymist
             ,
             for
             the
             intended
             Repute
             of
             his
             own
             Method
             ;
             which
             (
             as
             soon
             as
             I
             was
             restored
             to
             my
             right
             understanding
             )
             I
             declined
             ,
             absolutely
             declaring
             against
             bleeding
             in
             the
             Arm
             ,
             which
             he
             gave
             order
             should
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             and
             had
             I
             not
             prevented
             it
             by
             an
             unmoveable
             resolution
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             thread
             of
             my
             life
             had
             undoubtedly
             been
             cut
             off
             ;
             for
             I
             
             have
             positively
             set
             down
             ,
             and
             can
             make
             it
             good
             by
             practice
             ,
             That
             Phlebotomy
             in
             the
             Arm
             in
             any
             malignant
             Disease
             ,
             is
             absolutely
             destructive
             .
          
           
             Give
             ye
             ear
             then
             all
             that
             desire
             to
             preserve
             Sanity
             ,
             to
             be
             healed
             of
             Languors
             and
             Infirmities
             ,
             to
             live
             a
             long
             and
             comfortable
             Life
             ,
             to
             one
             '
             that
             experimentally
             knows
             it
             for
             a
             Truth
             ,
             and
             can
             verifie
             it
             by
             Fact
             ,
             with
             sufficient
             Reasons
             to
             back
             it
             ,
             That
             the
             very
             foundation
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Doctrine
             for
             the
             radical
             Cure
             of
             any
             Disease
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             this
             that
             is
             called
             malignant
             ,
             &c.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             the
             Pest
             ,
             is
             sandy
             and
             tottering
             ,
             not
             able
             to
             stand
             before
             a
             spirituous
             and
             fierce
             Orial
             of
             that
             subtile
             all-searching
             Spagyrick
             power
             ,
             which
             like
             Lightning
             ,
             penetrates
             to
             the
             Center
             of
             things
             ,
             dissolving
             them
             into
             their
             first
             Principles
             ,
             destroying
             what
             is
             superfluous
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             extraneous
             ,
             keeping
             entire
             and
             untouched
             that
             which
             is
             pure
             and
             defaecate
             .
             Had
             I
             not
             been
             Passive
             as
             well
             as
             Active
             to
             find
             out
             the
             truth
             of
             Curing
             ,
             I
             might
             
             have
             remained
             to
             this
             day
             in
             the
             Cimmerian
             darkness
             of
             Dogmatical
             Vanities
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             confess
             I
             was
             too
             much
             wedded
             at
             first
             .
             At
             length
             ,
             wholly
             resigning
             my self
             to
             be
             led
             freely
             by
             the
             thred
             of
             Nature
             through
             the
             manifold
             Tortuosities
             and
             Meanders
             of
             its
             wonderful
             operations
             ,
             I
             am
             throughly
             informed
             ,
             and
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             instruct
             others
             concerning
             the
             Being
             ,
             Cause
             ,
             Cure
             ,
             and
             Event
             of
             this
             late
             Pest
             ,
             as
             real
             Experience
             in
             my self
             and
             others
             hath
             taught
             me
             ,
             without
             deviating
             one
             tittle
             wilfully
             from
             the
             truth
             of
             things
             as
             they
             are
             in
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Name
             ,
             Essence
             ,
             and
             Material
             Cause
             of
             the
             Pest.
             
          
           
             I
             Very
             well
             know
             the
             curious
             Linguist
             will
             expect
             the
             Nomenclature
             of
             the
             Pest
             in
             various
             terms
             ;
             wherefore
             to
             satisfie
             his
             desire
             ,
             I
             shall
             deliver
             them
             thus
             .
             The
             Hebrews
             call
             it
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               à
               radice
            
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
               locutus
               est
               vel
               (
               ut
               sumitur
               in
               sensu
               malo
               )
               perdidit
               ,
               quod
               sit
               res
               à
               Deo
               edicta
               vel
               decreta
               ,
               vel
               quasi
               sit
               perditio
               .
            
             The
             Greeks
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             à
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             corrumpo
             ,
             to
             corrupt
             or
             spoil
             ;
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             à
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               percutio
               ,
               vulnero
            
             ,
             to
             smite
             ,
             or
             wound
             .
             The
             Latins
             ,
             
               Pestis
               ,
               quasi
               perestis
               ,
               à
               peredo
               ,
            
             to
             eat
             up
             ,
             or
             devour
             ,
             
               vel
               Plaga
            
             .
             The
             English
             ,
             the
             Plague
             ,
             the
             Pest
             ,
             the
             
             Sickness
             ,
             or
             Disease
             ,
             
               per
               excellentiam
            
             ,
             vulgarly
             the
             Infection
             ,
             Contagion
             ,
             or
             Distemper
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Name
             ,
             I
             pass
             to
             the
             Essence
             and
             Quiddity
             of
             the
             Pest
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             Contagious
             Disease
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             very
             acute
             ,
             arising
             from
             a
             certain
             peculiar
             venemous
             Gas
             ,
             or
             subtile
             Poyson
             ,
             generated
             within
             ,
             or
             entering
             into
             us
             from
             without
             :
             At
             the
             access
             ,
             or
             bare
             apprehension
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Archeus
             is
             put
             into
             a
             Terror
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             submitting
             to
             the
             aforesaid
             Poyson
             ,
             invests
             it
             with
             part
             of
             its
             own
             substance
             ,
             delineating
             therein
             the
             perfect
             Idea
             or
             Image
             of
             this
             special
             kind
             of
             Sickness
             distinct
             from
             any
             other
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             Material
             Cause
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             venemous
             Gas
             ,
             or
             wild
             Spirit
             ,
             produced
             either
             inwardly
             from
             some
             degenerate
             Matter
             conceived
             within
             the
             Body
             ,
             or
             outwardly
             received
             from
             some
             fracedinous
             noisom
             Exhalations
             contained
             in
             the
             pores
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             taking
             their
             Original
             from
             several
             putrid
             bodies
             excited
             
             to
             fermentation
             ,
             rarified
             and
             opened
             by
             the
             Ambient
             ,
             altered
             and
             moved
             by
             Celestial
             Influences
             ,
             and
             so
             disposed
             to
             this
             or
             that
             condition
             ,
             whereby
             an
             expiration
             is
             made
             of
             virulent
             Atoms
             ,
             which
             sometimes
             close
             pent
             up
             ,
             and
             drawn
             in
             by
             the
             Lungs
             ,
             do
             by
             their
             deletery
             power
             put
             to
             flight
             ,
             confound
             ,
             suffocate
             and
             mortifie
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             or
             vital
             spirits
             ,
             in
             as
             short
             a
             times
             as
             the
             strong
             fume
             of
             burning
             Brimstone
             doth
             destroy
             any
             small
             living
             Insect
             held
             over
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             suppose
             I
             may
             well
             compare
             this
             mortiferous
             odour
             to
             the
             Gas
             or
             fume
             of
             Brimstone
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             Greeks
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             Hippocrates
             calleth
             that
             abstruse
             Malignity
             of
             which
             a
             manifest
             prompt
             Reason
             is
             not
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             is
             something
             above
             the
             Elements
             ,
             difficult
             for
             humane
             Capacity
             to
             render
             a
             Cause
             thereof
             .
             To
             say
             truth
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             for
             a
             Galenist
             that
             is
             clogged
             with
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             of
             Temperaments
             and
             Humors
             ,
             to
             understand
             the
             sublime
             Mystery
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             for
             none
             
             can
             apprehend
             this
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             is
             
               Divinitùs
               doctus
            
             ,
             able
             to
             soar
             aloft
             by
             virtue
             of
             the
             nimble
             wings
             of
             Mercury
             ,
             which
             will
             by
             degrees
             carry
             him
             up
             to
             a
             high
             pitch
             of
             the
             true
             Philosophical
             knowledge
             of
             natural
             things
             .
             This
             material
             virulent
             substance
             endued
             with
             exceeding
             Leptomery
             ,
             or
             subtilty
             of
             parts
             ,
             hath
             free
             passage
             through
             the
             pores
             of
             mans
             Body
             ,
             which
             are
             patent
             both
             for
             admission
             and
             emission
             of
             minute
             particles
             ,
             either
             friendly
             and
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             ,
             or
             hostile
             and
             pernicious
             ,
             which
             the
             vigilant
             Custos
             ,
             the
             innate
             spirit
             of
             every
             part
             can
             easily
             distinguish
             and
             judge
             of
             ,
             detesting
             and
             abhorring
             the
             one
             with
             a
             perfect
             Hatred
             ,
             Terror
             ,
             Consternation
             and
             Confusion
             ;
             but
             embracing
             and
             hugging
             the
             other
             with
             confidence
             ,
             complacency
             ,
             and
             sweet
             delight
             .
             Now
             the
             Concordance
             and
             Sympathy
             ,
             the
             Discord
             and
             Antipathy
             of
             all
             things
             in
             the
             Creation
             is
             plainly
             visible
             ;
             for
             
               Natura
               natura
               gaudet
            
             :
             whatsoever
             is
             Symbolical
             and
             Congruous
             with
             another
             ,
             
             doth
             easily
             unite
             and
             shake
             hands
             with
             the
             same
             ;
             what
             is
             Antibolical
             and
             disproportionable
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             rejected
             ,
             loathed
             ,
             and
             nauseated
             .
             Thus
             there
             is
             a
             continual
             Syndrom
             and
             Concourse
             with
             like
             matter
             to
             like
             ;
             and
             
               Naturae
               Bellum
               inferre
            
             ,
             is
             odious
             both
             to
             the
             Macrocosm
             and
             Microcosm
             .
             Water
             in
             an
             instant
             is
             conjoined
             with
             water
             ,
             not
             so
             easily
             with
             that
             which
             is
             Heterogeneous
             :
             How
             quickly
             do
             the
             many
             Globes
             of
             Mercury
             coincide
             and
             couple
             into
             one
             ,
             making
             a
             larger
             Spherical
             body
             ?
             How
             extraordinary
             fertile
             do
             some
             Lands
             shew
             themselves
             by
             an
             injection
             or
             superaspersion
             of
             some
             matter
             agreeable
             and
             consentaneous
             to
             their
             Condition
             ,
             Nature
             ,
             and
             inherent
             Property
             ?
             Behold
             how
             greedily
             the
             Air
             imbibes
             and
             swallows
             up
             any
             body
             attenuated
             to
             a
             high
             degree
             ,
             seeming
             as
             it
             were
             to
             be
             converted
             into
             an
             Identity
             with
             it
             !
             This
             doubtless
             deceived
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             supposing
             from
             this
             Affinity
             and
             Parity
             between
             each
             ,
             an
             absolute
             essential
             Transmutation
             
             of
             one
             into
             the
             other
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             ,
             sith
             the
             primogenial
             ,
             simple
             and
             virgin
             Elements
             are
             stable
             ,
             never
             capable
             to
             undergo
             an
             Alternate
             vicissitude
             of
             one
             into
             another
             ;
             so
             that
             according
             to
             Mechanick
             demonstration
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             made
             good
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             not
             one
             grain
             more
             or
             less
             either
             of
             Air
             or
             Water
             ,
             since
             the
             very
             first
             moment
             of
             the
             Creation
             of
             both
             .
             'T
             is
             certain
             the
             Air
             is
             not
             only
             
               Separator
               Aquarum
            
             ,
             but
             likewise
             a
             Disparter
             and
             Segregator
             of
             all
             Tangible
             bodies
             whatsoever
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             more
             it
             appropinquates
             any
             thing
             ,
             the
             more
             it
             breaks
             it
             into
             Atomical
             parts
             according
             to
             its
             own
             constitution
             ,
             and
             the
             disposition
             of
             that
             matter
             it
             doth
             surround
             .
             Now
             the
             Air
             being
             ready
             ,
             according
             as
             it
             is
             qualified
             to
             admit
             Dilatation
             and
             Contraction
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             thus
             modified
             ,
             so
             it
             penetrates
             ,
             insinuating
             it self
             so
             far
             as
             there
             is
             the
             least
             passage
             for
             it
             ,
             suffurating
             ,
             and
             insensibly
             carrying
             off
             whatsoever
             is
             capable
             to
             be
             volatilized
             ;
             hence
             all
             
             Concretes
             that
             have
             the
             least
             Humidity
             do
             continually
             expire
             ,
             sending
             out
             various
             emanations
             sutable
             to
             their
             grosser
             matter
             whence
             they
             arise
             ,
             which
             acquiring
             an
             inward
             Ferment
             ,
             or
             torn
             into
             invisible
             parts
             by
             violent
             torture
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             are
             all
             greedily
             suckt
             up
             into
             the
             spongy
             Spaces
             ,
             or
             Magnale
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             which
             obnoxious
             to
             many
             Changes
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Blas
               Alterativum
               &
               Motivum
            
             of
             the
             heavenly
             bodies
             ,
             doth
             accordingly
             produce
             different
             Meteors
             ,
             thick
             or
             thin
             ,
             hot
             or
             cold
             ,
             serene
             or
             cloudy
             constitutions
             ,
             and
             consequently
             healthy
             or
             sickly
             Times
             ,
             Diseases
             malignant
             or
             well
             conditioned
             ,
             acute
             or
             long
             ,
             gentle
             or
             fierce
             .
             Now
             when
             the
             ambient
             Air
             shall
             be
             crowded
             full
             of
             infinite
             small
             particles
             disagreeing
             to
             our
             Nature
             ,
             in
             their
             Figure
             ,
             Crasis
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Texture
             and
             Proportion
             ,
             making
             uncessantly
             a
             strong
             impulse
             upon
             the
             vital
             Aura
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             but
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             affected
             ,
             altered
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             subjugated
             to
             the
             Dominion
             of
             an
             Exotick
             Tyrant
             ,
             
             with
             which
             it
             conspires
             to
             the
             subversion
             of
             a
             goodly
             frame
             ,
             the
             obscuration
             and
             extinction
             of
             this
             bright
             and
             shining
             light
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             makes
             us
             beautiful
             ,
             effulgent
             and
             radiant
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             it
             continues
             clear
             and
             vigorous
             ,
             but
             once
             obscured
             ,
             or
             put
             out
             ,
             the
             Body
             becomes
             dark
             ,
             deformed
             ,
             lucid
             and
             ghastly
             to
             behold
             ?
             Now
             the
             venemous
             antecedent
             matter
             which
             occasions
             the
             Pest
             ,
             takes
             its
             Original
             immediately
             either
             from
             within
             the
             Body
             ,
             or
             without
             ;
             within
             the
             circumference
             of
             the
             Skin
             ,
             an
             absolute
             pestiferous
             Poyson
             is
             sometimes
             engendred
             ,
             which
             being
             incubated
             by
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             and
             fomented
             by
             several
             outward
             Accidents
             ,
             undergoing
             manifold
             Alterations
             ,
             is
             at
             last
             maturated
             and
             specified
             to
             this
             
               Hoc
               aliquid
               Pestilentiale
            
             ,
             this
             kind
             of
             virulent
             matter
             that
             occasions
             the
             Pest
             ;
             for
             without
             Controversie
             ,
             were
             a
             man
             separated
             from
             all
             Society
             ,
             and
             lived
             in
             never
             so
             wholsom
             Air
             ,
             yet
             such
             a
             pestiferous
             seed
             may
             spring
             up
             in
             the
             Body
             that
             may
             produce
             
             the
             same
             effect
             ,
             which
             an
             extraneous
             matter
             occurring
             doth
             frequently
             introduce
             .
             Neither
             ought
             this
             to
             seem
             strange
             ,
             sith
             whatsoever
             within
             us
             degenerates
             from
             its
             native
             goodness
             ,
             becoming
             stagnant
             and
             excommunicated
             from
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             life
             ,
             is
             either
             in
             some
             short
             time
             extruded
             and
             banished
             ,
             or
             rectified
             ,
             reformed
             and
             reduced
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             to
             its
             pristine
             goodness
             ;
             and
             if
             Nature
             cannot
             perform
             this
             ,
             then
             is
             it
             by
             little
             and
             little
             insensibly
             graduated
             to
             what
             it
             is
             capable
             of
             ,
             and
             disposed
             unto
             ;
             hence
             by
             the
             power
             of
             different
             Ferments
             ariseth
             such
             a
             distinct
             Poyson
             congruous
             to
             that
             seminal
             power
             it
             was
             first
             endued
             withall
             .
             Thus
             the
             Apoplexy
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             Vertigo
             ,
             Lethargy
             ,
             Madness
             ,
             &c.
             take
             their
             Original
             cause
             from
             such
             a
             matter
             that
             never
             fails
             (
             where
             there
             is
             a
             sutable
             Agent
             to
             mould
             it
             )
             to
             explicate
             it self
             in
             this
             or
             that
             manner
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             to
             come
             to
             this
             or
             that
             determinate
             ,
             individual
             thing
             it
             was
             at
             first
             destinated
             ,
             so
             certain
             
             as
             a
             Hen-egg
             ,
             Turky
             ,
             or
             Goose-egg
             ,
             if
             not
             interrupted
             by
             some
             accident
             ,
             do
             constantly
             afford
             what
             is
             appropriated
             inherently
             to
             each
             kind
             .
             For
             Diseases
             in
             mans
             body
             have
             as
             certain
             a
             Seed
             ,
             as
             any
             Mineral
             ,
             Vegetal
             or
             Animal
             ,
             and
             make
             their
             Beginning
             ,
             Progress
             ,
             State
             ,
             Declination
             ,
             Period
             ,
             regularly
             and
             uniformly
             ,
             whatsoever
             the
             Galenists
             say
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             asserting
             ,
             That
             a
             Disease
             is
             only
             
               aliquid
               privativum
               ;
               non
               positivum
            
             ;
             excluding
             it
             all
             the
             Predicaments
             ,
             when
             in
             truth
             it
             is
             contained
             in
             all
             .
          
           
             The
             outward
             antecedent
             occasional
             matter
             ariseth
             from
             some
             minute
             venemous
             Particles
             ,
             Aporrhaeas
             ,
             or
             Effluviums
             of
             several
             Bodies
             either
             taken
             into
             our
             Stomack
             ,
             or
             immediately
             entering
             in
             through
             the
             small
             pores
             of
             the
             Skin
             ;
             else
             darted
             into
             the
             ambient
             Air
             ,
             and
             there
             skipping
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             are
             ready
             to
             be
             admitted
             through
             the
             large
             patulous
             passages
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             where
             they
             play
             more
             or
             less
             a
             sad
             Tragedy
             ,
             
             according
             to
             the
             capacity
             of
             the
             receiver
             ;
             for
             it
             falleth
             out
             that
             sometimes
             a
             Pestilential
             matter
             is
             taken
             in
             ,
             and
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             robust
             innate
             Archeus
             ,
             is
             forthwith
             excluded
             or
             tamed
             ,
             and
             brought
             under
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nature
             ;
             so
             that
             what
             would
             prove
             great
             damage
             and
             detriment
             to
             one
             mans
             health
             ,
             doth
             little
             impair
             another
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             usual
             common
             broad
             way
             through
             which
             this
             Poyson
             is
             conveyed
             ,
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             Mouth
             and
             Nostrils
             ,
             places
             obvious
             for
             the
             reception
             of
             these
             virulent
             Atoms
             ;
             and
             needs
             must
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             Respiration
             ,
             which
             consists
             of
             Inspiration
             and
             Expiration
             ,
             being
             uncessantly
             performed
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             life
             ,
             must
             needs
             draw
             in
             together
             with
             the
             Air
             whatever
             is
             therein
             intermixt
             .
             Now
             there
             is
             in
             some
             Topical
             Air
             a
             fermenting
             venom
             ,
             equivalent
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             as
             active
             as
             the
             Poyson
             of
             a
             Scorpion
             ,
             Phalangium
             ,
             or
             Viper
             ,
             which
             though
             small
             in
             quantity
             ,
             yet
             operates
             stupendiously
             .
             This
             
             invisible
             Gas
             ,
             this
             fracedinous
             
               Aura
               Lethifera
            
             ,
             that
             fluctuates
             here
             and
             there
             ,
             once
             taken
             into
             these
             living
             houses
             of
             Clay
             ,
             bears
             such
             a
             discord
             and
             hostility
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             be
             not
             in
             a
             short
             time
             extruded
             ,
             a
             certain
             ruine
             of
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             must
             needs
             follow
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             such
             an
             absolute
             disproportion
             and
             disagreement
             between
             these
             Opacons
             ,
             dark
             and
             spiss
             Atoms
             ,
             and
             the
             bright
             luminous
             beams
             of
             life
             ,
             that
             this
             must
             necessarily
             be
             extinguished
             ,
             if
             those
             once
             take
             firm
             possession
             in
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             same
             manner
             as
             Subterranean
             Damps
             ,
             and
             Mephitical
             Exhalations
             ,
             cause
             the
             clear
             flame
             of
             a
             burning
             Lamp
             to
             become
             dim
             and
             dusky
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             to
             be
             annihilated
             .
          
           
             Considering
             that
             we
             are
             thus
             beset
             on
             every
             side
             with
             such
             an
             allogeneous
             ,
             pernicions
             matter
             ,
             that
             doth
             frequently
             infest
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             almost
             miraculous
             ,
             that
             the
             thread
             of
             our
             lives
             is
             drawn
             out
             to
             any
             length
             considerable
             ,
             sith
             every
             thing
             hath
             
               Spinas
               &
               Tribulos
            
             in
             it
             ,
             somewhat
             
             disagreeable
             to
             our
             Nature
             ;
             yea
             ,
             certain
             things
             are
             so
             deletery
             ,
             that
             they
             dispatch
             us
             like
             the
             Basilisk
             ,
             smiting
             us
             down
             we
             know
             not
             when
             ,
             or
             how
             .
             What
             strangely
             offensive
             Particles
             are
             in
             some
             places
             ,
             is
             well
             known
             to
             any
             that
             have
             often
             changed
             their
             Region
             ,
             and
             gone
             out
             of
             one
             Climate
             into
             another
             .
             It
             is
             remarkable
             what
             
               Iosephus
               Acosta
            
             relates
             of
             the
             grievous
             effects
             that
             the
             Air
             causes
             in
             those
             that
             ascend
             the
             hill
             Pariacaca
             in
             America
             ,
             what
             violent
             vomitings
             even
             to
             blood
             ,
             defection
             of
             the
             spirits
             ,
             and
             faintings
             almost
             to
             death
             do
             continually
             disturb
             them
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             they
             have
             passed
             over
             the
             Perolede
             ,
             or
             Valve
             of
             the
             Air
             about
             that
             hill
             ,
             which
             without
             doubt
             conteins
             in
             it
             those
             Corpuscles
             ,
             which
             are
             altogether
             incongruous
             with
             our
             spirits
             .
             It
             is
             reported
             that
             such
             a
             noxious
             breathing
             arises
             from
             a
             certain
             Lake
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             that
             Birds
             that
             flie
             over
             are
             suddenly
             surprized
             with
             death
             .
          
           
             Notable
             are
             the
             Stories
             of
             the
             Petrification
             
             of
             tender
             bodies
             ,
             by
             certain
             Corpuscles
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             endued
             with
             such
             a
             saxifying
             power
             .
             Some
             Tracts
             of
             Air
             offend
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             some
             the
             Teeth
             .
             Some
             places
             are
             Scorbutical
             ,
             others
             Dysenterical
             ,
             these
             Febriculous
             ,
             those
             Arthritical
             ,
             and
             here
             and
             there
             some
             are
             Pestilential
             ,
             which
             are
             observed
             to
             produce
             the
             Pest
             Periodically
             (
             as
             in
             
               Gran
               Cairo
            
             in
             Aegypt
             )
             where
             the
             beginning
             and
             end
             of
             raging
             Plagues
             may
             punctually
             be
             foretold
             ,
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             cause
             whereof
             seems
             very
             abstruse
             ,
             only
             in
             the
             general
             we
             may
             probably
             conclude
             ,
             That
             there
             arises
             some
             eminent
             alteration
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             those
             infinite
             Emanations
             it
             hath
             received
             into
             the
             Pores
             thereof
             ,
             from
             a
             Blas
             or
             Influence
             of
             the
             heavenly
             bodies
             :
             Which
             ,
             although
             as
             I
             have
             formerly
             delivered
             ,
             are
             of
             themselves
             innocent
             ,
             free
             from
             any
             malignity
             ,
             venom
             ,
             or
             pestiferous
             property
             :
             yet
             they
             cause
             various
             alterations
             and
             motions
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             disposed
             to
             be
             wholsom
             or
             unwholsom
             to
             us
             ;
             for
             
             we
             find
             experimentally
             ,
             That
             the
             Pest
             is
             most
             outragious
             ,
             when
             the
             pores
             of
             tangible
             bodies
             are
             most
             ready
             to
             expire
             by
             the
             ambient
             Air
             ,
             which
             the
             nearer
             the
             Sun
             approacheth
             ,
             the
             hotter
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             thereby
             a
             Rarefaction
             and
             Subtiliation
             made
             of
             those
             parts
             which
             otherwise
             lie
             constringed
             ,
             dormant
             ,
             benummed
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             and
             mortified
             by
             extream
             cold
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             Cold
             to
             destroy
             the
             seminal
             power
             of
             all
             Concretes
             as
             moderate
             heat
             on
             the
             contrary
             excites
             the
             seed
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             provokes
             them
             to
             act
             .
          
           
             We
             commonly
             see
             ,
             that
             a
             most
             putrid
             and
             putid
             substance
             congeled
             by
             violent
             Frost
             ,
             desists
             to
             send
             forth
             that
             horrid
             ill
             odour
             ,
             which
             the
             warmth
             would
             quickly
             extract
             from
             it
             ;
             questionless
             had
             not
             Divine
             Providence
             ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             middle
             Region
             of
             the
             Air
             should
             be
             extraordinary
             cold
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             spoil
             various
             Exhalations
             of
             their
             Ferments
             and
             Seeds
             ,
             it
             were
             impossible
             but
             that
             all
             things
             should
             have
             
             been
             long
             ago
             reduced
             to
             their
             first
             Chaos
             :
             So
             efficacious
             do
             we
             find
             cold
             Seasons
             ,
             through
             the
             distance
             of
             the
             Sun
             from
             us
             ,
             in
             powerfully
             restraining
             this
             feral
             Disease
             ,
             the
             Pest
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             part
             of
             the
             World
             there
             hath
             seldom
             any
             great
             Mortality
             reigned
             amongst
             us
             in
             a
             very
             sharp
             Winter
             .
             And
             I
             have
             observed
             that
             the
             late
             Contagion
             ,
             although
             it
             had
             taken
             deep
             root
             in
             mans
             body
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             pullulate
             ,
             and
             shoot
             out
             fresh
             ;
             yet
             was
             it
             so
             curbed
             and
             tamed
             by
             the
             Autumnal
             Frost
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             never
             rise
             up
             to
             any
             height
             ,
             or
             get
             head
             ,
             its
             fermenting
             power
             being
             still
             kept
             under
             by
             the
             surrounding
             cold
             Air
             ;
             which
             is
             changed
             according
             to
             the
             remotion
             ,
             appropinquation
             ,
             interception
             ,
             and
             obscuration
             of
             the
             solar
             Beams
             ;
             which
             though
             innocuous
             ;
             lovely
             and
             glorious
             of
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             shining
             upon
             a
             stinking
             Dunghil
             or
             Kennel
             ,
             and
             opening
             the
             body
             of
             any
             putrilaginous
             substance
             ,
             do
             accidentally
             cause
             a
             Fermentation
             in
             its
             parts
             ,
             and
             thereby
             an
             
             Expiration
             of
             unsavoury
             and
             noysom
             Atoms
             prejudicial
             to
             mans
             life
             .
             Hereby
             not
             only
             inanimate
             things
             induce
             a
             detriment
             to
             our
             health
             ,
             through
             a
             multiplicity
             of
             their
             copious
             Exhalations
             continually
             altering
             ,
             and
             making
             impression
             upon
             our
             spirits
             ,
             weakning
             their
             Tone
             ,
             debilitating
             their
             Vigour
             ,
             dissipating
             ,
             confounding
             ,
             and
             destroying
             them
             by
             their
             deletery
             property
             ;
             but
             likewise
             the
             Respiration
             ,
             Emanations
             or
             Effluviums
             of
             divers
             sorts
             of
             Animals
             do
             often
             prove
             hurtful
             to
             our
             Natures
             ;
             especially
             one
             mans
             body
             doth
             easily
             affect
             and
             infect
             another
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             symbolical
             Affinity
             that
             is
             between
             one
             mumial
             ferment
             and
             another
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             an
             easie
             transmigration
             of
             virulent
             Particles
             from
             body
             to
             body
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             magnetism
             ,
             &
             a
             capable
             reception
             thereof
             ;
             and
             under
             the
             guise
             of
             a
             friendly
             Guest
             ,
             a
             mortal
             Enemy
             is
             sometimes
             entertained
             :
             And
             doubtless
             there
             are
             some
             Men
             and
             Women
             seemingly
             healthful
             ,
             whose
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Breathings
             ,
             
             Aporrhaea's
             ,
             or
             Effluviums
             ,
             are
             very
             pernicious
             to
             others
             ,
             causing
             great
             inconvenience
             and
             disturbance
             in
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             yet
             perhaps
             not
             sensibly
             to
             be
             discovered
             :
             Sith
             then
             we
             are
             thus
             beset
             on
             every
             side
             with
             an
             invisible
             fracedinous
             Gas
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             that
             materials
             should
             be
             wanting
             for
             the
             framing
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             other
             innumerable
             Diseases
             !
          
           
             Thus
             much
             concerning
             the
             antecedent
             occasional
             matter
             :
             That
             which
             is
             next
             to
             be
             enquired
             ,
             is
             
               Materia
               conjuncta
            
             ,
             or
             Conttnens
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             which
             is
             part
             of
             the
             Archeus
             contaminated
             by
             the
             Pestilential
             Miasm
             ,
             which
             primarily
             seats
             it self
             in
             the
             privy
             Chamber
             of
             the
             vital
             spirit
             ,
             which
             becomes
             one
             ,
             and
             joins
             with
             the
             Occasional
             ,
             Antecedent
             matter
             ,
             to
             dissolve
             the
             goodly
             structure
             of
             this
             Microcosm
             ;
             for
             the
             antecedent
             matter
             could
             do
             us
             no
             harm
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             Continent
             united
             to
             it
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             become
             capable
             to
             receive
             the
             true
             figure
             ,
             character
             or
             impression
             of
             
             this
             determinate
             disease
             ,
             the
             Pest
             ;
             where
             it
             remains
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             the
             foresaid
             matter
             be
             profligated
             or
             proscribed
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             as
             yet
             untouched
             and
             free
             from
             Contagion
             ,
             or
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             Pest
             expunged
             ,
             and
             thereby
             a
             Manumission
             and
             Redemption
             of
             the
             captivated
             spirit
             ,
             from
             that
             slavery
             it
             was
             before
             kept
             under
             by
             a
             domineering
             Idea
             .
             Neither
             ought
             it
             to
             seem
             strange
             ,
             that
             I
             reckon
             part
             of
             the
             Archeus
             for
             the
             conjunct
             matter
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Schools
             ,
             who
             never
             dreamed
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             till
             that
             great
             Deliverer
             of
             Philosophical
             verity
             ,
             Helmont
             brought
             it
             to
             light
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             nothing
             exotick
             or
             venemous
             could
             do
             us
             any
             hurt
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             the
             vital
             spirit
             cowardly
             first
             yield
             it self
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             assailing
             Poyson
             ;
             and
             then
             afterward
             become
             confederate
             to
             act
             with
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             demolition
             and
             devastation
             of
             that
             Fabrick
             which
             otherwise
             might
             stand
             unmoved
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Formal
             and
             Efficient
             Cause
             of
             the
             Pest.
             
          
           
             MAtter
             of
             it self
             is
             effete
             ,
             languid
             and
             dead
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             quickned
             and
             actuated
             by
             some
             spirit
             ,
             which
             contrives
             ,
             moulds
             and
             fashions
             it
             into
             such
             a
             form
             ,
             that
             doth
             specifie
             and
             make
             it
             distinct
             from
             another
             by
             its
             essential
             Properties
             ,
             and
             inseparable
             Accidents
             .
             This
             spirit
             ,
             Archeus
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             of
             all
             Things
             is
             chiefly
             seated
             in
             the
             Seed
             ;
             for
             without
             a
             seminal
             power
             nothing
             can
             have
             production
             .
             Every
             thing
             that
             acts
             is
             furnished
             with
             some
             portion
             of
             the
             universal
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             even
             those
             things
             that
             seem
             to
             be
             vapid
             ,
             dull
             and
             torpid
             to
             our
             senses
             have
             in
             them
             latitant
             a
             spirit
             dormant
             ,
             which
             gave
             them
             ,
             
             and
             maintains
             their
             being
             .
             Now
             there
             are
             many
             different
             kind
             of
             Seeds
             ,
             Ferments
             and
             Spirits
             (
             all
             derived
             from
             the
             Universal
             )
             as
             there
             are
             things
             in
             the
             World
             which
             act
             according
             to
             the
             disposition
             of
             the
             Matter
             ,
             and
             capacity
             of
             the
             Subject
             :
             For
             
               unumquodque
               recipitur
               secundum
               captum
               recipientis
            
             ;
             and
             
               Ex
               quovis
               non
               fit
               quodlibet
            
             :
             Which
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             a
             secondary
             ,
             concrete
             matter
             ,
             not
             primary
             simple
             Elementary
             ;
             sith
             according
             to
             Helmont
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Philosophers
             ,
             all
             things
             take
             their
             Original
             from
             Water
             ,
             which
             transmuted
             to
             this
             or
             that
             ,
             according
             as
             topical
             Ferments
             ,
             and
             innate
             Seeds
             lead
             it
             .
             However
             all
             compound
             bodies
             ,
             perfect
             and
             imperfect
             ,
             are
             confined
             ,
             and
             stinted
             only
             to
             bring
             forth
             their
             like
             ,
             and
             to
             act
             within
             the
             sphere
             of
             their
             activity
             ,
             without
             interfering
             ,
             grating
             ,
             incroaching
             and
             intrenching
             upon
             anothers
             Commonwealth
             ;
             and
             within
             these
             bounds
             of
             their
             Monarchy
             do
             they
             still
             continue
             ,
             till
             they
             have
             acted
             the
             
             last
             Scene
             ,
             and
             taken
             their
             Exit
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             resolved
             again
             into
             their
             first
             aqueous
             Element
             ,
             from
             which
             daily
             arise
             new
             Actors
             in
             several
             Dresses
             .
             To
             this
             do
             many
             Philosophers
             subscribe
             as
             Truth
             ,
             as
             it
             relates
             to
             Minerals
             ,
             Vegetals
             and
             Animals
             ,
             that
             have
             a
             manifest
             principle
             of
             generation
             ;
             but
             they
             will
             not
             allow
             Diseases
             to
             be
             taken
             into
             this
             Catalogue
             ,
             sith
             they
             arise
             from
             a
             depravation
             and
             distortion
             of
             Nature
             ,
             through
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             first
             Prevaricator
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             lapse
             put
             the
             creature
             in
             Arms
             against
             himself
             and
             all
             Mankind
             :
             So
             that
             a
             disease
             with
             them
             ,
             is
             only
             a
             privation
             or
             mutilation
             of
             our
             health
             ,
             a
             defection
             from
             Sanity
             ,
             proceeding
             from
             divers
             Accidents
             that
             daily
             affect
             us
             preternaturally
             .
             For
             they
             think
             they
             have
             spoken
             enough
             ,
             in
             telling
             us
             ,
             that
             some
             good
             is
             exclusively
             taken
             from
             us
             ,
             but
             are
             silent
             concerning
             that
             positive
             ,
             real
             evil
             that
             infests
             us
             ,
             having
             an
             absolute
             Entity
             in
             it
             ,
             consisting
             of
             a
             seminal
             power
             ,
             a
             fermental
             transmutation
             ,
             an
             
             operative
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             a
             lively
             Idea
             .
             All
             which
             Endowments
             make
             a
             Disease
             to
             be
             
               Ens
               reale
               verum
            
             ,
             something
             in
             Reality
             .
          
           
             That
             Maladies
             have
             in
             them
             a
             Spermatick
             power
             ,
             is
             evidently
             known
             by
             some
             hereditary
             Diseases
             that
             are
             propagated
             and
             traduced
             from
             the
             Father
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Grandfather
             to
             the
             Grandchild
             ,
             which
             lie
             a
             long
             time
             unseen
             ,
             unfelt
             ,
             closely
             couched
             in
             the
             blood
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             break
             forth
             into
             Act
             upon
             some
             irritating
             occasion
             .
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             that
             the
             Small
             Pox
             should
             lie
             above
             Twenty
             years
             in
             our
             bodies
             ,
             before
             it
             shoot
             out
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             contained
             in
             a
             Seed
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             the
             disposition
             of
             each
             Individual
             ,
             when
             the
             fulness
             of
             time
             comes
             ,
             breaks
             forth
             sooner
             or
             later
             ,
             into
             Buds
             and
             Branches
             ?
          
           
             The
             Gowt
             and
             Stone
             are
             sometimes
             so
             concorporated
             with
             our
             seminal
             principles
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             as
             difficult
             to
             separate
             light
             from
             fire
             ,
             as
             to
             part
             two
             
             such
             Companions
             fundamentally
             conjoined
             in
             our
             Conception
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             Nature
             of
             every
             Seed
             ,
             whether
             Vegetal
             or
             Animal
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             moment
             of
             breaking
             forth
             into
             Act
             to
             ferment
             ,
             that
             thereby
             its
             vertues
             may
             be
             diffused
             readily
             into
             all
             parts
             ,
             and
             likewise
             an
             equal
             distribution
             of
             Spirits
             made
             :
             In
             like
             manner
             morbos
             seeds
             have
             their
             fermentation
             ,
             which
             though
             invisible
             at
             first
             ,
             yet
             at
             length
             are
             plainly
             apparent
             by
             effects
             .
             So
             requisite
             is
             fermentation
             for
             the
             production
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             without
             it
             the
             Spirit
             remains
             drowned
             and
             overwhelmed
             in
             untractable
             and
             indisposed
             matter
             .
             Did
             not
             the
             poyson
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             most
             contemptible
             for
             quantity
             ,
             ferment
             and
             season
             the
             whole
             mass
             of
             blood
             ,
             by
             altering
             the
             position
             and
             texture
             thereof
             ,
             by
             coagulating
             and
             changing
             it
             into
             a
             tartarous
             substance
             ,
             it
             could
             never
             cause
             such
             a
             tragical
             Catastrophe
             in
             mans
             body
             ,
             quite
             subverting
             its
             well
             composed
             frame
             .
             For
             it
             is
             grand
             Ignorance
             to
             
             think
             that
             bare
             Qualities
             ,
             which
             are
             transient
             and
             momentany
             ,
             depending
             upon
             the
             influence
             of
             substantial
             Forms
             ,
             which
             cause
             a
             Flux
             and
             Reflux
             of
             the
             heat
             ,
             cold
             ,
             moisture
             ,
             and
             siccity
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Motion
             ,
             Collision
             ,
             Exaltation
             ,
             Degradation
             ,
             Indigence
             and
             Abundance
             of
             Spirits
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             should
             on
             a
             sudden
             cause
             such
             a
             stupendious
             Metamorphôsis
             in
             this
             little
             admirable
             World
             ;
             wherefore
             nothing
             but
             that
             which
             causes
             a
             Zumôsis
             ,
             an
             Effervescence
             ,
             and
             leavens
             the
             whole
             lump
             of
             blood
             by
             its
             deletery
             ,
             diffusive
             property
             ,
             can
             turn
             all
             topsie
             turvy
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             speedy
             ruine
             to
             this
             magnificent
             Structure
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             there
             wanting
             in
             Diseases
             an
             Architectonical
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Faber
             and
             Vulcan
             that
             hammers
             out
             and
             forges
             every
             kind
             of
             malady
             ,
             observing
             an
             exact
             Copy
             ,
             Rule
             and
             Canon
             which
             was
             at
             first
             imprinted
             in
             it
             by
             a
             vigorous
             Imagination
             :
             As
             this
             Stamp
             ,
             Figure
             ,
             Idea
             or
             Character
             doth
             
             direct
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             so
             it
             begins
             ,
             proceeds
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             concludes
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             impression
             lasteth
             .
             This
             pure
             ,
             restless
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             at
             first
             moved
             upon
             the
             waters
             ,
             is
             ordained
             by
             the
             great
             Creator
             of
             all
             things
             to
             be
             an
             exact
             Fabricator
             of
             whatsoever
             hath
             a
             being
             ,
             which
             alwayes
             at
             first
             pourtrayes
             and
             delineates
             the
             scheam
             and
             fashion
             of
             whatsoever
             is
             afterwards
             to
             be
             done
             by
             it
             .
             And
             although
             it
             was
             never
             intended
             by
             that
             Fountain
             of
             this
             universal
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             any
             thing
             hurtful
             or
             destructive
             to
             man
             should
             be
             produced
             ,
             yet
             ever
             since
             there
             was
             brought
             an
             Ataxy
             ,
             irregularity
             and
             inconformity
             upon
             the
             spirit
             of
             man
             through
             the
             disobedience
             and
             rebellion
             of
             the
             Protoplastes
             it
             hath
             minted
             and
             coined
             exorbitant
             ,
             monstrous
             ,
             exotick
             Images
             ,
             by
             direction
             of
             which
             it
             acts
             to
             its
             own
             calamity
             and
             ruine
             ,
             consuming
             ,
             spoiling
             ,
             making
             havock
             of
             that
             (
             through
             foolish
             ,
             vain
             Terrours
             ,
             Inquietudes
             ,
             Anxieties
             and
             Fury
             )
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             
             preserved
             and
             cherished
             by
             regular
             and
             peaceable
             operations
             .
             Now
             no
             sooner
             is
             it
             touched
             by
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             disagreeing
             and
             disproportionable
             to
             its
             natural
             constitution
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             affrighted
             ,
             perplexed
             ,
             fretted
             ,
             raged
             and
             disturbed
             ,
             and
             put
             quite
             besides
             it self
             ,
             if
             it
             cannot
             presently
             be
             rid
             of
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             an
             approaching
             mischief
             ,
             doth
             sometimes
             cause
             the
             Archeus
             from
             a
             groundless
             fright
             to
             bring
             that
             really
             to
             an
             existence
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             never
             have
             been
             ;
             as
             is
             apparent
             ,
             when
             a
             timerous
             person
             hearing
             a
             relation
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             the
             terrible
             symptoms
             accompanying
             it
             ,
             doth
             through
             the
             power
             of
             strong
             imagination
             ,
             making
             somewhat
             of
             nothing
             ,
             sowe
             a
             pestilential
             Seed
             in
             the
             blood
             ,
             which
             fermenting
             and
             swelling
             up
             ,
             doth
             forthwith
             entertain
             the
             vital
             spirit
             that
             makes
             in
             it self
             a
             perfect
             Idea
             of
             that
             Disease
             which
             never
             ceases
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             it
             continues
             ,
             to
             diminish
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             to
             extinguish
             the
             bright
             shining
             Lamp
             of
             life
             .
             
             Did
             not
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             at
             first
             running
             away
             ,
             afterward
             entertain
             treacherously
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             into
             its
             privy
             Chamber
             ,
             shaking
             hands
             ,
             and
             hugging
             in
             its
             bosom
             that
             which
             is
             virulent
             ,
             poysonous
             and
             deletery
             ,
             and
             thereby
             appropriate
             the
             same
             to
             it self
             ,
             entering
             into
             a
             firm
             league
             with
             that
             which
             is
             
               Tristissima
               mortis
               Imago
            
             ,
             the
             lurid
             and
             dismal
             Picture
             of
             lethiferous
             dissolution
             ,
             conspiring
             and
             co-operating
             with
             an
             irreconcilable
             Enemy
             to
             mans
             health
             ;
             neither
             the
             venom
             of
             any
             Mineral
             ,
             Vegetable
             or
             Animal
             ,
             nor
             the
             Heteroclite
             poyson
             of
             the
             Pest
             could
             injure
             us
             ,
             or
             any
             way
             damnifie
             us
             .
             But
             as
             the
             Case
             stands
             ,
             
               Perditio
               nostra
               à
               nobis
            
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             was
             in
             the
             beginning
             ordained
             for
             a
             sole
             preservative
             to
             us
             ,
             doth
             often
             become
             our
             bane
             and
             destruction
             .
             And
             
               Spiritus
               ille
               vitalis
               qui
               Actiones
               sanas
               etiam
               morbosas
               edit
               :
            
             That
             Archeus
             which
             is
             the
             instrument
             of
             Sanity
             ,
             is
             likewise
             the
             Author
             of
             Maladies
             ;
             and
             that
             saying
             is
             too
             true
             to
             our
             sad
             experience
             ,
             
             
               Nemo
               laeditur
               nisi
               à
               se
               ipsa
               .
            
             We
             are
             indeed
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Self
             destroyers
             ,
             and
             do
             exactly
             patrize
             ,
             daily
             putting
             in
             practice
             what
             the
             First
             of
             Men
             taught
             us
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             the
             outside
             that
             simply
             defiles
             us
             ,
             but
             all
             our
             Misery
             flows
             from
             within
             ;
             't
             is
             this
             domestick
             Enemy
             that
             doth
             infest
             us
             ,
             our
             familiar
             Friend
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             continually
             converse
             ,
             that
             lies
             in
             our
             own
             bosom
             ,
             that
             betrayes
             us
             ,
             and
             delivers
             us
             up
             for
             a
             spoil
             ,
             to
             the
             ambient
             Air
             ,
             Diet
             ,
             and
             other
             necessary
             things
             we
             are
             forced
             to
             make
             use
             of
             for
             a
             subsistence
             to
             support
             this
             brittle
             and
             friable
             clod
             of
             earth
             .
          
           
             These
             poysonous
             Atoms
             that
             lurk
             in
             the
             pores
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             are
             wasted
             up
             and
             down
             with
             every
             blast
             ,
             slighly
             entering
             into
             our
             bodies
             unfelt
             ,
             unseen
             ,
             cannot
             of
             themselves
             make
             the
             Pest
             ,
             unless
             our
             Archeus
             become
             an
             efficient
             and
             formal
             cause
             of
             its
             Quiddity
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             hath
             its
             immediate
             being
             from
             our
             vital
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             comes
             to
             pass
             in
             this
             manner
             .
             So
             soon
             as
             these
             loathsom
             
             Particles
             enter
             in
             ,
             either
             through
             the
             larger
             or
             smaller
             passages
             of
             the
             skin
             ,
             the
             Custos
             or
             Centinel
             of
             that
             part
             where
             it
             first
             makes
             an
             impulse
             ,
             perceiving
             that
             its
             Territories
             is
             invaded
             by
             a
             cruel
             potent
             Adversary
             ,
             a
             destroyer
             of
             Nature
             ,
             being
             surprized
             with
             horror
             and
             confusion
             ,
             forthwith
             flies
             ,
             giving
             advantage
             to
             its
             Foe
             to
             take
             possession
             of
             that
             part
             ,
             and
             giving
             all
             over
             for
             lost
             :
             It
             suffers
             the
             fermenting
             poyson
             to
             alter
             the
             natural
             well
             disposed
             mumial
             ferment
             in
             our
             bodies
             ,
             and
             to
             change
             it
             into
             the
             same
             condition
             with
             it self
             ;
             upon
             this
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             the
             forenamed
             Custos
             ,
             that
             keeps
             guard
             ,
             &
             always
             watches
             and
             wards
             Night
             and
             Day
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             being
             full
             of
             Consternation
             and
             Terror
             ,
             throws
             away
             the
             Reins
             of
             orderly
             Government
             ,
             and
             yields
             it self
             up
             captive
             to
             the
             imperious
             Placits
             of
             a
             Truculent
             Tyrant
             ,
             uniting
             it self
             intimately
             with
             full
             consent
             to
             demolish
             this
             beautiful
             Edifice
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             end
             doth
             immediately
             frame
             a
             seminal
             
             Idea
             ,
             and
             an
             absolute
             draught
             of
             what
             it
             intends
             to
             accomplish
             .
             Then
             is
             the
             first
             beginning
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             it
             were
             
               in
               Ovo
            
             ,
             acquiring
             maturity
             by
             degrees
             ,
             sometimes
             quickly
             ,
             sometimes
             slowly
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             strength
             or
             weakness
             of
             imagination
             ,
             vigorous
             power
             ,
             or
             feebleness
             of
             mumial
             ferments
             ,
             the
             subtlety
             ,
             or
             dulness
             of
             the
             Poyson
             ,
             the
             activity
             or
             drowsiness
             of
             the
             Archeus
             .
             So
             long
             as
             the
             pestiferous
             occasional
             Cause
             ,
             whither
             it
             arise
             from
             within
             or
             without
             ,
             continues
             not
             actuated
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             not
             animated
             by
             our
             Archeus
             ,
             it
             can
             do
             us
             no
             harm
             ;
             but
             remains
             like
             an
             unpolished
             mishapen
             piece
             of
             Timber
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             yet
             brought
             into
             a
             form
             by
             a
             dextrous
             Mechanick
             .
             So
             soon
             as
             the
             Architectonical
             spirit
             enters
             into
             this
             deletery
             matter
             ,
             it
             informs
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             brings
             that
             into
             an
             actual
             being
             ,
             of
             which
             otherwise
             it
             would
             have
             been
             deprived
             ;
             once
             quickned
             ,
             it
             never
             leaves
             to
             play
             a
             sad
             Tragedy
             (
             unless
             the
             venemous
             matter
             be
             suddenly
             
             excluded
             ,
             the
             Idea
             obliterated
             ,
             and
             the
             Archeus
             highly
             fortified
             )
             upon
             the
             Theatre
             of
             this
             Microcosm
             ,
             with
             variety
             of
             dismal
             Scenes
             ,
             as
             several
             individual
             Constitutions
             admit
             from
             the
             Prologue
             of
             its
             Birth
             to
             the
             Epilogue
             of
             its
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Subject
             Part
             ,
             where
             the
             Pest
             doth
             principally
             reside
             ,
             and
             act
             these
             Tragical
             Scenes
             in
             Mans
             body
             .
          
           
             I
             Have
             not
             been
             a
             little
             anxious
             (
             but
             not
             presumptuous
             ,
             as
             the
             Galenists
             have
             falsely
             aspersed
             me
             )
             to
             find
             out
             the
             chief
             Palace
             ,
             or
             Chair
             of
             State
             ,
             where
             this
             mortiferous
             Tyrant
             the
             Pest
             doth
             principally
             sit
             enthroned
             ;
             where
             by
             its
             beck
             and
             insolent
             frowns
             ,
             it
             makes
             this
             little
             World
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             inhabit
             in
             it
             ,
             to
             crowch
             ,
             creep
             ,
             and
             tremble
             !
          
           
             That
             this
             Poyson
             doth
             enter
             in
             ,
             and
             ride
             in
             the
             Triumphant
             Chariot
             of
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             ,
             both
             innate
             and
             influent
             ,
             is
             
             an
             undoubted
             Truth
             :
             For
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Pest
             moves
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             being
             ;
             and
             without
             the
             same
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             nothing
             ;
             for
             the
             pestilential
             matter
             whether
             generated
             within
             ,
             or
             hath
             an
             ingress
             from
             without
             ,
             through
             the
             Hand
             ,
             the
             Foot
             ,
             the
             Eye
             ,
             the
             Nostril
             ,
             Mouth
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             place
             ;
             still
             the
             Custos
             ,
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             of
             that
             part
             gives
             it
             entertainment
             ,
             by
             cowardly
             running
             from
             the
             poyson
             ,
             and
             so
             betraying
             that
             trust
             that
             was
             reposed
             in
             it
             ,
             by
             yielding
             up
             treacherously
             it self
             ,
             and
             a
             strong
             hold
             to
             the
             fury
             of
             a
             potent
             Enemy
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Archeus
             becomes
             a
             Vassal
             to
             perpetrate
             those
             things
             that
             tend
             to
             Ruine
             and
             Desolation
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             this
             particular
             damage
             and
             nocument
             (
             that
             arises
             from
             a
             dedition
             and
             timorous
             submission
             of
             the
             Archeus
             to
             this
             pestiferous
             Gas
             ,
             making
             an
             incursion
             and
             invasion
             upon
             the
             Borders
             and
             Confines
             of
             this
             flourishing
             Kingdom
             ,
             Mans
             living
             Body
             )
             were
             far
             more
             tolerable
             ,
             were
             not
             this
             
             venom
             conducted
             to
             the
             very
             Center
             and
             Metropolis
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             where
             the
             Soul
             it self
             keeps
             Court
             ,
             which
             incircled
             with
             all
             necessary
             Officers
             ,
             sends
             forth
             wholsom
             Edicts
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             body
             Natural
             .
             In
             the
             Bed-chamber
             of
             this
             Noble
             Membrane
             ,
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             doth
             this
             usurping
             Disease
             take
             its
             lodging
             ,
             darting
             Basilisk-like
             ,
             his
             virulent
             beams
             into
             all
             parts
             circumjacent
             in
             a
             Heteroclite
             ,
             and
             Anomolous
             manner
             ,
             sometimes
             causing
             a
             stupor
             ,
             and
             lethargical
             drowsiness
             ,
             like
             Opium
             ,
             sometimes
             a
             phtenzy
             or
             fury
             like
             Hemlock
             ,
             or
             
               Nuces
               insanae
            
             ;
             at
             one
             time
             a
             Numness
             ,
             or
             Paralytical
             disposition
             ,
             like
             the
             Fish
             Torpedo
             .
             At
             another
             time
             an
             inquietude
             or
             incessant
             motion
             ,
             like
             the
             poyson
             of
             a
             Tarantula
             .
             Now
             an
             insatiable
             thirst
             ,
             and
             a
             scorching
             flaming
             heat
             ,
             like
             one
             bit
             by
             the
             Serpent
             Dypsas
             ;
             then
             again
             a
             Coldness
             ,
             Rigour
             and
             Shivering
             ,
             like
             the
             venom
             of
             a
             Scorpion
             !
             provoking
             in
             one
             man
             a
             hungry
             appetite
             a
             little
             before
             death
             ,
             in
             another
             an
             
             aversation
             and
             loathing
             of
             all
             Food
             ;
             producing
             a
             manifest
             Feaver
             in
             this
             man
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             none
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             hardly
             any
             sensible
             ;
             striking
             down
             one
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             Syderated
             ,
             or
             Apoplectical
             ,
             and
             tenderly
             handling
             another
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             in
             a
             dallying
             ,
             flattering
             and
             sporting
             way
             ,
             curiously
             spinning
             out
             the
             thread
             of
             his
             life
             for
             some
             dayes
             ,
             yea
             ,
             weeks
             ,
             and
             then
             at
             length
             cutting
             it
             off
             !
             Thus
             this
             raging
             venom
             being
             once
             ushered
             by
             the
             desponding
             Archeus
             ,
             into
             the
             innermost
             Recesses
             and
             Closet
             of
             life
             ,
             is
             by
             this
             means
             become
             Master
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             
               vacua
               dominatur
               in
               Aula
            
             ;
             and
             having
             quite
             confounded
             the
             Eutaxy
             and
             good
             Government
             that
             was
             before
             in
             the
             vital
             ingenite
             spirit
             of
             the
             stomack
             ,
             quietly
             and
             sedulously
             working
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             causes
             the
             same
             to
             be
             irregular
             ,
             exorbitant
             ,
             hair-brain'd
             ,
             foolish
             and
             furious
             ,
             careless
             what
             becomes
             of
             itself
             ,
             and
             what
             belongs
             to
             its
             tuition
             .
             For
             the
             Confirmation
             of
             what
             I
             have
             delivered
             ,
             That
             the
             Region
             of
             the
             Hypocondries
             ,
             
             especially
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             is
             the
             principal
             place
             where
             the
             Pest
             taketh
             up
             its
             abode
             .
             We
             are
             to
             take
             special
             notice
             what
             strange
             alteration
             is
             made
             in
             the
             Region
             Epigastrick
             by
             violent
             passions
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             Oeconomy
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             thereby
             is
             put
             into
             a
             disorder
             (
             perhaps
             upon
             an
             imagination
             sometimes
             of
             that
             which
             is
             not
             at
             all
             real
             )
             as
             it
             happens
             when
             a
             panick
             fear
             ,
             extraordinary
             anger
             ,
             an
             excessive
             joy
             ,
             some
             sad
             and
             dreadful
             News
             brought
             to
             us
             doth
             in
             a
             trice
             distract
             us
             ,
             making
             the
             first
             impulse
             upon
             the
             stomack
             ;
             and
             us
             Helmont
             excellently
             observes
             ,
             spoiling
             an
             eager
             appetite
             to
             our
             food
             in
             an
             instant
             ,
             quite
             taking
             off
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             stomack
             ,
             which
             before
             was
             sharp
             set
             :
             And
             although
             the
             Galenists
             are
             plensed
             erroneously
             to
             separate
             the
             irascible
             and
             concupiscible
             Appetite
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             divide
             them
             into
             two
             distinct
             stalls
             ,
             placing
             the
             one
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             irascible
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             concupiscible
             ,
             in
             the
             stomack
             ,
             the
             lower
             adjacent
             
             parts
             ;
             yet
             if
             they
             weigh
             the
             truth
             of
             things
             seriously
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             better
             informed
             ,
             that
             the
             Orgiastick
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Epithymetick
             are
             chiefly
             lodged
             in
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Ventricle
             ,
             which
             the
             Ancients
             for
             that
             excellency
             they
             conceived
             of
             it
             ,
             adorned
             with
             the
             name
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             being
             of
             that
             power
             and
             soveraignty
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             its
             benigne
             or
             maligne
             Aspect
             ,
             it
             causes
             a
             serenity
             or
             obscurity
             in
             this
             little
             Horizon
             .
             Here
             is
             the
             Bench
             ,
             where
             the
             sensitive
             Soul
             sits
             as
             Judge
             ,
             which
             if
             rightly
             tuned
             ,
             and
             well
             composed
             ,
             censures
             ,
             and
             strait
             puts
             to
             an
             end
             the
             manifold
             Conflicts
             ,
             Tumults
             ,
             Broils
             ,
             and
             Uproars
             in
             the
             Body
             Natural
             ;
             but
             if
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             and
             have
             an
             Atony
             ,
             it
             embroils
             all
             in
             Wars
             ,
             being
             the
             Ring-leader
             ,
             Promoter
             ,
             and
             efficient
             cause
             of
             all
             Disorder
             and
             Confusion
             .
             Now
             as
             from
             this
             Fountain
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             and
             its
             Co-partner
             ,
             the
             Spleen
             (
             which
             make
             according
             to
             Helmont
             ,
             a
             Duumvirate
             )
             springs
             our
             Health
             ,
             the
             greatest
             felicity
             in
             this
             
             world
             ;
             so
             from
             the
             same
             root
             arises
             sickness
             and
             infirmity
             ,
             the
             bitter
             ingredient
             ,
             that
             marrs
             all
             that
             delicious
             mess
             which
             either
             Nature
             hath
             provided
             ,
             or
             mans
             ingenious
             Cookery
             can
             invent
             .
             
               In
               hac
               Olla
               continentur
               mors
               &
               vita
               :
            
             This
             is
             that
             Pandora's
             Box
             ,
             which
             Adam
             ,
             to
             please
             his
             brutish
             appetite
             ,
             ventured
             to
             open
             for
             the
             reception
             of
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             ,
             which
             was
             no
             sooner
             ingested
             ,
             but
             out
             flew
             infinite
             calamitous
             Maladies
             that
             vexed
             him
             ,
             and
             torture
             us
             his
             Posterity
             to
             this
             day
             .
             In
             this
             little
             membranous
             Field
             was
             first
             sown
             the
             rebellious
             seed
             of
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             ever
             since
             never
             ceased
             to
             propagate
             and
             multiply
             it self
             over
             the
             universal
             face
             of
             the
             globe
             of
             Mankind
             in
             a
             direful
             manner
             .
             Here
             is
             the
             Plantation
             and
             Nursery
             of
             all
             sort
             of
             Feavers
             ;
             for
             never
             did
             I
             know
             any
             afflicted
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             but
             still
             the
             digestive
             ferment
             of
             the
             stomack
             became
             impaired
             ,
             and
             degenerate
             from
             its
             Native
             goodness
             ;
             hence
             come
             those
             multiplicity
             of
             sad
             
             Symptoms
             which
             appear
             ,
             as
             Nauseousness
             ,
             Anorexy
             ,
             extream
             Thirst
             ,
             bad
             Sapour
             ,
             Sopour
             ,
             tedious
             Watchings
             ,
             Dotage
             ,
             Melancholy
             ,
             Madness
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Here
             is
             the
             Mine
             where
             the
             Stone
             and
             Gowt
             have
             their
             
               Ens
               primum
            
             ;
             are
             first
             embrionated
             ,
             and
             lie
             in
             their
             rude
             Principles
             .
             In
             this
             Duumvirate
             is
             the
             Nest
             where
             the
             Asthma
             ,
             Sqinsie
             ,
             Pleurisie
             ,
             Vertigo
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             Apoplexy
             ,
             Lethargy
             ,
             Phrensie
             ,
             Diarrhaea
             ,
             Lienteria
             ,
             Dysuria
             ,
             Stranguria
             ,
             Ischuria
             ,
             Scorbute
             ,
             and
             this
             terrible
             blow
             ,
             
               Plaga
               excellens
            
             ,
             the
             Pest
             are
             first
             brooded
             ,
             hatched
             ,
             fed
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             perfected
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             subsist
             of
             themselves
             .
             In
             this
             admirable
             Cavity
             is
             erected
             the
             Mint
             royal
             ,
             where
             the
             lively
             Image
             of
             Sanity
             and
             Infirmity
             are
             stamped
             ,
             and
             the
             lineaments
             of
             every
             Languor
             drawn
             out
             as
             it
             were
             with
             a
             Pencil
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             act
             uniformly
             in
             one
             continued
             series
             and
             tenour
             ,
             according
             to
             its
             kind
             and
             various
             constitution
             it
             meets
             with
             .
             For
             even
             a
             vulgar
             Head
             
             knows
             how
             to
             distinguish
             a
             Quartan
             Ague
             from
             a
             Quotidian
             ,
             and
             both
             from
             a
             Tertian
             ;
             a
             continual
             ,
             from
             an
             intermitting
             Feaver
             ;
             the
             Spasm
             or
             Cramp
             ,
             from
             a
             Palsie
             ;
             the
             Dropsie
             ,
             from
             an
             Atrophie
             ,
             or
             a
             macilent
             Consumption
             ;
             and
             several
             other
             Diseases
             one
             from
             another
             :
             And
             this
             is
             deduced
             from
             the
             Parts
             affected
             ,
             the
             certain
             Symptoms
             ,
             Accidents
             and
             Products
             that
             inseparably
             accompany
             each
             of
             them
             .
             The
             silly
             old
             Women
             called
             Searchers
             ,
             can
             report
             upon
             the
             bare
             Aspect
             of
             a
             pestilential
             Corps
             ,
             when
             thy
             see
             Tumors
             of
             the
             Emunctories
             ,
             Cauterizing
             Carbuncles
             ,
             Blains
             ,
             Pustles
             ,
             and
             those
             
               stigmata
               nigra
            
             ,
             they
             call
             the
             Tokens
             ,
             in
             the
             superficies
             of
             the
             Skin
             ,
             that
             this
             or
             that
             Person
             dyed
             of
             the
             Sickness
             ,
             Wherein
             although
             they
             are
             sometimes
             mistaken
             by
             reason
             of
             some
             intervening
             outward
             Accidents
             ,
             which
             may
             hinder
             the
             eruption
             of
             these
             pestilential
             Blossoms
             ;
             yet
             an
             expert
             Physitian
             ,
             that
             hath
             a
             more
             intuitive
             knowledge
             into
             these
             things
             
             than
             the
             common
             People
             ,
             will
             hardly
             ever
             be
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Diagnôsis
             of
             the
             Disease
             :
             And
             certainly
             this
             could
             never
             be
             discovered
             aright
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             Idea
             and
             Platform
             of
             every
             grief
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             shadowed
             out
             ,
             limmed
             and
             sigillated
             in
             the
             ingenite
             Archeus
             of
             the
             tender
             ,
             tractable
             Stomack
             and
             Spleen
             .
             Neither
             ought
             it
             to
             seem
             strange
             ,
             that
             the
             Ventricle
             being
             a
             Membrane
             ,
             should
             have
             such
             admirable
             properties
             ,
             and
             rare
             effects
             bestowed
             upon
             it
             by
             power
             of
             the
             sensitive
             Soul
             ,
             there
             taking
             its
             principal
             habitation
             ;
             sith
             the
             womb
             of
             the
             same
             Texture
             doth
             sometimes
             act
             stupendiously
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             seeming
             imitation
             of
             a
             new
             Creation
             out
             of
             nothing
             ,
             as
             when
             the
             Idea
             of
             a
             Cherry
             ,
             Mulberry
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             is
             impressed
             by
             the
             uterine
             Imagination
             upon
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Infant
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Mother
             shall
             be
             directed
             at
             that
             time
             of
             her
             earnest
             longing
             ;
             which
             fictitious
             fruit
             shall
             afterward
             flourish
             sooner
             or
             later
             ,
             as
             the
             Native
             Soil
             and
             Climate
             of
             
             that
             place
             doth
             bring
             real
             fruit
             to
             a
             speedy
             or
             late
             maturity
             .
             Now
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             Stomack
             and
             its
             Compeer
             the
             Spleen
             ,
             the
             Duumvirate
             of
             this
             Commonwealth
             ,
             have
             such
             power
             committed
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             as
             the
             Key
             to
             open
             the
             Door
             to
             Health
             and
             Sickness
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             the
             Helm
             that
             turns
             and
             winds
             this
             Vessel
             at
             pleasure
             :
             In
             what
             ought
             a
             true
             Physitian
             to
             be
             more
             sollicitous
             ,
             than
             in
             preserving
             them
             in
             Eutonie
             ,
             Eucrasie
             ,
             Eumetrie
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             special
             care
             of
             this
             excellent
             Organ
             ,
             lest
             any
             thing
             assumed
             may
             injure
             the
             ferment
             of
             these
             parts
             ,
             disturb
             ,
             disquiet
             and
             annoy
             the
             Archeus
             thereof
             ?
             Away
             then
             with
             the
             seculent
             and
             dirty
             Medicaments
             of
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             which
             I
             can
             demonstrate
             to
             their
             faces
             ,
             if
             they
             dare
             to
             stand
             a
             Tryal
             ,
             are
             not
             fitting
             to
             be
             received
             into
             such
             a
             Noble
             part
             for
             the
             Cure
             of
             any
             deep
             rooted
             Disease
             whatsoever
             .
             And
             were
             not
             their
             Patients
             grosly
             ignorant
             in
             that
             which
             concerns
             their
             own
             life
             ,
             did
             they
             but
             understand
             
             the
             notable
             damage
             both
             present
             and
             future
             that
             attends
             those
             that
             enter
             into
             this
             Wire-drawing
             Galenical
             course
             of
             Physick
             ,
             they
             would
             utterly
             abominate
             such
             dreggy
             stuffe
             ,
             if
             more
             pure
             and
             defecate
             Chymical
             Remedies
             could
             be
             obtained
             .
             Never
             let
             any
             Lover
             of
             Learning
             harbour
             a
             thought
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             Elephant
             like
             ,
             Gigantical
             Disease
             the
             Pest
             ,
             is
             like
             to
             be
             detruncated
             and
             overcome
             by
             a
             Galenist
             ,
             who
             (
             I
             'le
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             )
             knows
             not
             how
             to
             remove
             a
             trivial
             ordinary
             Feaver
             radically
             and
             fundamentally
             !
             And
             all
             this
             proceeds
             for
             want
             of
             a
             clear
             understanding
             of
             the
             right
             use
             of
             the
             Stomack
             ;
             the
             powerful
             influence
             it
             hath
             upon
             all
             parts
             ;
             the
             Nature
             of
             its
             Ferment
             ,
             and
             the
             tender
             respect
             that
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             the
             diligent
             Custos
             ,
             and
             watchful
             Janitor
             of
             the
             Orifice
             and
             Pylorus
             .
             Suffer
             not
             then
             any
             that
             pretends
             to
             Cure
             thee
             ,
             to
             exhaust
             the
             innocent
             blood
             profusely
             ,
             by
             opening
             a
             vein
             in
             the
             Arm
             for
             the
             Cure
             of
             
             that
             Malady
             ,
             whose
             cause
             doth
             only
             Centrally
             depend
             upon
             an
             Exorbitancy
             ,
             Discord
             ,
             Dearticulation
             ,
             and
             Apostasie
             of
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             in
             the
             Duumvirate
             ,
             from
             the
             genuine
             well-disposed
             Constitution
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Signs
             of
             the
             Pest.
             
          
           
             JUdiciously
             to
             dicsern
             the
             Pest
             from
             other
             Diseases
             ,
             is
             sometimes
             a
             Task
             of
             no
             small
             difficulty
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             hath
             no
             certain
             ,
             peculiar
             ,
             proper
             ,
             Pathognomonical
             inseparable
             Sign
             emergent
             with
             it
             ,
             not
             common
             to
             others
             :
             So
             that
             an
             able
             Physitian
             may
             sometimes
             be
             puzled
             at
             first
             Access
             positively
             and
             absolutely
             to
             determine
             ,
             whether
             the
             Patient
             be
             smitten
             by
             this
             superlative
             stroke
             ,
             or
             afflicted
             with
             some
             other
             inferiour
             sickness
             .
             He
             alone
             that
             is
             Omniscious
             ,
             can
             infallibly
             tell
             in
             what
             instant
             time
             this
             pestilential
             poyson
             is
             conceived
             ,
             or
             enters
             into
             mans
             body
             ;
             so
             closely
             doth
             it
             lie
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             that
             none
             but
             he
             that
             knows
             things
             
               à
               priori
            
             ,
             can
             punctually
             
             discover
             that
             such
             an
             one
             carries
             about
             him
             a
             mortal
             Arrow
             shot
             into
             his
             Praecordia
             .
          
           
             To
             see
             a
             man
             eat
             and
             drink
             liberally
             ,
             to
             be
             jocund
             ,
             frolick
             ,
             seemingly
             enjoying
             a
             Jubilee
             ,
             to
             exercise
             Venery
             ,
             and
             several
             Disports
             ,
             as
             at
             other
             times
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             carry
             about
             him
             the
             very
             Picture
             of
             Death
             within
             ,
             is
             a
             Plague
             of
             the
             Plague
             .
             To
             be
             undermined
             by
             a
             Clandestine
             Enemy
             little
             dream't
             of
             ,
             digging
             like
             a
             company
             of
             Pioners
             into
             the
             very
             bowels
             of
             this
             Microcosm
             ,
             and
             on
             a
             sudden
             tearing
             in
             pieces
             unawares
             this
             strong
             fortress
             of
             life
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             heightens
             the
             malice
             of
             this
             truculent
             Calamity
             .
             For
             had
             an
             able
             Physitian
             opportunity
             granted
             him
             to
             encounter
             with
             this
             horrid
             Monster
             upon
             its
             first
             approach
             ,
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             but
             that
             by
             means
             of
             the
             Artillery
             of
             powerful
             Remedies
             ,
             it
             might
             quickly
             be
             overcome
             ,
             dispossessed
             and
             mortified
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Case
             standing
             thus
             with
             us
             ,
             it
             is
             prudent
             Providence
             to
             stand
             upon
             our
             
             guard
             ,
             and
             discreetly
             suspecting
             the
             worst
             ,
             to
             fortifie
             our selves
             as
             well
             as
             possibly
             may
             be
             ,
             
               vim
               vi
               repellere
            
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             such
             a
             Panoplie
             of
             Arcanas
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             easily
             be
             vulnerable
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             may
             speedily
             heal
             those
             wounds
             that
             are
             made
             by
             its
             intoxicated
             arrows
             :
             Sith
             we
             are
             ignorant
             
               a
               priori
            
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             first
             assaulted
             with
             this
             fermenting
             poyson
             ,
             let
             us
             strictly
             observe
             what
             may
             be
             useful
             to
             us
             
               à
               posteriori
            
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ought
             we
             not
             to
             despair
             ;
             for
             some
             antecedent
             Signs
             may
             coniecturally
             lead
             us
             to
             a
             fore
             knowledge
             and
             prevision
             of
             this
             venemous
             Arrow
             that
             is
             let
             flown
             at
             us
             ,
             that
             thereby
             we
             may
             make
             the
             better
             provision
             ,
             defending
             our selves
             ,
             
               pro
               re
               nara
            
             ,
             and
             thereby
             take
             off
             by
             Art
             the
             virulency
             that
             attends
             it
             ;
             for
             
               praevisa
               spicuia
               levius
               feriunt
            
             .
             How
             significant
             the
             Stars
             are
             to
             forewarn
             us
             of
             this
             grievous
             wound
             to
             be
             inflicted
             upon
             Mankind
             ,
             is
             best
             known
             to
             Astrologers
             ,
             whose
             Predictions
             I
             have
             always
             found
             very
             uncertain
             and
             amphilogical
             ,
             
             for
             want
             of
             that
             Syderal
             knowledge
             which
             Adam
             once
             enjoyed
             .
             Indeed
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             heavenly
             bodies
             were
             ordained
             
               in
               Signa
               ,
               Tempora
               ,
               Dies
               &
               Annos
            
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             why
             we
             do
             not
             foretell
             what
             they
             often
             preindicate
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             dimness
             and
             imbecility
             of
             our
             understanding
             ,
             which
             since
             our
             lapse
             is
             become
             uncapable
             of
             such
             Celestial
             mysteries
             .
             It
             is
             confessed
             ,
             some
             general
             obscure
             Notions
             we
             may
             collect
             from
             above
             ,
             yet
             we
             for
             the
             most
             part
             square
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             crooked
             Line
             of
             our
             own
             Interest
             guides
             us
             ;
             not
             according
             to
             the
             strait
             Rule
             of
             Verity
             ,
             for
             every
             one
             is
             willing
             to
             put
             from
             himself
             the
             evil
             day
             ,
             and
             shift
             it
             upon
             another
             .
             That
             Comets
             ,
             or
             Blazing
             Stars
             do
             portend
             some
             evil
             to
             come
             upon
             Mortals
             ,
             is
             confirmed
             by
             long
             observation
             and
             sad
             experience
             ,
             as
             likewise
             Phaenomena
             of
             a
             Parelios
             ,
             Parasolene
             ,
             apparitions
             of
             
               Draconos
               volantes
               &
               Trabes
               ,
               Scintillae
               ,
            
             now
             Stars
             ,
             Battles
             fought
             ,
             and
             Coffins
             carried
             through
             the
             Air
             ,
             
             Howlings
             ,
             Screechings
             ,
             and
             Groans
             heard
             about
             Church-yards
             ;
             also
             raining
             of
             blood
             ,
             unwonted
             matter
             ,
             &c.
             
             All
             of
             which
             having
             something
             
               extra
               naturam
            
             ,
             are
             portentous
             and
             prodigious
             ,
             ordained
             by
             that
             good
             Philanthropos
             to
             advertise
             us
             to
             a
             timely
             resipiscence
             ,
             and
             prevention
             of
             those
             evils
             that
             hang
             over
             our
             heads
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             when
             unseasonable
             weather
             ,
             as
             extream
             drought
             ,
             or
             superfluity
             of
             moisture
             infest
             us
             ,
             when
             waters
             contract
             a
             fracedinous
             Odour
             and
             Corruption
             ;
             when
             multitude
             of
             Insects
             ,
             as
             Toads
             ,
             Froggs
             ,
             Flies
             ,
             Cimires
             ,
             and
             divers
             poysonous
             Creatures
             appear
             ;
             when
             Cattle
             perish
             in
             great
             Numbers
             by
             some
             Contagious
             lues
             ;
             when
             malignant
             Diseases
             ,
             as
             Small
             Pox
             ,
             Spotted
             Feavers
             ;
             Scurvy
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             are
             frequent
             among
             us
             ,
             which
             gave
             me
             occasion
             (
             perceiving
             how
             grassant
             the
             Scorbute
             was
             in
             this
             Nation
             )
             to
             deliver
             a
             Prediction
             ,
             that
             in
             some
             short
             time
             it
             would
             break
             forth
             into
             some
             terrible
             Symptoms
             ,
             
             degenerating
             into
             this
             late
             acute
             Sickness
             .
          
           
             Let
             this
             suffice
             in
             General
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             Premonition
             and
             Caveat
             of
             a
             future
             ●est
             for
             our
             premunition
             .
             Touching
             the
             Signs
             that
             attend
             the
             Pest
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             present
             ,
             they
             are
             manifold
             all
             or
             most
             of
             which
             are
             maturely
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             attain
             a
             perfect
             Diagnôsis
             of
             this
             Heteroclite
             Calamity
             ,
             and
             withall
             make
             a
             Prognôsis
             for
             a
             discovery
             what
             is
             like
             to
             be
             the
             event
             thereof
             .
             And
             here
             I
             must
             take
             notice
             what
             a
             promiscuous
             complication
             ,
             contexture
             and
             mutual
             entercourse
             there
             is
             of
             the
             Signs
             belonging
             to
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             other
             Maladies
             ,
             especially
             the
             Scorbute
             ;
             so
             that
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             quick-sighted
             ,
             that
             can
             sometimes
             rightly
             distinguish
             between
             one
             and
             the
             other
             :
             Wherefore
             in
             delivering
             Judgment
             concerning
             a
             doubtful
             matter
             ,
             all
             Circumstances
             are
             strictly
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             a
             Syndrom
             of
             Symptoms
             to
             be
             mustered
             together
             ,
             that
             what
             a
             single
             cannot
             ,
             a
             collective
             
             Enumeration
             of
             Signs
             may
             instruct
             us
             in
             the
             Nature
             and
             Essence
             of
             that
             kind
             of
             Languor
             which
             hath
             seized
             upon
             the
             Patient
             .
             When
             therefore
             an
             Oppression
             about
             the
             Praecordia
             ,
             a
             Loathing
             ,
             Vomiting
             ,
             a
             Vertigo
             ,
             great
             pain
             of
             the
             Head
             ,
             a
             notable
             redness
             in
             the
             veins
             of
             the
             conjunctive
             Tunicle
             ,
             difficult
             or
             irregular
             Respiration
             ,
             a
             great
             asperity
             of
             the
             Tongue
             ,
             extream
             Thirst
             ,
             or
             no
             Thirst
             considerable
             ;
             a
             Soporous
             ,
             or
             Lethargical
             Disposition
             ,
             Agrypnie
             ,
             Restlessness
             and
             Inquietude
             ,
             a
             Misapprehension
             ,
             false
             Conception
             of
             things
             ;
             a
             delirium
             or
             raving
             ,
             a
             Faintness
             ,
             Palpitation
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             Lipothymie
             ;
             a
             Stupor
             and
             Numness
             in
             several
             parts
             ,
             Spontaneous
             Trembling
             ,
             Lassitude
             ,
             alternate
             changes
             of
             heat
             and
             cold
             ,
             shooting
             pains
             especially
             in
             the
             Emunctories
             ,
             Eruption
             of
             Blanes
             ,
             Vesicles
             ,
             Spots
             ,
             Botches
             ,
             Carbuncles
             ,
             an
             obscure
             or
             manifest
             Feaver
             ,
             sometimes
             violent
             ,
             sometimes
             gentle
             ,
             the
             pulse
             weak
             ,
             unequal
             ,
             intermitting
             ,
             formicant
             ,
             or
             vermiculant
             ;
             
             a
             laudable
             well-coloured
             Urine
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             discovering
             any
             evil
             affect
             ,
             when
             many
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             these
             Signs
             appear
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             Disease
             is
             dominant
             ,
             an
             able
             Physitian
             may
             confidently
             assert
             ,
             That
             the
             sick
             man
             hath
             a
             Pestilential
             poyson
             within
             him
             .
             Happy
             is
             he
             that
             meets
             with
             such
             a
             Physitian
             ,
             that
             can
             detect
             in
             a
             seasonable
             time
             this
             subtle
             Serpent
             that
             lieth
             hid
             in
             the
             bosom
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             bruise
             his
             head
             ,
             before
             it
             infect
             by
             his
             noysom
             breath
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             vital
             Spirits
             ,
             hindring
             a
             free
             circulation
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             by
             causing
             a
             restagnation
             ,
             and
             coagulation
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             while
             the
             Pest
             is
             
               in
               fieri
            
             ,
             potent
             Remedies
             being
             duly
             administred
             ,
             do
             seldom
             miss
             or
             their
             right
             scope
             of
             Curing
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             
               in
               facto
               esse
            
             ,
             the
             Recovery
             becomes
             very
             hazardous
             .
             For
             this
             reason
             I
             have
             urged
             some
             persons
             that
             would
             listen
             to
             me
             ,
             whom
             I
             have
             suspected
             to
             have
             received
             the
             Infection
             ,
             for
             〈◊〉
             to
             take
             what
             might
             give
             a
             check
             to
             its
             
             full
             Career
             ,
             stopping
             it
             
               in
               limine
            
             ,
             before
             it
             entred
             into
             the
             Bedchamber
             of
             life
             ;
             and
             so
             successful
             have
             I
             been
             this
             way
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             few
             hours
             there
             hath
             been
             by
             vertue
             of
             some
             active
             Remedies
             ,
             an
             Epiphany
             and
             Efflorescence
             of
             some
             Spot
             ,
             Tubercule
             ,
             Vesicle
             ,
             Bubo
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             on
             the
             skin
             ,
             which
             hath
             both
             satisfied
             the
             Patient
             ,
             by
             a
             timely
             prevention
             of
             future
             mischief
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             my
             Judgment
             with
             credit
             .
             In
             some
             I
             have
             at
             first
             so
             taken
             off
             the
             force
             of
             the
             Venom
             ,
             by
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             purified
             Sulphurs
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             never
             so
             seize
             upon
             the
             blood
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             any
             considerable
             stop
             to
             its
             motion
             ;
             so
             that
             hereby
             ,
             not
             the
             least
             cutaneous
             Emersion
             could
             be
             discovered
             ,
             as
             it
             happened
             to
             my
             Brother
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Pest
             twice
             ,
             with
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             Vertigo
             ,
             Oppression
             at
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             and
             other
             evident
             Symptoms
             belonging
             thereto
             ;
             and
             yet
             had
             neither
             Botch
             ,
             Carbuncle
             ,
             Blane
             ,
             Vesicle
             ,
             Pimple
             ,
             or
             Spot
             apparent
             in
             his
             whole
             Body
             :
             And
             though
             ,
             as
             he
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             
             felt
             about
             a
             Hundred
             times
             for
             a
             Bubo
             in
             his
             Groin
             ,
             the
             virulent
             ,
             tartarous
             blood
             tending
             that
             way
             ,
             notwithstanding
             it
             could
             never
             gather
             to
             make
             any
             Tumor
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             it
             was
             still
             ferretted
             ,
             subtiliated
             ,
             and
             dissipated
             by
             Medicines
             that
             were
             volatile
             ,
             and
             capable
             to
             be
             circulated
             with
             the
             blood
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             carried
             as
             far
             as
             the
             sixth
             digestion
             ;
             and
             there
             to
             execute
             the
             office
             of
             discussing
             any
             gross
             leutous
             matter
             ,
             without
             leaving
             a
             
               Caput
               mort
            
             behind
             .
             Certainly
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Poet
             ,
             
               Principiis
               obsta
            
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             embraced
             in
             any
             Disease
             ,
             but
             especially
             this
             ,
             which
             being
             
               morbus
               per
               peracutus
            
             ,
             quickly
             finishes
             its
             course
             ,
             (
             when
             it
             once
             sets
             forth
             )
             and
             hastens
             to
             a
             period
             oftentimes
             in
             a
             few
             hours
             .
             Seeing
             therefore
             it
             treads
             so
             softly
             within
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             heard
             to
             walk
             ;
             remains
             sometimes
             so
             silent
             ,
             that
             it
             speaks
             little
             or
             nothing
             that
             we
             can
             understand
             for
             our
             instruction
             ,
             't
             is
             wisdom
             to
             send
             out
             some
             
               Exploratores
               perspicaces
            
             ,
             subtle
             Scouts
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             exquisite
             
             Medicines
             ,
             that
             by
             their
             leptomery
             and
             specifick
             Dowry
             implanted
             in
             them
             ,
             may
             search
             out
             and
             discover
             whatsoever
             is
             hostile
             in
             our
             Territories
             ,
             heating
             up
             the
             Quarters
             of
             that
             close
             Enemy
             which
             lies
             in
             perdu
             to
             destroy
             us
             
               ex
               improviso
            
             .
             Wherefore
             if
             any
             notable
             Errour
             be
             committed
             by
             any
             in
             Diet
             or
             any
             outward
             thing
             that
             is
             ordained
             no
             support
             our
             life
             ,
             let
             there
             be
             a
             timely
             prevention
             of
             the
             ill
             effects
             thereof
             .
             And
             although
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             sign
             in
             the
             Pest
             which
             may
             not
             appear
             in
             another
             sickness
             ,
             yet
             when
             such
             a
             Contagion
             is
             grassant
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             forenamed
             Symptoms
             shew
             themselves
             ,
             though
             very
             obscurely
             ,
             we
             have
             just
             cause
             to
             censure
             it
             to
             be
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             and
             to
             withstand
             the
             same
             with
             Curatives
             sutable
             to
             the
             magnitude
             and
             activity
             thereof
             .
             Much
             likewise
             is
             to
             be
             gathered
             from
             some
             Adjuncts
             and
             Circumstances
             annexed
             to
             virulent
             Symptoms
             and
             Products
             that
             may
             specifie
             their
             Nature
             from
             what
             root
             they
             
             spring
             ,
             and
             shew
             that
             they
             are
             not
             of
             the
             Classis
             of
             those
             that
             are
             mild
             and
             gentle
             ;
             for
             pestilential
             Bubo's
             ,
             Parotites
             ,
             Carbuncles
             and
             Blanes
             often
             break
             forth
             before
             any
             considerable
             Feaver
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             are
             far
             more
             painful
             than
             others
             that
             are
             well-conditioned
             .
             Any
             small
             cutaneous
             Phaenomenon
             as
             a
             Vesicle
             ,
             or
             some
             vexatious
             Pimple
             ,
             somewhat
             unusual
             to
             us
             in
             time
             of
             mortal
             Contamination
             ,
             though
             no
             Feaver
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             bad
             Symptoms
             shew
             themselves
             ,
             ought
             to
             dictate
             to
             us
             what
             may
             be
             the
             worse
             ,
             that
             nothing
             may
             be
             neglected
             conducing
             to
             the
             breaking
             this
             Cockatrice
             Egg
             in
             the
             beginning
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             any
             sudden
             Alteration
             arising
             in
             us
             in
             time
             of
             Contagion
             ,
             and
             no
             solid
             Reason
             to
             be
             given
             for
             it
             ,
             may
             very
             well
             inform
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             intoxicated
             ,
             and
             our
             Spirits
             infected
             by
             this
             Atrocious
             Arrow
             .
             A
             defect
             of
             a
             customary
             Diaphoresis
             ,
             and
             a
             kindly
             perspication
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             ,
             especially
             towards
             
             Morning
             ,
             ought
             to
             make
             us
             suspitious
             ,
             and
             to
             move
             us
             to
             use
             all
             means
             to
             open
             the
             Pores
             by
             Diaphoretical
             and
             Diapuoick
             Alexiteries
             .
             Whether
             this
             poyson
             entered
             into
             us
             from
             without
             by
             Contact
             or
             Respiration
             ?
             and
             whether
             it
             took
             its
             original
             from
             an
             inward
             principle
             of
             Malignity
             ,
             is
             often
             hard
             to
             deem
             ?
             yet
             sometimes
             there
             ariseth
             a
             manifest
             change
             ,
             punction
             and
             dolour
             in
             that
             part
             where
             it
             had
             the
             first
             ingress
             ,
             and
             some
             remarkable
             impression
             made
             Topically
             ,
             as
             it
             happened
             in
             an
             obscure
             manner
             to
             my
             hand
             ,
             which
             was
             for
             some
             time
             demerged
             and
             souzed
             in
             the
             poysonous
             liquamen
             of
             a
             pestilent
             Carkass
             ,
             that
             had
             at
             that
             time
             retained
             a
             heat
             in
             the
             bowels
             .
             Expedite
             and
             vehement
             is
             that
             Pest
             which
             is
             framed
             by
             a
             strong
             imagination
             of
             a
             fright
             in
             the
             Individual
             ,
             for
             it
             often
             absolves
             a
             fatal
             History
             in
             a
             very
             short
             time
             ,
             but
             what
             proceeds
             from
             a
             Terrour
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             ingenite
             in
             every
             particular
             part
             ,
             although
             it
             have
             more
             danger
             in
             it
             ,
             yet
             
             it
             begins
             and
             makes
             it
             progress
             a
             little
             more
             leisurely
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             giving
             fairer
             warning
             ,
             which
             I
             ought
             to
             have
             taken
             more
             notice
             of
             ,
             when
             those
             destructive
             Atoms
             entered
             into
             my
             hand
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Dissection
             of
             such
             an
             infecting
             Cadaver
             .
          
           
             Touching
             the
             event
             of
             the
             Pest
             that
             hath
             seized
             upon
             any
             person
             as
             to
             make
             a
             Prognôsis
             thereof
             forthwith
             infallible
             ,
             is
             scarce
             granted
             to
             any
             Physician
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             meer
             Proteus
             ,
             turning
             Chamaeleon
             like
             ,
             into
             all
             shapes
             of
             life
             and
             death
             ;
             for
             where
             there
             seems
             most
             security
             ,
             there
             is
             most
             danger
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Symptoms
             are
             most
             direful
             to
             behold
             ,
             a
             happy
             conclusion
             of
             Sanity
             sometimes
             follows
             .
          
           
             Thus
             much
             I
             have
             frequently
             observed
             ,
             that
             a
             very
             laudable
             Urine
             ,
             like
             to
             one
             healthy
             ,
             is
             oftentimes
             the
             worse
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             mild
             the
             Accidents
             appear
             to
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             greater
             hazard
             is
             that
             mans
             life
             !
             That
             which
             I
             alwayes
             principally
             depend
             upon
             ,
             to
             give
             a
             solid
             
             Judgment
             what
             may
             be
             the
             conclusion
             of
             this
             Scene
             ,
             for
             better
             or
             worse
             ,
             is
             the
             strength
             or
             weakness
             of
             the
             Patient
             ,
             the
             Maturity
             or
             Tardity
             of
             my
             access
             to
             him
             ;
             for
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             is
             highly
             to
             be
             prized
             above
             all
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             able
             and
             honest
             .
             From
             hence
             I
             take
             my
             Indication
             to
             perform
             my
             Duty
             ,
             being
             ascertain'd
             ,
             that
             
               Nature
               sunt
               Morborum
               medicatrices
            
             ,
             nothing
             where
             the
             vital
             Spirits
             do
             altogether
             fail
             can
             be
             done
             ;
             wherefore
             in
             this
             case
             of
             making
             a
             Prediction
             ,
             a
             good
             Physitian
             ought
             to
             be
             guided
             chiefly
             by
             the
             Effects
             of
             some
             potent
             
             Arcana's
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             be
             rightly
             ordered
             ,
             and
             seasonably
             given
             ,
             will
             inform
             him
             how
             long
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             success
             this
             universal
             Archeus
             ,
             Governor
             of
             this
             Fortress
             ,
             is
             able
             to
             hold
             out
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             wayes
             sallying
             forth
             upon
             the
             Enemy
             it
             can
             rout
             ,
             profligate
             ,
             and
             cut
             it
             off
             .
             Whosoever
             is
             not
             furnished
             with
             extraordinary
             Remedies
             ,
             shall
             find
             that
             Aphorism
             of
             Hippocrates
             true
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             That
             is
             ,
             in
             acute
             Diseases
             there
             is
             no
             infallible
             Prediction
             whether
             the
             sick
             man
             will
             live
             or
             dye
             ;
             which
             I
             confess
             trusting
             to
             a
             
               Galenical
               Crisis
            
             I
             have
             experimentally
             found
             to
             be
             true
             :
             but
             he
             that
             by
             premature
             Medicines
             doth
             anticipate
             the
             same
             ,
             shall
             seldom
             Err
             in
             his
             prenotion
             for
             the
             Honour
             and
             credit
             of
             this
             Divine
             Art
             ,
             and
             Confirmation
             of
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             stander
             by
             in
             him
             that
             undertakes
             the
             Cure.
             
          
           
             
               I
               know
               my
               Countreymen
               will
               expect
               my
               Judgment
               ,
               what
               I
               think
               concerning
               the
               state
               and
               condition
               of
               this
               approaching
               Summer
               ,
               Whether
               the
               Pest
               be
               like
               to
               break
               forth
               in
               this
               City
               in
               a
               raging
               manner
               again
               ?
               To
               which
               I
               answer
               Negatively
               :
            
             So
             far
             as
             I
             can
             Conjecture
             by
             Natural
             Reasons
             ,
             taken
             from
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             I
             observe
             have
             their
             first
             Rise
             ,
             an
             Ascent
             ,
             an
             utmost
             Height
             ,
             a
             Descent
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             Setting
             .
             I
             have
             perceived
             the
             late
             Pest
             to
             be
             Ambulatory
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             progress
             from
             
             place
             to
             place
             ;
             and
             having
             made
             havock
             in
             one
             Topical
             Quarter
             ,
             after
             some
             abatement
             it
             removed
             to
             another
             ;
             which
             signifies
             plainly
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             local
             seminal
             Dispositions
             prone
             to
             produce
             this
             peculiar
             poyson
             at
             such
             a
             time
             above
             others
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             ripens
             sooner
             or
             later
             ,
             and
             finds
             our
             Bodies
             inclined
             to
             receive
             an
             Impression
             ,
             so
             according
             to
             our
             Capacity
             it
             breaks
             forth
             into
             Act
             ,
             speedily
             or
             slowly
             ,
             mildly
             or
             fiercely
             .
             Now
             the
             pestilent
             matter
             being
             in
             great
             part
             exhausted
             and
             spent
             ,
             the
             Scorbutical
             malignity
             somewhat
             tamed
             ,
             and
             the
             Archeus
             fortified
             ,
             daring
             ,
             becomes
             as
             it
             were
             an
             old
             Souldier
             ,
             not
             ready
             as
             formerly
             to
             give
             back
             upon
             every
             terrifying
             Occasion
             ;
             I
             may
             confidently
             conclude
             ,
             That
             London
             is
             like
             to
             enjoy
             this
             Summer
             the
             Company
             of
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             least
             need
             of
             them
             ;
             which
             will
             I
             fear
             be
             an
             ill
             Omen
             to
             some
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             continue
             Bleeding
             ,
             and
             Deletery
             Purgation
             ,
             more
             destructive
             to
             poor
             Mortals
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             Pests
             that
             ever
             reigned
             since
             the
             Creation
             !
          
        
         
           
           
             AN
             HISTORICAL
             ACCOUNT
             OF
             THE
             DISSECTION
             OF
             A
             Pestilential
             Body
             ;
             And
             the
             Consequents
             thereof
             .
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             IN
             the
             Year
             1665.
             a
             most
             ruefull
             lamentable
             time
             as
             ever
             London
             suffered
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             when
             the
             Sickness
             
             swept
             away
             many
             Thousands
             in
             a
             week
             in
             the
             Moneth
             of
             August
             ,
             I
             visited
             a
             lusty
             proper
             man
             ,
             by
             name
             Mr.
             
               Wil
               :
               Pick
            
             ,
             living
             in
             Peticoat-lane
             ,
             grievously
             wounded
             with
             one
             of
             those
             poisonous
             Arrows
             that
             flew
             thick
             about
             poor
             Mortalls
             :
             so
             that
             his
             condition
             seemed
             to
             be
             almost
             desperate
             ,
             and
             finding
             no
             relief
             at
             all
             from
             those
             frivolous
             and
             vain
             preparations
             a
             Galenist
             had
             exhibited
             to
             him
             
               usque
               ad
               nauseam
            
             :
             was
             in
             some
             short
             space
             preserved
             by
             Chimical
             Remedies
             :
             the
             poison
             being
             therewith
             excluded
             ,
             and
             the
             Archeus
             of
             the
             Stomack
             redeemed
             from
             captivity
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             there
             lay
             a
             Servant
             of
             Mr.
             Picks
             ,
             a
             youth
             about
             15
             yeares
             of
             age
             ,
             labouring
             under
             most
             horrid
             symptomes
             ,
             raving
             as
             it
             were
             extimulated
             by
             some
             Fury
             ;
             which
             Tragical
             Interlude
             was
             quickly
             terminated
             by
             a
             mortal
             Catastrophe
             .
             Upon
             this
             ,
             I
             took
             occasion
             to
             request
             my
             then
             recovering
             Patient
             his
             Master
             ,
             to
             grant
             me
             liberty
             to
             open
             this
             defunct
             body
             ;
             for
             my
             own
             instruction
             ,
             
             and
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             inquisitive
             Persons
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             having
             given
             him
             some
             perswasive
             reasons
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             he
             strait
             condescended
             ,
             yet
             not
             without
             some
             jealousie
             and
             kind
             fear
             least
             I
             should
             do
             my self
             injury
             ;
             upon
             his
             concession
             I
             being
             much
             exhilarated
             in
             my
             spirits
             ,
             having
             obtained
             that
             desire
             which
             was
             often
             denyed
             me
             by
             those
             who
             pretended
             several
             slight
             excuses
             ,
             I
             girt
             up
             my self
             with
             all
             expedition
             ,
             getting
             in
             readiness
             what
             Instruments
             were
             fitting
             ,
             with
             a
             porringer
             containing
             Sulphur
             to
             burn
             under
             the
             Corps
             ,
             which
             was
             at
             that
             time
             placed
             in
             the
             open
             air
             in
             a
             yard
             there
             adjacent
             ,
             which
             for
             several
             respects
             was
             very
             convenient
             ;
             and
             for
             my
             better
             accommodation
             ,
             a
             Servant
             by
             the
             permission
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Master
             was
             ready
             to
             afford
             me
             his
             service
             ,
             in
             opening
             the
             Coffin
             nailed
             up
             ,
             and
             administring
             some
             other
             things
             necessary
             for
             my
             design
             .
             The
             head
             of
             the
             Coffin
             being
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             linnen
             cleared
             away
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             
             but
             admire
             ,
             to
             behold
             a
             skin
             so
             beset
             with
             spots
             black
             and
             blew
             ,
             more
             remarkable
             for
             multitude
             and
             magnitude
             than
             any
             that
             I
             have
             yet
             seen
             ;
             some
             of
             which
             being
             opened
             ,
             conteined
             a
             congealed
             matter
             ,
             in
             one
             more
             shallow
             ,
             and
             in
             another
             more
             deep
             .
             Here
             I
             conceived
             something
             more
             than
             of
             ordinary
             Rarity
             might
             be
             discovered
             ;
             wherefore
             perforating
             the
             Membrane
             that
             involved
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             I
             made
             entrance
             into
             the
             lowest
             venter
             or
             Region
             ,
             where
             appeared
             a
             virulent
             Ichor
             ,
             or
             thin
             liquor
             variously
             coloured
             ,
             as
             yellow
             ,
             greenish
             ,
             &c.
             the
             small
             guts
             being
             much
             distended
             with
             a
             venemous
             flatus
             ,
             did
             contain
             a
             great
             quantity
             of
             a
             foul
             scoria
             or
             dross
             in
             them
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             not
             ,
             as
             some
             apprehended
             ,
             outwardly
             spotted
             as
             the
             skin
             ;
             only
             some
             obscure
             large
             markes
             were
             made
             in
             their
             inward
             parts
             ,
             as
             likewise
             in
             the
             stomach
             ,
             arising
             from
             the
             poisonous
             liquamen
             therein
             lodged
             .
             The
             
               Vena
               Porta
            
             and
             
               Arteria
               Caeliaca
            
             being
             divided
             ,
             afforded
             only
             a
             serous
             liquor
             ,
             
             no
             rubified
             juice
             at
             all
             ;
             that
             which
             was
             inclosed
             in
             these
             vessels
             ,
             was
             a
             firmly
             congealed
             substance
             of
             a
             very
             dark
             colour
             ;
             the
             Parenchyma
             of
             the
             Liver
             being
             separated
             was
             very
             pallid
             ,
             and
             did
             straight
             weep
             and
             send
             out
             a
             thin
             yellowish
             excrement
             .
             The
             Spleen
             dissected
             ,
             appeared
             more
             then
             ordinary
             obscure
             ,
             a
             livid
             Ichorous
             matter
             following
             the
             Incision
             :
             the
             Kidneys
             laid
             open
             abounded
             with
             a
             Citrine
             water
             ,
             but
             altogether
             exanguine
             ,
             as
             likewise
             the
             other
             viscera
             ;
             at
             length
             I
             came
             to
             that
             most
             excellent
             usefull
             part
             ,
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             whose
             tender
             membranes
             when
             I
             had
             divided
             ,
             a
             black
             matter
             like
             Ink
             did
             shew
             it self
             ,
             to
             the
             quantity
             (
             as
             nigh
             as
             I
             could
             guess
             )
             of
             a
             wine
             pint
             ,
             somewhat
             tenacious
             and
             slimy
             :
             the
             inward
             membrane
             of
             the
             Ventricle
             was
             much
             discoloured
             ,
             but
             the
             bottom
             thereof
             not
             perforated
             ,
             as
             Helmont
             found
             in
             the
             like
             case
             :
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             as
             if
             a
             potential
             cautery
             had
             been
             applied
             therto
             .
             Having
             sufficiently
             lustrated
             and
             viewed
             the
             
             lower
             venter
             ,
             I
             ascended
             to
             the
             middle
             ,
             and
             making
             a
             divulsion
             of
             the
             sterne
             from
             the
             Mediastinum
             ,
             I
             intentively
             beheld
             the
             superficies
             of
             the
             Lungs
             ,
             stigmatized
             with
             several
             large
             ill
             favoured
             marks
             much
             tumified
             and
             distended
             :
             the
             inward
             part
             of
             which
             being
             pertunded
             with
             my
             knife
             ,
             a
             sanious
             dreggy
             corruption
             issued
             forth
             ,
             and
             a
             pale
             Ichor
             destitute
             of
             any
             blood
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             searched
             by
             cutting
             this
             Organ
             of
             respiraion
             into
             various
             particles
             ,
             but
             could
             finde
             none
             but
             a
             dirty
             coagulation
             ,
             which
             Hipocrates
             calls
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             in
             the
             branches
             of
             Vena
             and
             
               Arteria
               Pulmonica
            
             .
             After
             this
             I
             disparted
             the
             descending
             Trunck
             of
             the
             Cava
             ,
             and
             the
             Artery
             called
             Aorta
             ,
             expecting
             some
             considerable
             emanation
             of
             blood
             there
             ,
             if
             any
             where
             ,
             that
             might
             make
             a
             little
             inundation
             ,
             but
             no
             such
             thing
             succeeded
             ,
             for
             only
             some
             very
             few
             spoonfulls
             of
             a
             thin
             liquor
             of
             a
             pale
             hew
             came
             forth
             ,
             which
             might
             easily
             be
             licked
             up
             by
             a
             small
             handkerchief
             .
             Diffecting
             these
             pipes
             
             
               secundum
               rectitudinem
            
             ,
             I
             found
             them
             stuffed
             with
             a
             thick
             curdled
             blackish
             substance
             ,
             which
             once
             laid
             hold
             on
             might
             be
             drawn
             out
             to
             some
             length
             .
             Next
             I
             seperated
             the
             Pericardium
             ,
             that
             robust
             coat
             that
             circumvolves
             the
             Heart
             ,
             replenished
             with
             a
             deeply
             tinged
             yellow
             liquor
             :
             Then
             having
             opened
             the
             right
             cavity
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             I
             therein
             found
             a
             white
             congealed
             matter
             ,
             extracting
             which
             with
             my
             fingers
             ,
             and
             narrowly
             viewing
             it
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             compare
             it
             to
             any
             thing
             more
             like
             ,
             than
             a
             Lamb-stone
             cut
             in
             twain
             ,
             which
             the
             Servant
             beholding
             ,
             standing
             nigh
             ,
             easily
             assented
             to
             in
             his
             Judgement
             .
             To
             render
             a
             sound
             reason
             of
             this
             albified
             coagulation
             in
             this
             right
             Ventricle
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             may
             perhaps
             puzzle
             a
             good
             Physiologist
             .
             For
             in
             all
             those
             cadavers
             I
             ever
             saw
             dissected
             ,
             this
             hollow
             receptacle
             did
             still
             contain
             a
             blackish
             blood
             condensed
             ,
             arising
             from
             a
             stopping
             of
             the
             Circulation
             of
             it
             first
             in
             that
             place
             .
             Now
             the
             most
             probable
             cause
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             with
             submission
             )
             
             of
             this
             unwonted
             white
             substance
             ,
             may
             come
             from
             a
             sumption
             of
             meer
             crude
             milk
             ,
             which
             an
             indiscreet
             Nurse
             had
             given
             this
             youth
             not
             long
             before
             he
             died
             ,
             part
             of
             which
             passing
             out
             of
             the
             stomach
             little
             altered
             ,
             might
             be
             conveyed
             ,
             upon
             a
             pinch
             and
             stress
             to
             preserve
             life
             ,
             through
             the
             
               Venae
               lacteae
            
             in
             the
             Mesenterie
             ,
             or
             some
             shorter
             passages
             ,
             into
             the
             subclavian
             vessels
             ,
             and
             there
             entring
             the
             right
             cavity
             of
             the
             Heart
             ,
             be
             (
             for
             want
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             sanguifying
             power
             ,
             and
             that
             material
             transmuting
             ferment
             attending
             it
             )
             changed
             according
             to
             the
             capacity
             of
             the
             Matter
             by
             a
             virulent
             preternatural
             ferment
             ,
             into
             this
             seeming
             glandulous
             flesh
             .
             'T
             was
             strange
             to
             behold
             instead
             of
             candid
             ,
             a
             black
             fuiiginous
             matter
             ;
             fitting
             only
             for
             the
             infernal
             stomach
             of
             the
             Dogg
             Cerberus
             inclosed
             in
             one
             ventricle
             ,
             that
             publike
             shop
             and
             treasury
             of
             life
             ,
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             furnished
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             utensils
             requisite
             for
             the
             sustentation
             of
             this
             little
             world
             :
             and
             in
             
             another
             a
             white
             innocent
             lamb-like
             juice
             lodged
             ,
             instead
             of
             a
             duskie
             concreted
             clot
             of
             gore
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             proceeding
             from
             the
             deletery
             ferment
             of
             this
             Heteroclite
             poison
             ;
             which
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             give
             you
             a
             further
             account
             ,
             had
             so
             altered
             the
             substance
             ,
             texture
             ,
             consistence
             ,
             and
             colour
             of
             that
             Solar
             Nectar
             contained
             in
             those
             curiously
             contrived
             Pipes
             ,
             veins
             ,
             and
             arteries
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             truly
             say
             not
             one
             spoonfull
             of
             that
             ruddy
             liquor
             properly
             called
             blood
             could
             be
             obtained
             in
             this
             Pestilential
             body
             ,
             being
             partly
             congealed
             ,
             and
             partly
             colliquated
             into
             a
             Tabum
             or
             filthy
             matter
             :
             Which
             I
             have
             experimentally
             found
             to
             be
             the
             usual
             effects
             of
             those
             poisons
             I
             have
             given
             to
             some
             Creatures
             ,
             whose
             carcasses
             I
             have
             afterward
             dissected
             .
          
           
             Having
             finished
             the
             Dissection
             of
             this
             loathsom
             Body
             ,
             I
             presently
             found
             some
             little
             sensible
             alteration
             tending
             to
             a
             stiffness
             and
             numness
             in
             my
             hand
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             soaking
             and
             dabling
             in
             the
             Bowels
             and
             Entrals
             then
             warm
             ,
             
             though
             it
             was
             Ten
             or
             Twelve
             hours
             after
             the
             Youth
             expired
             ;
             whereupon
             having
             cleansed
             away
             that
             foulness
             it
             was
             besmeared
             with
             ,
             I
             held
             it
             for
             some
             time
             over
             a
             dish
             of
             burning
             Brimstone
             ,
             and
             so
             received
             the
             Gas
             thereof
             ,
             but
             in
             vain
             .
             
               Seriùs
               ejicitur
               ,
               quam
               non
               admittitur
            
             ;
             I
             might
             better
             (
             had
             I
             foreseen
             what
             I
             do
             now
             )
             kept
             it
             out
             ,
             than
             thrust
             it
             out
             ;
             for
             those
             slie
             ,
             insinuating
             ,
             venemous
             Atoms
             ,
             excited
             by
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             opening
             the
             pores
             of
             my
             skin
             ,
             had
             quickly
             free
             ingress
             ;
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             the
             Porter
             of
             my
             hand
             ,
             that
             should
             have
             better
             guarded
             it
             ,
             forthwith
             tergiversating
             ,
             and
             taking
             its
             flight
             ,
             being
             extreamly
             terrified
             at
             the
             Alarum
             of
             so
             fierce
             and
             potent
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             afterward
             in
             an
             abject
             manner
             conducted
             it
             to
             the
             principal
             place
             of
             the
             Souls
             residence
             ,
             the
             Stomack
             ;
             where
             after
             this
             lately
             entered
             poyson
             had
             dressed
             and
             habited
             it self
             with
             that
             spirit
             that
             had
             the
             perfect
             Idea
             and
             Image
             of
             this
             sickness
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             act
             a
             Tragical
             part
             (
             the
             
             Archeus
             being
             obliged
             to
             be
             Executioner
             to
             bring
             to
             pass
             its
             own
             Ruine
             )
             and
             now
             do
             I
             carry
             about
             me
             the
             very
             Pest
             ,
             closely
             spreading
             like
             a
             Gangrene
             ,
             diffusing
             its
             malignity
             into
             all
             my
             members
             ,
             covered
             over
             for
             some
             short
             space
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             ashes
             of
             silence
             ,
             while
             I
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             visited
             ,
             visit
             others
             visited
             ,
             administring
             that
             help
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             I
             (
             then
             more
             perplexed
             at
             my
             Neighbours
             Calamity
             ,
             than
             sollicitous
             for
             my
             own
             )
             suffer
             my self
             to
             want
             ,
             relating
             with
             joy
             what
             an
             Inquest
             I
             had
             made
             into
             that
             Subject
             which
             had
             made
             a
             Conquest
             of
             me
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             walked
             up
             and
             down
             from
             Patient
             to
             Patient
             ,
             
               Dum
               hoc
               virus
               membra
               mea
               depascitur
               .
            
             I
             ate
             ,
             I
             drank
             ,
             and
             slept
             well
             till
             about
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             the
             next
             Morning
             being
             Saturday
             ,
             at
             which
             hour
             I
             waked
             to
             sleep
             for
             ever
             ,
             had
             not
             Divine
             goodness
             given
             me
             an
             Antidote
             to
             rouze
             and
             raise
             me
             up
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             no
             sooner
             had
             I
             recollected
             myself
             ,
             but
             I
             perceived
             such
             a
             
             kind
             of
             stupor
             in
             my
             Thighs
             and
             Legs
             that
             was
             at
             first
             in
             my
             hand
             ,
             then
             I
             began
             to
             ponder
             what
             I
             had
             done
             the
             day
             before
             ;
             and
             still
             those
             large
             and
             manifold
             Spots
             were
             too
             lively
             represented
             to
             my
             eye
             against
             my
             will
             :
             Without
             further
             delay
             ,
             I
             forthwith
             called
             up
             my
             Servant
             ,
             a
             Stripling
             ,
             nigh
             Fourteen
             years
             old
             ,
             whom
             I
             commanded
             (
             having
             lighted
             a
             Candle
             )
             strictly
             to
             observe
             those
             Directions
             I
             gave
             him
             ,
             appointing
             such
             Remedies
             to
             be
             produced
             with
             all
             speed
             that
             I
             knew
             were
             very
             sufficient
             and
             valid
             by
             multiplicity
             of
             Experiments
             to
             resist
             this
             feral
             Disease
             .
             And
             when
             I
             had
             delivered
             to
             him
             such
             Rules
             I
             thought
             necessary
             for
             life
             ;
             having
             taken
             a
             large
             quantity
             of
             my
             best
             Medicaments
             ,
             I
             charged
             him
             to
             follow
             me
             close
             ,
             doubling
             and
             trebling
             the
             ordinary
             Dose
             I
             usually
             gave
             ;
             which
             he
             so
             faithfully
             and
             sedulously
             performed
             with
             advantage
             ,
             that
             I
             dare
             assert
             that
             Five
             of
             my
             Patients
             joined
             altogether
             ,
             never
             did
             through
             my
             whole
             practice
             
             high
             these
             Twenty
             years
             ,
             take
             so
             great
             a
             portion
             of
             such
             like
             Remedies
             ,
             as
             it
             appeared
             by
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             others
             reports
             ,
             compared
             with
             that
             great
             expence
             of
             those
             preparations
             I
             had
             in
             store
             ;
             for
             I
             knew
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             where
             Nature
             was
             so
             prostrate
             ,
             and
             the
             Disease
             so
             strong
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             be
             supported
             by
             extraordinary
             help
             ;
             which
             course
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             vigorously
             taken
             ,
             I
             question
             (
             had
             there
             been
             delay
             of
             what
             was
             needful
             for
             my
             recovery
             but
             two
             hours
             )
             whether
             any
             Medicine
             in
             Nature
             could
             have
             been
             of
             any
             efficacy
             and
             validity
             for
             my
             Restauration
             ,
             such
             was
             the
             Magnitude
             ,
             Activity
             and
             Celerity
             (
             pardon
             my
             expression
             ,
             good
             Mr.
             Captious
             Logomachus
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             one
             single
             term
             without
             any
             true
             saving
             knowledge
             breed
             a
             quarrel
             between
             us
             )
             I
             say
             properly
             ,
             the
             Celerity
             (
             in
             despight
             of
             any
             self-conceited
             cavilling
             Galenist
             )
             of
             the
             Disease
             that
             then
             invaded
             me
             ,
             that
             would
             admit
             of
             no
             Truce
             or
             Respite
             :
             For
             so
             
             soon
             as
             I
             was
             throughly
             awakened
             ,
             I
             felt
             a
             grievous
             oppression
             about
             the
             Midriff
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             pit
             of
             the
             Stomack
             ;
             and
             such
             a
             sudden
             defection
             of
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             much
             ado
             to
             hold
             out
             to
             advertise
             my
             Servant
             how
             he
             should
             menage
             his
             business
             .
             My
             head
             also
             began
             to
             be
             much
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             exceedingly
             dozed
             ;
             and
             whereas
             Three
             or
             four
             Ounces
             of
             a
             Cordial
             liquor
             I
             took
             formerly
             ,
             did
             commonly
             put
             me
             into
             a
             breathing
             Sweat
             ,
             now
             ten
             times
             so
             much
             of
             the
             same
             did
             hardly
             cause
             a
             heat
             in
             the
             lower
             parts
             .
             Perspicuous
             also
             was
             the
             Coagulation
             of
             part
             of
             my
             blood
             ,
             as
             many
             small
             Stigmata
             ,
             Spots
             scattered
             about
             my
             Breast
             and
             Arms
             ,
             did
             plainly
             testifie
             ;
             but
             one
             above
             the
             rest
             was
             most
             remarkable
             in
             the
             bending
             of
             my
             right
             Arm
             ,
             where
             there
             appeared
             a
             very
             large
             Spot
             of
             an
             obscure
             colour
             ,
             of
             the
             bigness
             of
             a
             single
             Half-penny
             ,
             which
             I
             often
             took
             a
             view
             of
             .
             Well
             ,
             after
             some
             hours
             tedious
             Inquietude
             ,
             and
             despondency
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             much
             
             Reluctancy
             ,
             and
             many
             an
             Agony
             ,
             a
             gentle
             Mador
             at
             length
             bedewed
             my
             skin
             ,
             with
             which
             I
             was
             somewhat
             relieved
             ;
             and
             persevering
             in
             the
             frequent
             repetition
             of
             Polyacaea
             and
             some
             other
             noble
             Remedies
             ,
             I
             began
             to
             be
             much
             refreshed
             ,
             sweating
             liberally
             
               cum
               emphoriâ
               &
               dysphoriâ
            
             by
             turnes
             ;
             for
             I
             frequently
             sustained
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             ah
             Alternate
             Vicissrtude
             of
             desperate
             and
             hopefull
             Symptomes
             :
             there
             being
             sometimes
             an
             Eclampfis
             ,
             a
             seeming
             serenity
             and
             clarity
             in
             the
             Archeus
             :
             then
             again
             nothing
             but
             Cloudiness
             ,
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             passed
             over
             that
             dolefull
             morning
             ,
             
               inter
               spemque
               metumque
            
             ,
             earnestly
             longing
             for
             the
             presence
             of
             that
             Excellent
             expert
             Chymist
             and
             legitimate
             Physician
             ,
             Dr.
             Starkey
             ,
             whom
             I
             sent
             to
             ,
             being
             verily
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             he
             ,
             if
             any
             ,
             under
             God
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             Comforter
             to
             me
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             knew
             certainly
             that
             the
             best
             Galenist
             was
             a
             miserable
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Spiritus
               Antiloimoides
            
             was
             a
             meer
             cheat
             )
             
             
               sed
               heu
               lachrymabile
               !
               ambo
               morbo
               laboramus
               eodem
               ,
            
             he
             was
             stricken
             ,
             and
             had
             as
             much
             need
             of
             mine
             ,
             as
             I
             of
             his
             succour
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             might
             condole
             ,
             but
             not
             conserve
             each
             other
             .
             However
             this
             worthy
             Gentleman
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             whose
             very
             Aspect
             exhilarated
             and
             solaced
             my
             drooping
             spirits
             ;
             of
             whom
             when
             I
             had
             taken
             something
             ,
             I
             was
             wonderfully
             composed
             for
             some
             time
             .
             This
             brave
             man
             ,
             (
             that
             did
             ,
             I
             dare
             maintain
             it
             ,
             more
             good
             than
             all
             the
             Galenists
             in
             England
             put
             together
             )
             was
             that
             night
             after
             he
             had
             been
             with
             me
             ,
             forced
             to
             yeeld
             himself
             prisoner
             to
             that
             insolent
             Conqueror
             ,
             which
             did
             then
             make
             spoil
             of
             many
             Thousands
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             was
             left
             destitute
             of
             two
             of
             my
             dearest
             friends
             in
             my
             saddest
             Condition
             ;
             For
             Honest
             and
             learned
             Dr.
             d
             ee
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             shall
             speak
             further
             hereafter
             ,
             could
             not
             afford
             me
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             being
             much
             afflicted
             and
             oppressed
             (
             after
             a
             former
             deliverance
             )
             with
             the
             same
             venemous
             Sickness
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             I
             resolved
             to
             make
             use
             of
             that
             reason
             
             I
             was
             then
             master
             of
             ,
             and
             that
             outward
             aid
             I
             had
             then
             at
             hand
             ,
             uniting
             and
             mustering
             up
             all
             supplies
             that
             I
             conceived
             were
             proper
             for
             me
             ,
             laying
             aside
             all
             peevishness
             and
             foolish
             averseness
             to
             take
             what
             was
             fitting
             ;
             which
             fault
             I
             often
             found
             incident
             to
             most
             of
             my
             Patients
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             prejudice
             .
             The
             Remedies
             that
             I
             took
             in
             a
             Quintuple
             quantity
             for
             what
             others
             took
             ,
             was
             
               Tinctura
               Polyacaea
            
             ,
             and
             no
             small
             portion
             of
             
               Pulvis
               Pestifugus
            
             .
             Touching
             the
             Diet
             I
             observed
             ,
             it
             was
             good
             spirituous
             liquors
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             Wine
             ,
             and
             Strong
             Beer
             sweetned
             with
             a
             little
             sugar
             ,
             also
             now
             and
             then
             I
             drank
             a
             draught
             of
             White-wine
             Posset
             :
             as
             for
             Galenical
             Juleps
             ,
             Small
             beer
             ,
             Barly
             water
             ,
             muccaginous
             Decoctions
             ,
             Broths
             ,
             satiated
             with
             the
             crude
             juice
             of
             Ingredients
             ,
             I
             detested
             ;
             for
             I
             knew
             they
             would
             annoy
             my
             stomach
             ,
             and
             so
             hinder
             the
             Archeus
             from
             conquering
             the
             poyson
             ,
             which
             upon
             every
             irritating
             occasion
             was
             ready
             to
             ferment
             .
             My
             whole
             scope
             was
             to
             
             keep
             up
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             vital
             spirits
             ,
             without
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             no
             Maladie
             can
             be
             cured
             .
             Neither
             was
             I
             wanting
             to
             make
             use
             of
             
               Helmonts
               Xenexton
            
             ,
             a
             Toad
             ,
             the
             powder
             of
             which
             my
             dear
             friend
             Dr.
             Starkey
             gave
             me
             ,
             made
             up
             in
             the
             form
             of
             a
             Trochisk
             of
             his
             own
             ordering
             :
             I
             likewise
             hung
             about
             my
             neck
             a
             large
             Toad
             dried
             ,
             prepared
             not
             long
             before
             in
             as
             exquisite
             a
             manner
             as
             possibly
             I
             could
             ,
             with
             my
             own
             fingers
             :
             This
             Toad
             sowed
             up
             in
             a
             linnen
             cloth
             was
             placed
             about
             the
             Region
             of
             my
             Stomach
             ,
             where
             after
             it
             had
             remained
             some
             hours
             ,
             became
             so
             tumefied
             ,
             distended
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             were
             blown
             up
             )
             to
             that
             bignesse
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             an
             object
             of
             wonder
             to
             those
             that
             beheld
             it
             .
             Had
             I
             not
             felt
             and
             seen
             this
             swollen
             dead
             body
             of
             the
             Toad
             ,
             I
             should
             very
             much
             have
             doubted
             by
             relation
             the
             Truth
             thereof
             ;
             forasmuch
             as
             that
             Great
             Scholar
             in
             reality
             ,
             
               Van
               Helmont
            
             ,
             (
             who
             shines
             with
             such
             a
             bright
             lustre
             in
             his
             Orb
             ,
             that
             the
             Galenical
             Bats
             and
             Owls
             are
             not
             able
             to
             look
             him
             
             in
             the
             face
             )
             delivers
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Nam
               Buso
               exsiccatus
               utut
               sex
               horis
               maceretur
               ,
               semper
               tamen
               tumefactionis
               incapax
               ,
            
             i.
             e.
             A
             dried
             Toad
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             steeped
             in
             water
             for
             six
             hours
             together
             ,
             will
             not
             for
             all
             that
             be
             swollen
             or
             puffed
             up
             .
             This
             he
             speaks
             for
             the
             confutation
             of
             Paracelsus
             ,
             who
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             a
             dried
             Toad
             macerated
             and
             softened
             in
             Rose-water
             for
             six
             hours
             together
             ,
             doth
             draw
             the
             Pestilential
             poyson
             so
             into
             its
             body
             ,
             that
             five
             or
             six
             Bufo's
             laid
             on
             one
             after
             another
             upon
             a
             Botch
             ,
             will
             all
             be
             wonderfully
             tumefied
             :
             This
             ,
             saith
             
               Van
               Helmont
            
             ,
             can
             never
             be
             ,
             
               quod
               intumescere
               sit
               proprietas
               Archei
               vitalis
               ,
               quod
               non
               nisi
               occasionaliter
               tumor
               à
               venenis
               procedat
               .
            
             Where
             the
             Vital
             Archeus
             is
             wanting
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             swelling
             from
             any
             poyson
             ,
             quatenus
             a
             poyson
             :
             for
             every
             tumour
             from
             poyson
             happens
             occasionalitèr
             ,
             or
             excitativè
             ,
             in
             as
             much
             as
             it
             excites
             ,
             exasperates
             ,
             and
             causes
             an
             indignation
             in
             the
             Archesus
             ,
             which
             being
             thus
             irritated
             and
             quite
             disordered
             ,
             frets
             ,
             rages
             ,
             
             storms
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             distracted
             mad
             fit
             produces
             such
             or
             such
             accidents
             and
             symptomes
             ,
             as
             the
             natural
             Idea
             of
             the
             specifick
             venom
             shall
             direct
             and
             inform
             it
             .
             Again
             ,
             
               Non
               tumet
            
             (
             sayes
             the
             Acute
             Author
             )
             
               Cadaver
               ictum
               à
               serpente
               :
               Cadaver
               namque
               si
               non
               senserint
               nec
               tumefaciendi
               energiam
               retinuit
            
             ;
             A
             Carckasse
             for
             as
             much
             as
             it
             is
             deprived
             of
             all
             sense
             ,
             is
             uncapable
             of
             tumefaction
             from
             poyson
             :
             which
             doubtlesse
             is
             sound
             Philosophy
             ,
             never
             read
             or
             heard
             of
             from
             a
             Galenist
             ,
             for
             medicinal
             Instruction
             ,
             till
             this
             Privy
             Counsellor
             of
             Nature
             discovered
             it
             .
             This
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             might
             serve
             as
             a
             good
             Argument
             to
             convince
             these
             Dogmatists
             ,
             that
             poysonous
             Vesicatories
             do
             but
             disturb
             Nature
             ,
             and
             take
             it
             off
             from
             performing
             a
             Sanative
             Office
             ,
             (
             if
             rightly
             assisted
             by
             Art
             )
             and
             divert
             it
             from
             that
             intended
             scope
             of
             profligating
             the
             pestilential
             poyson
             ,
             to
             spend
             it self
             in
             opposing
             another
             ,
             contrived
             by
             a
             company
             of
             Impostors
             ,
             to
             delude
             Ignorant
             persons
             ,
             under
             a
             notion
             
             of
             drawing
             out
             the
             disease
             by
             these
             Blisters
             ,
             which
             are
             raised
             in
             all
             living
             bodies
             ,
             healthfull
             as
             well
             as
             sick
             ,
             from
             a
             colliquating
             venome
             that
             Cantharides
             have
             inherent
             in
             them
             ,
             vexing
             and
             galling
             the
             Archeus
             of
             the
             membranous
             parts
             ,
             that
             it
             even
             changes
             the
             harmlesse
             and
             mild
             blood
             into
             such
             a
             sharp
             mischievous
             Ichor
             ,
             that
             a
             Dysuria
             or
             Ischuria
             ,
             a
             great
             pain
             or
             stopping
             of
             the
             Urine
             frequently
             follows
             ;
             but
             this
             obiter
             .
             I
             shall
             hereafter
             make
             a
             larger
             discovery
             of
             this
             daubing
             with
             untempered
             mortar
             ,
             and
             those
             palliating
             deceitfull
             courses
             that
             are
             daily
             imposed
             upon
             Credulous
             weak
             persons
             .
             To
             proceed
             :
             when
             I
             contemplate
             the
             foresaid
             words
             of
             this
             great
             Philosopher
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             that
             transcendent
             Reason
             ,
             and
             that
             clear
             bright
             Understanding
             ;
             I
             am
             not
             a
             little
             puzled
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Efficient
             &
             Material
             Cause
             of
             the
             vast
             tumefaction
             of
             this
             Bufo
             incumbent
             on
             my
             breast
             .
             That
             simple
             water
             of
             it self
             will
             not
             puff
             up
             a
             dried
             Bufo
             to
             that
             bulk
             ready
             to
             
             burst
             ,
             is
             plain
             ,
             by
             the
             Experiment
             of
             the
             Noble
             Author
             ,
             and
             my
             own
             knowledge
             :
             Also
             a
             dead
             Bufo
             for
             want
             of
             a
             vital
             Archeus
             ,
             cannot
             suffer
             such
             an
             expansion
             of
             parts
             from
             a
             venome
             never
             so
             active
             and
             pernicious
             to
             it
             ,
             (
             as
             a
             Spider
             is
             reported
             to
             be
             )
             considering
             meer
             poysons
             are
             little
             considerable
             
               in
               quanto
            
             ,
             but
             
               in
               quali
            
             :
             neither
             is
             Mans
             pest
             poysonous
             to
             a
             Bufo
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             it
             is
             to
             a
             Dogg
             or
             Catt
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             innocuous
             ;
             Wherefore
             I
             suppose
             ;
             till
             I
             be
             better
             informed
             ,
             that
             some
             virulent
             emanations
             (
             either
             expelled
             by
             Nature
             ,
             strengthened
             with
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Bufo
             ,
             or
             attracted
             by
             Magnetism
             )
             carrying
             with
             them
             a
             transmutative
             putrefactive
             ferment
             imbibed
             by
             the
             Cadaver
             ,
             might
             attenuate
             ,
             rarifie
             ,
             and
             hove
             up
             the
             easily
             dilatable
             particles
             of
             the
             Bufo
             ,
             and
             might
             (
             the
             ambient
             heat
             of
             the
             Bed
             being
             coadjuvant
             )
             cause
             this
             kind
             of
             flatuous
             extension
             :
             which
             Aporrhaa's
             being
             afterwards
             spent
             ,
             the
             succeeding
             application
             of
             another
             Bufo
             of
             
             the
             same
             magnitude
             ,
             prepared
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             menaged
             with
             the
             like
             Circumstances
             ,
             suffered
             no
             such
             tumefied
             alteration
             ,
             which
             doubtlesse
             could
             never
             be
             ,
             had
             there
             been
             the
             same
             adaequate
             cause
             present
             which
             was
             before
             .
             Well
             ,
             be
             the
             Cause
             never
             so
             abstruse
             ,
             I
             am
             sufficiently
             perswaded
             ,
             That
             the
             adjunction
             of
             this
             Bufo
             nigh
             my
             Stomack
             ,
             was
             of
             wonderful
             force
             to
             master
             and
             tame
             this
             Venom
             then
             domineering
             in
             me
             ,
             and
             thereby
             subjugate
             it
             to
             the
             dictates
             of
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             ,
             somewhat
             more
             pacified
             and
             freed
             by
             degrees
             from
             that
             hotrid
             ,
             deformed
             ,
             pestilential
             Idea
             imprinted
             in
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             was
             enabled
             to
             proscribe
             part
             of
             that
             tartarous
             Excrement
             through
             a
             place
             most
             opportune
             (
             but
             not
             often
             frequented
             by
             such
             an
             evacuation
             )
             the
             Fundament
             ,
             where
             appeared
             in
             some
             few
             dayes
             a
             very
             great
             Bubo
             of
             the
             bigness
             of
             a
             Tennis-ball
             ,
             quite
             stopping
             up
             the
             passage
             of
             the
             Anus
             .
             My
             Head
             being
             now
             pretty
             well
             setled
             ,
             I
             was
             better
             able
             than
             before
             to
             
             reflect
             upon
             my self
             ,
             and
             to
             consult
             more
             rationally
             for
             my
             own
             safety
             ;
             wherefore
             after
             some
             serious
             considerations
             of
             my
             present
             condition
             ,
             I
             thought
             it
             fitting
             to
             give
             vent
             to
             this
             Tumor
             ,
             and
             to
             let
             out
             immediately
             the
             foul
             gore
             conteined
             therein
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             end
             I
             sent
             to
             an
             honest
             industrious
             young
             man
             (
             a
             great
             lover
             of
             Chimistry
             ,
             one
             who
             was
             lately
             convinced
             by
             Fact
             of
             the
             Truth
             therein
             )
             desiring
             him
             to
             apply
             Leeches
             to
             this
             swelling
             ,
             which
             he
             performed
             with
             much
             dexterity
             ,
             Three
             Sanguisugae
             having
             filled
             themselves
             
               usque
               ad
               nauseam
            
             ,
             a
             filthy
             ,
             corrupt
             ,
             blackish
             ,
             ichorous
             ,
             staining
             Recrement
             issued
             forth
             ,
             much
             like
             that
             I
             found
             in
             the
             Cadaverous
             Dissection
             .
             By
             this
             Excretion
             I
             was
             exceedingly
             Recreated
             ;
             Nature
             discharging
             every
             day
             a
             great
             quantity
             of
             virulent
             moisture
             for
             the
             space
             of
             nigh
             three
             Weeks
             .
          
           
             Thus
             continuing
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             
               Tinctura
               Polyacaea
            
             ,
             and
             good
             spirituous
             
             Liquors
             ,
             I
             lay
             in
             a
             perpetual
             large
             Sweat
             Six
             dayes
             compleat
             ,
             sometimes
             dejected
             ,
             almost
             Lipothymical
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             dead
             in
             the
             Nest
             upon
             a
             reflux
             of
             the
             Venom
             to
             the
             Central
             parts
             ;
             and
             then
             again
             upon
             its
             Efflux
             to
             the
             Peripheria
             ,
             the
             Circumference
             of
             the
             Skin
             forth-with
             elevated
             ,
             chearful
             and
             lively
             .
             Upon
             the
             Sixth
             day
             I
             arose
             ,
             and
             walked
             about
             the
             Chamber
             with
             so
             firm
             a
             foot
             ,
             that
             my
             Brother
             and
             others
             wondred
             at
             the
             strength
             of
             my
             progressive
             motion
             ;
             that
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               impetum
               faciens
            
             ,
             the
             vital
             Spirit
             being
             kept
             up
             with
             good
             Liquors
             ,
             and
             pure
             Chymical
             circulated
             Spirits
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Nature
             :
             And
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             setting
             my
             Foot
             upon
             the
             Floor
             after
             this
             sickness
             (
             had
             not
             that
             painful
             Swelling
             in
             the
             Fundament
             hindred
             )
             I
             could
             firmly
             have
             walked
             a
             Mile
             out-right
             ;
             which
             thing
             (
             considering
             the
             Atrocity
             and
             Outragiousness
             of
             the
             Disease
             ,
             and
             other
             Circumstances
             )
             if
             ever
             it
             was
             ,
             or
             will
             be
             performed
             by
             meer
             
               Galenical
               
               Physick
            
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             bound
             to
             undergo
             Martyrdom
             for
             the
             approbation
             and
             testimony
             of
             their
             way
             as
             best
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Eighth
             day
             I
             went
             down
             Stairs
             to
             visit
             my
             Landlady
             Mrs.
             Ladyman
             ,
             most
             dangerously
             ill
             ;
             who
             ,
             notwithstanding
             her
             abortion
             ,
             miscarrying
             ,
             was
             saved
             from
             the
             Grave
             ,
             by
             an
             Almighty
             hand
             ,
             working
             by
             Chymical
             Remedies
             .
             No
             sooner
             was
             I
             got
             up
             ,
             but
             my
             Maid-servant
             ,
             and
             my
             Apprentice
             ,
             about
             Thirteen
             years
             old
             ,
             fell
             down
             ,
             being
             wounded
             with
             the
             same
             Arrow
             ,
             both
             of
             which
             escaped
             through
             a
             blessing
             upon
             the
             means
             .
             That
             Four
             in
             one
             House
             should
             have
             the
             Pest
             about
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             and
             all
             escape
             when
             it
             raged
             most
             Mortally
             ,
             is
             a
             Mercy
             never
             to
             be
             forgotten
             by
             us
             !
          
           
             Having
             recovered
             the
             Ferment
             of
             my
             Stomack
             in
             great
             part
             ,
             enioying
             a
             sharp
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             having
             lost
             my
             flesh
             suddenly
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             might
             according
             to
             Hippocrates
             advice
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             get
             it
             again
             as
             speedily
             .
             
             
               Sed
               difficile
               est
               modum
               tenere
            
             ;
             I
             went
             beyond
             the
             bounds
             of
             Sobriety
             ,
             eating
             and
             drinking
             too
             liberally
             ,
             presuming
             I
             could
             correct
             a
             small
             Errour
             at
             my
             pleasure
             ,
             forgetting
             Hippocrates
             Aphorism
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             going
             abroad
             too
             soon
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             Zeal
             to
             visit
             my
             Patients
             ,
             being
             not
             throughly
             rid
             of
             a
             relique
             of
             Malignity
             that
             lay
             lurking
             within
             me
             ,
             and
             something
             more
             perhaps
             added
             by
             those
             loathsom
             Expirations
             of
             the
             Sick
             I
             was
             conversant
             with
             (
             a
             Scald
             head
             being
             soon
             broken
             )
             I
             fell
             into
             a
             most
             desperate
             Relapse
             with
             great
             oppression
             at
             my
             Stomack
             ,
             a
             Loosness
             ,
             difficulty
             of
             Respiration
             ,
             exceeding
             weakness
             ,
             Restlessness
             ,
             fruitless
             Sweating
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             that
             I
             thought
             it
             not
             possible
             to
             hold
             out
             that
             Night
             ;
             but
             this
             wanzing
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             go
             out
             spark
             of
             life
             was
             once
             more
             blown
             up
             to
             a
             flame
             by
             that
             comfortable
             refreshing
             blast
             of
             former
             Chymical
             Remedies
             ,
             repeated
             in
             great
             quantity
             ,
             
             and
             so
             in
             four
             dayes
             I
             made
             another
             evasion
             from
             my
             tedious
             Bed
             ,
             resolving
             to
             be
             more
             cautious
             for
             the
             future
             ;
             I
             was
             fully
             confirmed
             in
             my
             health
             ,
             for
             which
             benefit
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             be
             grateful
             to
             the
             most
             High
             ,
             
               Dum
               Spiritus
               hos
               regit
               artus
            
             .
          
           
             At
             that
             very
             time
             ,
             whil'st
             I
             did
             undergo
             many
             a
             sad
             Brunt
             ,
             many
             a
             trepidation
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             conflict
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             two
             of
             my
             most
             esteemed
             Consorts
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Ioseph
               Dey
            
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             
               George
               Starkey
            
             ,
             two
             Pillars
             of
             
               Chymical
               Physick
            
             ,
             were
             both
             reposed
             in
             their
             Graves
             ,
             before
             I
             knew
             of
             their
             Deaths
             ,
             concealed
             on
             purpose
             from
             me
             ,
             lest
             upon
             the
             apprehension
             of
             so
             great
             a
             loss
             ,
             my
             Calamity
             should
             be
             aggravated
             ,
             and
             I
             swallowed
             up
             in
             the
             gulph
             of
             Despair
             .
             They
             are
             gone
             ,
             and
             at
             rest
             free
             from
             Persecution
             ,
             Slanders
             and
             Obloquies
             of
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             have
             left
             me
             behind
             to
             deal
             with
             those
             that
             are
             alwayes
             supplanting
             and
             contradicting
             the
             Truth
             .
             Well
             ,
             I
             must
             be
             content
             ,
             considering
             ,
             
               Quicquid
               
               patimur
               venit
               ab
               Alto
               :
            
             This
             came
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Dust
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             him
             Above
             ,
             who
             for
             our
             abominable
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             our
             Ingratitude
             ,
             the
             grand
             Sin
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             was
             pleased
             to
             deprive
             us
             of
             Two
             such
             eminent
             Lights
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             wicked
             World
             is
             not
             worthy
             ,
             unless
             they
             could
             have
             prized
             them
             better
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             for
             my
             own
             so
             much
             ,
             though
             great
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             publick
             interest
             ,
             that
             I
             heartily
             lament
             the
             Translation
             of
             these
             two
             brave
             Souls
             into
             a
             better
             place
             ,
             whose
             Praises
             all
             Candid
             and
             Ingenuous
             men
             will
             ,
             I
             dare
             say
             ,
             Celebrate
             ;
             and
             none
             but
             Sordid
             ,
             Envious
             ,
             Ignorant
             Spirits
             ,
             will
             ever
             detract
             from
             them
             .
             It
             was
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             a
             most
             unhappy
             malevolent
             juncture
             of
             things
             at
             that
             instant
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             all
             Three
             fall
             sick
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             neither
             of
             us
             being
             able
             to
             relieve
             each
             other
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             had
             Divine
             Providence
             been
             pleased
             to
             have
             spared
             any
             one
             of
             us
             from
             the
             severe
             stroke
             of
             his
             Indignation
             ,
             we
             might
             have
             been
             at
             
             this
             day
             all
             three
             alive
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             this
             fly
             Venome
             to
             strike
             so
             unawares
             at
             the
             brain
             ,
             and
             to
             cause
             such
             an
             adiathesis
             ,
             a
             discomposure
             ,
             and
             disturbance
             in
             that
             Organ
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             not
             free
             libetty
             of
             his
             Reason
             ,
             to
             act
             what
             may
             be
             convenient
             for
             the
             securing
             his
             own
             life
             ;
             as
             it
             was
             too
             apparent
             in
             these
             Physicians
             of
             singular
             Parts
             .
             One
             of
             whom
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             Dr.
             Dey
             I
             visited
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             a
             little
             after
             I
             had
             Anatomized
             the
             Body
             ,
             relating
             to
             him
             what
             I
             had
             done
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             much
             delighted
             to
             hear
             .
          
           
             At
             my
             departure
             from
             him
             (
             that
             night
             I
             was
             surprized
             with
             the
             Pest
             )
             he
             seemed
             chearfull
             ,
             having
             felt
             about
             a
             fortnight
             before
             the
             smart
             of
             this
             piercing
             stroak
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             was
             healed
             ,
             and
             so
             had
             likewise
             upon
             this
             second
             encounter
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             been
             too
             ventrous
             to
             save
             others
             ,
             rather
             than
             his
             own
             life
             :
             such
             was
             the
             true
             Charity
             of
             this
             Worthy
             Honest
             Gentleman
             towards
             his
             neighbour
             ;
             for
             he
             eviscerated
             and
             spent
             
             himself
             in
             toylsom
             Manual
             Operations
             ,
             leaving
             the
             way
             of
             Riches
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             Pleasure
             and
             Ease
             his
             Colleagues
             trod
             in
             ,
             (
             having
             been
             admitted
             one
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             London
             about
             twenty
             years
             )
             whom
             he
             deserted
             ,
             to
             his
             prejudice
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             for
             Conscience-sake
             ,
             abominating
             their
             indirect
             and
             destructive
             manner
             of
             Practice
             ,
             knowing
             the
             Professors
             thereof
             (
             as
             he
             often
             told
             me
             )
             to
             be
             quite
             out
             of
             the
             way
             of
             Curing
             Diseases
             .
             He
             was
             a
             Learned
             Scholar
             in
             deed
             as
             well
             as
             word
             ;
             a
             Pious
             ,
             Modest
             ,
             Charitable
             ,
             Humble
             Man
             ,
             so
             farr
             free
             from
             Ostentation
             and
             Vain-glory
             ,
             that
             he
             hid
             his
             Excellent
             parts
             ,
             when
             other
             of
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             farr
             inferiour
             to
             him
             ,
             made
             ten
             times
             the
             glittering
             shew
             .
             He
             took
             such
             laborious
             pains
             night
             and
             day
             in
             his
             Faculty
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             certain
             he
             exhausted
             his
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             thereby
             disenabled
             the
             Archeaus
             to
             resist
             the
             Contagion
             .
             
               Carendo
               non
               fruendo
               agnoscimus
            
             ;
             He
             hath
             his
             Exit
             with
             applause
             ,
             and
             is
             wanted
             by
             
             many
             ,
             that
             better
             value
             him
             now
             ,
             than
             when
             they
             enjoyed
             him
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Starkey
             one
             of
             the
             Triumvirate
             ,
             that
             was
             then
             infected
             when
             he
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             having
             his
             Imagination
             dislocated
             ,
             yeelded
             himself
             Prisoner
             to
             this
             Cruel
             Enemy
             that
             very
             night
             ,
             being
             wounded
             in
             his
             Groin
             ,
             a
             Bubo
             appearing
             there
             ,
             which
             I
             conceive
             ,
             if
             rightly
             ordered
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             a
             meanes
             to
             have
             saved
             him
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             poured
             in
             an
             unreasonable
             quantity
             of
             Small
             beer
             .
             After
             which
             understanding
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             he
             told
             those
             then
             present
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             Medicines
             that
             he
             had
             in
             possession
             were
             of
             no
             force
             to
             do
             him
             any
             good
             ;
             for
             the
             natural
             ferment
             of
             the
             Stomach
             was
             by
             this
             immoderate
             ingurgitation
             of
             dull
             flat
             Small
             beer
             totally
             subverted
             ,
             the
             poyson
             exalted
             ,
             the
             Archeus
             debilitated
             ,
             the
             blood
             made
             restagnant
             and
             congealed
             ,
             and
             the
             pores
             thereby
             obstructed
             ,
             that
             no
             considerable
             Diaphaeresis
             could
             be
             made
             .
             I
             have
             reason
             to
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             had
             Dr.
             Starkey
             made
             
             use
             of
             his
             own
             Noble
             Chymical
             preparations
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             followed
             them
             close
             ,
             as
             I
             did
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             no
             difficult
             thing
             for
             himself
             to
             have
             escaped
             ,
             that
             had
             an
             extraordinary
             Gift
             bestowed
             on
             him
             of
             Curing
             others
             in
             a
             far
             worse
             condition
             then
             he
             was
             reported
             to
             be
             .
             But
             for
             my
             part
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             being
             very
             sensible
             of
             the
             impiety
             ,
             hypocrisie
             ,
             dishonesty
             ,
             the
             imposture
             ,
             subtile
             Frauds
             ,
             disrespect
             of
             Real
             worth
             ,
             odious
             Ingratitude
             ,
             and
             other
             notorious
             Crimes
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             he
             was
             willing
             to
             resign
             himself
             to
             Death
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             not
             much
             sollicitous
             to
             live
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             thousand
             pitties
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             of
             those
             excellent
             parts
             had
             no
             better
             entertainment
             ,
             and
             more
             kind
             usage
             here
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             composed
             and
             setled
             himself
             to
             a
             further
             investigation
             of
             those
             Chymical
             mysteries
             ,
             into
             which
             hardly
             any
             in
             this
             Nation
             had
             a
             greater
             inspection
             .
             The
             Spagyrical
             Republike
             and
             the
             Professors
             thereof
             are
             not
             a
             little
             obliged
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             have
             reason
             (
             if
             
             they
             be
             not
             ungracious
             and
             ungratefull
             )
             to
             speak
             of
             his
             memorable
             Name
             ,
             with
             Respect
             and
             Honour
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             shall
             do
             the
             contrary
             ,
             will
             savour
             of
             a
             Galenical
             spirit
             ;
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             reckoned
             among
             those
             his
             unworthy
             seeming
             Friends
             ,
             whom
             out
             of
             a
             sweet
             flexible
             nature
             ,
             and
             a
             hearty
             desire
             to
             do
             good
             for
             Mankinde
             ,
             he
             taught
             many
             Philosophical
             Arcana's
             :
             for
             which
             they
             rewarded
             him
             with
             persecution
             ,
             calumnies
             ,
             and
             base
             detracting
             language
             .
             It
             was
             his
             fate
             ,
             as
             likewise
             Dr.
             Deys
             ,
             to
             be
             evill
             entreated
             ,
             and
             slighted
             ,
             because
             they
             could
             not
             cogg
             ,
             lye
             ,
             and
             flatter
             ;
             
               &
               haec
               est
               ars
               quâ
               quivis
               possit
               ditescere
               :
            
             and
             he
             that
             cannot
             do
             so
             in
             this
             leprous
             age
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             wherein
             mens
             minds
             have
             the
             greatest
             Plague
             and
             Miasm
             ,
             is
             like
             to
             fare
             no
             better
             than
             they
             .
          
           
             They
             scorned
             that
             reward
             which
             the
             World
             could
             give
             them
             ,
             and
             now
             enjoy
             perpetual
             bliss
             ,
             while
             their
             innocent
             Ashes
             lie
             digesting
             in
             their
             Urnes
             ,
             till
             they
             attain
             that
             maturity
             of
             perfection
             
             of
             comming
             forth
             Diaphanous
             ,
             Splendid
             ,
             and
             Glorious
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             the
             truth
             whereof
             I
             cannot
             omit
             to
             give
             the
             World
             satisfaction
             in
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             these
             Heroes
             of
             Chymistry
             .
             Whereas
             there
             was
             a
             confident
             Report
             (
             the
             broachers
             of
             which
             it
             is
             no
             difficulty
             to
             conjecture
             )
             that
             Dr.
             Dey
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             Starkey
             ,
             were
             both
             present
             at
             the
             Dissection
             of
             this
             Pestilent
             Body
             :
             It
             is
             an
             absolute
             untruth
             ,
             contrived
             on
             purpose
             to
             represent
             them
             presumptuous
             rash
             Persons
             ,
             in
             undertaking
             such
             a
             desperate
             businesse
             ,
             which
             cost
             them
             both
             their
             lives
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             that
             thereby
             the
             good
             estimation
             and
             fame
             of
             Chymical
             preparations
             may
             be
             eclipsed
             :
             and
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             one
             of
             their
             own
             Sect
             (
             who
             upon
             the
             like
             Occasion
             lost
             his
             life
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             told
             them
             in
             Galeno-pale
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             Remedie
             which
             an
             Helmontist
             could
             have
             given
             him
             )
             the
             better
             excused
             .
             I
             question
             not
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             it
             from
             their
             own
             mouthes
             ,
             but
             either
             of
             those
             
             Gentlemen
             would
             willingly
             have
             joyned
             with
             me
             in
             this
             Anatomy
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Opportunity
             offered
             to
             me
             occured
             so
             unexpectedly
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             conveniently
             gain
             any
             leisure
             to
             send
             to
             them
             .
             Moreover
             they
             were
             both
             seized
             upon
             by
             this
             Truculent
             Disease
             ,
             before
             I
             entred
             upon
             this
             Dissection
             :
             so
             that
             Dr.
             Dey
             was
             not
             capable
             to
             assist
             me
             therein
             ,
             being
             infirm
             ;
             and
             Dr.
             Starkey
             went
             to
             and
             fro
             with
             this
             mortal
             Arrow
             sticking
             in
             his
             side
             unfelt
             :
             and
             withall
             ,
             so
             great
             was
             his
             employment
             ,
             and
             medicinal
             negotiation
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             both
             hard
             to
             finde
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             likewise
             to
             divert
             him
             from
             those
             engagements
             of
             visiting
             his
             Patients
             he
             had
             taken
             upon
             him
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             thought
             good
             to
             lay
             hold
             alone
             ,
             of
             that
             seasonable
             sudden
             Occasion
             then
             presented
             of
             prying
             into
             this
             dead
             Body
             ,
             which
             I
             often
             sought
             for
             ,
             but
             was
             still
             frustrated
             in
             obtaining
             so
             usefull
             a
             Discovery
             ,
             through
             the
             peevishnesse
             and
             crossenesse
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             fond
             foolish
             
             fears
             of
             others
             :
             And
             now
             Mr.
             Pick
             my
             Patient
             then
             recovering
             ,
             a
             rational
             person
             ,
             easily
             condescending
             to
             my
             desires
             ,
             gave
             order
             that
             his
             Servant
             should
             attend
             me
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             only
             man
             that
             stood
             by
             and
             looked
             on
             (
             while
             I
             handled
             this
             horrid
             object
             )
             and
             can
             at
             this
             day
             testifie
             the
             verity
             of
             several
             remarques
             therein
             obvious
             to
             his
             eye
             .
          
           
             Thus
             have
             I
             delivered
             to
             you
             the
             very
             plain
             Truth
             of
             the
             Anatomical
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Transaction
             of
             this
             Pestilent
             Cadaver
             ,
             that
             the
             Reader
             may
             be
             prevented
             from
             those
             Mistakes
             which
             Malevolent
             Forgers
             will
             impose
             upon
             him
             if
             he
             be
             not
             very
             Cautious
             .
          
           
             These
             Pseudiatori
             are
             prone
             to
             corrupt
             the
             Text
             ,
             and
             to
             de●●●ve
             the
             genuine
             Sense
             of
             any
             Physical
             Experiment
             ,
             which
             through
             fear
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             appropriate
             Remedies
             ,
             they
             dare
             not
             venture
             upon
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             their
             distressed
             Countrey
             .
             For
             they
             enter
             in
             at
             the
             Back-door
             ,
             and
             run
             away
             at
             the
             Fore-door
             ,
             on
             whom
             the
             gift
             of
             Healing
             
             was
             never
             bestowed
             ,
             because
             they
             never
             sought
             aright
             ;
             for
             that
             reason
             they
             could
             never
             obtain
             such
             a
             favour
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             be
             protected
             by
             Divine
             Preservatives
             from
             the
             stinking
             noysom
             Breath
             of
             this
             mortiferous
             Basilisk
             :
             wherefore
             they
             maliciously
             backbite
             those
             that
             perform
             any
             thing
             above
             themselves
             ,
             calling
             that
             a
             Presumption
             ,
             that
             tends
             to
             the
             preventing
             a
             Consumption
             and
             Devastation
             of
             a
             whole
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             Some
             Medicinal
             Reflexions
             and
             useful
             Observations
             made
             upon
             this
             Pestilential
             Dissection
             .
          
           
             
               STultus
               est
               ineptiarum
               labore
            
             ;
             to
             take
             pains
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             improve
             it
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             our selves
             ,
             or
             our
             Neighbours
             ,
             may
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             be
             justly
             termed
             Presumption
             ,
             Folly
             ,
             Vain-glory
             ,
             and
             an
             affection
             of
             Singularity
             :
             But
             to
             undertake
             any
             dangerous
             and
             difficult
             design
             ,
             that
             a
             particular
             Countrey
             ,
             Nation
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             whole
             World
             may
             be
             meliorated
             in
             its
             condition
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             some
             comfort
             therefrom
             ,
             deserves
             to
             be
             encouraged
             ,
             promoted
             ,
             rewarded
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             better
             appellations
             given
             than
             some
             spiteful
             persons
             commonly
             fasten
             upon
             it
             I
             acknowledge
             that
             I
             cannot
             acquit
             my self
             wholly
             of
             Philautie
             ,
             
             Kenodoxie
             ,
             Ostentation
             ,
             &c.
             and
             I
             cannot
             help
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             inherent
             and
             ingenite
             in
             me
             ;
             
               Homo
               sum
               ,
               nihil
               humanum
               à
               me
               alienum
               puto
               .
            
             I
             am
             as
             prone
             as
             any
             other
             ,
             
               sine
               Gratia
               Dei
               anticipante
            
             ,
             to
             run
             into
             many
             enormous
             Crimes
             ;
             yet
             if
             I
             can
             judge
             any
             thing
             of
             my self
             ,
             and
             my
             Conscience
             doth
             not
             very
             much
             delude
             me
             ,
             I
             have
             alwayes
             set
             before
             my
             Eyes
             in
             my
             Function
             (
             next
             Gods
             Glory
             )
             chiefly
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             the
             preservation
             and
             sanity
             of
             my
             dear
             distressed
             Neighbour
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             make
             my
             own
             By
             respects
             to
             follow
             in
             the
             Rear
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             have
             often
             abhorred
             to
             take
             those
             indirect
             and
             oblique
             Courses
             that
             would
             advance
             my
             own
             private
             Interest
             ,
             but
             debellate
             and
             overthrow
             the
             publick
             prosperity
             of
             a
             people
             .
          
           
             How
             sollicitous
             I
             have
             been
             to
             keep
             poor
             afflicted
             man
             from
             falling
             into
             the
             Pit
             of
             destruction
             ,
             is
             only
             known
             to
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             Searcher
             of
             all
             Hearts
             .
             
               Duram
               suscepi
               provinciam
            
             ,
             I
             underwent
             a
             very
             difficult
             Task
             these
             late
             Contagious
             
             Times
             ,
             performing
             it
             not
             perfunctorily
             ,
             by
             Fits
             and
             Girds
             ,
             by
             halves
             ,
             in
             a
             trifling
             manner
             ,
             expressing
             (
             as
             some
             that
             I
             know
             )
             such
             a
             fear
             in
             looks
             and
             gestures
             that
             was
             enough
             to
             bring
             the
             Plague
             into
             a
             House
             free
             from
             it
             :
             but
             I
             followed
             what
             I
             took
             in
             hand
             vigorously
             ,
             to
             a
             purpose
             not
             ready
             to
             take
             my
             flight
             as
             soon
             as
             I
             was
             entered
             the
             doors
             ,
             like
             the
             Statue
             of
             Mercury
             on
             Tiptoe
             ,
             leaving
             behind
             a
             pitiful
             Recipe
             of
             
               Ellec
               :
               Diascor
               :
               Methrid
               :
               Theria
               :
               aq
               :
               Theriar
               :
               Syr
               aceto
               :
               Citri
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             Trash
             and
             Trumpery
             ;
             but
             I
             continued
             oftentimes
             half
             an
             hour
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             an
             hour
             ,
             conversing
             with
             my
             Patients
             ,
             and
             giving
             them
             effectual
             Remedies
             ,
             prepared
             with
             my
             own
             fingers
             ,
             opening
             their
             Bubo's
             ,
             and
             cutting
             out
             Eschars
             of
             Carbuncles
             ,
             by
             the
             operation
             of
             my
             own
             hand
             .
             All
             this
             while
             ,
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             beholding
             my
             upright
             intentions
             ,
             preserved
             me
             in
             health
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             height
             when
             the
             Pest
             was
             most
             grassant
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             being
             desirous
             to
             learn
             what
             might
             instruct
             me
             farther
             in
             
             the
             Nature
             and
             Cure
             of
             this
             abstruse
             Sickness
             ,
             after
             that
             I
             had
             conversed
             with
             the
             Living
             about
             it
             ,
             I
             entered
             into
             more
             than
             ordinary
             familiarity
             with
             a
             dead
             body
             ;
             
               Itum
               est
               in
               viscera
            
             ,
             I
             searched
             many
             dark
             Corners
             thereof
             to
             be
             taught
             something
             ,
             but
             I
             bought
             my
             Learning
             at
             a
             dear
             Rate
             ;
             and
             what
             the
             Cadaver
             could
             not
             teach
             me
             of
             it self
             ,
             was
             infused
             into
             me
             to
             my
             sad
             Experience
             :
             
               Experto
               credite
            
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             now
             deliver
             to
             you
             the
             Physical
             Observations
             I
             made
             ,
             resulting
             from
             both
             dead
             ,
             and
             my
             own
             living
             Body
             .
          
           
             
               Observation
               I.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               I
               observe
               that
               the
               Punctilio's
               ,
               Pulicar-like
               Spots
               ,
               those
               Stigmatick
               marks
               on
               the
               Skin
               with
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               do
               alwayes
               signifie
               a
               stop
               more
               or
               less
               put
               to
               the
               Circulation
               of
               the
               blood
               ,
               some
               Coagulation
               or
               Grumosity
               therein
               caused
               ,
               through
               a
               malignity
               ,
               and
               Gorgonian
               Venom
               that
               depredates
               ,
               
               sacks
               ,
               and
               confunds
               the
               Vital
               Spirits
               that
               are
               the
               chief
               instrument
               of
               Motion
               ;
               so
               that
               when
               they
               become
               Torpid
               and
               stupified
               ,
               part
               of
               the
               blood
               remains
               like
               standing
               pool
               ,
               prone
               in
               some
               short
               time
               to
               contract
               an
               evil
               odour
               .
            
             
               Now
               if
               this
               Tartarous
               concretion
               be
               dissolved
               ,
               discussed
               ,
               or
               thrown
               out
               ,
               and
               lodged
               in
               an
               Emunctory
               ,
               or
               some
               by-place
               ignoble
               ,
               through
               the
               strength
               of
               Nature
               assisted
               by
               Art
               ,
               then
               all
               things
               succeed
               well
               ;
               but
               if
               this
               spissitude
               of
               the
               blood
               increase
               ,
               that
               the
               channels
               are
               exceedingly
               clogged
               ,
               and
               nothing
               is
               difflated
               ,
               ventilated
               ,
               and
               carried
               off
               by
               universal
               breathing
               sweats
               ,
               nor
               any
               morbifique
               matter
               discharged
               into
               any
               glandulous
               or
               external
               carnous
               diverticle
               ;
               
                 conclamatum
                 est
              
               ,
               that
               person
               may
               be
               judged
               in
               all
               likelihood
               to
               be
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               II.
               
            
             
               Whensoever
               these
               Cutaneous
               spots
               
               appear
               ,
               they
               always
               signify
               an
               endeavor
               in
               the
               Archeus
               to
               extrude
               that
               which
               is
               noxious
               :
               but
               failing
               in
               the
               very
               act
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               own
               impotence
               ,
               &
               the
               force
               of
               the
               virulent
               untameable
               matter
               carried
               out
               of
               the
               Capillary
               vessels
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               the
               skin
               ,
               it
               is
               there
               condensed
               by
               a
               preternatural
               coagulative
               ferment
               ,
               promoted
               by
               the
               ambient
               air
               into
               this
               round
               figure
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               sperical
               small
               drop
               is
               capable
               .
               The
               annitence
               of
               Nature
               to
               make
               an
               expulsion
               from
               the
               Center
               to
               the
               Circumference
               may
               instruct
               the
               Physician
               to
               use
               all
               means
               to
               imitate
               her
               ,
               to
               assist
               her
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               blood
               in
               continual
               Motion
               ,
               to
               weaken
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               poison
               to
               kill
               an
               Exotick
               ferment
               ,
               to
               rarifie
               and
               attenuate
               whatsoever
               is
               grosse
               and
               lentous
               :
               and
               to
               keep
               the
               Pores
               open
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               free
               perspiration
               of
               the
               whole
               body
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               III.
               
            
             
               When
               the
               Natural
               ferment
               of
               the
               
               Stomack
               in
               the
               Pest
               is
               so
               far
               lost
               ,
               that
               instead
               of
               white
               ,
               a
               black
               juice
               is
               engendered
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               certain
               sign
               of
               the
               abolition
               of
               the
               vital
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               consequently
               of
               approaching
               Death
               .
               For
               I
               never
               knew
               any
               afflicted
               in
               this
               kinde
               ,
               whose
               strength
               failed
               ,
               that
               vomited
               an
               Excrement
               tinged
               black
               ,
               did
               escape
               :
               where
               this
               blackness
               is
               ,
               there
               must
               needs
               be
               a
               privation
               of
               light
               ,
               with
               which
               our
               spirits
               symbolize
               ,
               they
               being
               luminous
               ,
               if
               so
               darkness
               ,
               the
               shadow
               of
               death
               must
               needs
               follow
               ;
               and
               doubtlesse
               great
               is
               that
               darknesse
               that
               seats
               it self
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               light
               and
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               IV.
               
            
             
               That
               which
               did
               first
               occurr
               most
               remarkable
               to
               my
               eye
               in
               this
               Dissection
               ,
               was
               the
               great
               alteration
               I
               found
               made
               principally
               in
               the
               Stomack
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               part
               continent
               and
               that
               which
               was
               contained
               therein
               :
               In
               the
               continent
               ,
               certain
               Vibices
               ,
               Stigms
               ,
               stroaks
               ,
               
               of
               an
               obscure
               colour
               imprinted
               ;
               (
               the
               inward
               coat
               being
               stained
               with
               colours
               different
               from
               the
               natural
               )
               and
               a
               fluid
               matter
               conteined
               fuliginous
               ,
               pitch-like
               ,
               did
               sufficiently
               indicate
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               there
               the
               pestilential
               poyson
               did
               take
               up
               its
               chief
               residence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               V.
               
            
             
               When
               I
               contemplate
               what
               a
               pure
               white
               substance
               was
               taken
               into
               this
               Youths
               stomack
               not
               long
               before
               he
               died
               ,
               and
               how
               strangely
               it
               was
               transmuted
               into
               another
               hue
               ,
               as
               black
               almost
               as
               Ink
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               smile
               to
               think
               on
               the
               vain
               Conceits
               of
               the
               Galenists
               ,
               that
               tell
               us
               of
               
                 atra
                 Bilis
                 ,
                 adusta
                 ,
                 &
                 retorrida
                 ,
              
               black
               Choller
               made
               by
               a
               meer
               torrefaction
               or
               violent
               burning
               heat
               and
               adustion
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               definition
               of
               a
               Feaver
               ,
               as
               if
               there
               were
               a
               fire
               no
               whit
               different
               from
               a
               Culinary
               in
               our
               Bodyes
               ,
               converting
               that
               which
               is
               white
               into
               black
               ,
               and
               black
               into
               white
               ,
               by
               a
               
               strong
               reverberating
               heat
               .
               Suck
               like
               fond
               and
               foolish
               opinions
               have
               they
               harboured
               these
               Sixteen
               hundred
               years
               and
               upward
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Ferments
               ;
               which
               can
               never
               be
               so
               well
               illustrated
               ,
               as
               by
               Chymical
               Experiments
               ;
               which
               those
               Pseudo-Chymists
               boast
               they
               are
               acquainted
               with
               (
               only
               (
               I
               am
               certain
               )
               in
               a
               formal
               manner
               sufficient
               to
               delude
               the
               world
               ,
               otherwise
               they
               would
               not
               deny
               the
               power
               thereof
               in
               their
               Actions
               .
               )
               If
               they
               did
               really
               understand
               how
               a
               little
               Leaven
               doth
               infect
               the
               whole
               Lump
               ,
               they
               would
               forthwith
               leave
               their
               bare
               beggarly
               Qualities
               in
               curing
               Diseases
               ,
               as
               Hot
               ,
               Cold
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 (
                 Relollea
              
               ,
               as
               Paracelsus
               calls
               them
               )
               things
               transient
               and
               momentany
               ,
               ebbing
               and
               flowing
               every
               minute
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               disposition
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               and
               insist
               more
               upon
               substances
               ,
               whose
               intrinsecal
               transmutation
               depends
               upon
               powerfull
               ferments
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               VI.
               
            
             
               What
               a
               Soveraignty
               and
               Influence
               the
               Stomack
               hath
               over
               the
               whole
               body
               may
               be
               proved
               by
               multitude
               of
               Instances
               and
               Examples
               that
               I
               could
               produce
               ;
               but
               this
               was
               eminently
               conspicuous
               ,
               that
               when
               any
               thing
               was
               taken
               in
               that
               disturbed
               the
               innate
               Archeus
               ,
               and
               required
               some
               difficulty
               to
               digest
               ,
               many
               horrid
               Symptoms
               did
               strait
               break
               forth
               ,
               as
               Vertigo
               ,
               Cephalalgie
               ,
               Delicium
               ,
               Phrensie
               ,
               Inquietude
               ,
               Dyspuoea
               ,
               Sopor
               ,
               defection
               of
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               a
               cohibition
               of
               Sweat
               ,
               and
               other
               cutaneous
               Fxcretions
               ,
               &c.
               
               This
               was
               plainly
               apparent
               in
               this
               Stripling
               ,
               who
               having
               an
               indiscreet
               Nurse
               attending
               him
               ,
               suffered
               much
               damage
               ,
               when
               she
               offered
               him
               that
               which
               was
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               admitted
               as
               tolerable
               ,
               the
               natural
               ferment
               of
               the
               stomack
               being
               perverted
               by
               the
               pestilent
               Poyson
               :
               And
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               the
               period
               of
               his
               life
               was
               accelerated
               by
               the
               unwitting
               
               Dose
               of
               Milk
               ,
               which
               though
               it
               be
               the
               best
               Nutriment
               where
               it
               is
               well
               altered
               ,
               yet
               it
               often
               proves
               the
               worse
               corrupted
               .
            
             
               Hereby
               we
               may
               learn
               not
               to
               ingest
               any
               thing
               into
               this
               noble
               Vessel
               ,
               but
               what
               may
               agree
               with
               the
               innate
               Archeus
               ,
               may
               increase
               the
               vital
               Spirit
               ,
               rectifie
               the
               enormous
               Ferment
               ,
               cherishing
               that
               which
               is
               genuine
               ;
               may
               be
               quickly
               altered
               ,
               and
               leave
               very
               little
               Dross
               and
               Recrement
               behind
               ,
               and
               such
               are
               those
               things
               that
               abound
               with
               noble
               Spirits
               ,
               as
               good
               Wine
               ,
               and
               strong
               Beer
               or
               Ale
               well
               brewed
               ;
               as
               for
               Flesh
               ,
               Broths
               ,
               Gellies
               ,
               Watergruel
               ,
               Ptisans
               ,
               Barley
               water
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               dull
               vapid
               things
               ,
               &c.
               they
               are
               all
               to
               be
               abandoned
               and
               excluded
               from
               entering
               (
               into
               this
               Palace
               ,
               where
               the
               sensitive
               Soul
               sits
               )
               so
               long
               as
               such
               a
               grand
               Enemy
               stands
               in
               defiance
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               seeks
               to
               destroy
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               VII
               .
            
             
               In
               all
               parts
               I
               took
               notice
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               &
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               a
               great
               coagulation
               ,
               and
               some
               small
               colliquation
               of
               juyces
               ,
               except
               in
               the
               Stomack
               ,
               where
               this
               Negro
               liquor
               did
               flote
               without
               any
               Concretion
               or
               Coaction
               ;
               whereby
               I
               gather
               ,
               That
               the
               kindly
               and
               familiar
               Ferment
               of
               the
               Stomack
               ,
               made
               to
               dissolve
               and
               open
               any
               hard
               tough
               food
               ,
               and
               to
               change
               it
               into
               a
               fluxible
               white
               Chile
               ,
               that
               the
               nutritive
               and
               excrementitious
               parts
               may
               be
               the
               better
               separated
               ,
               being
               now
               degenerate
               and
               hostile
               ,
               did
               still
               retain
               a
               property
               like
               the
               former
               ,
               though
               tending
               to
               Ruine
               ,
               tabefying
               and
               colliquating
               what
               it
               touched
               ,
               and
               changing
               it
               into
               a
               black
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               white
               juyce
               .
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               the
               Ferments
               of
               the
               Fourth
               and
               fifth
               Digestions
               ,
               ordained
               lightly
               to
               incrassate
               ,
               thicken
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               one
               portion
               of
               the
               blood
               to
               a
               moderate
               fibrous
               consistence
               ,
               and
               to
               
               subtiliate
               ,
               another
               becoming
               exorbitant
               ,
               and
               losing
               that
               primitive
               gift
               with
               which
               they
               were
               endued
               ,
               and
               acquiring
               a
               virulent
               Nature
               ,
               transcending
               their
               former
               bounds
               of
               Mediocrity
               and
               Modification
               of
               this
               red
               Balsom
               to
               be
               afterward
               assimilated
               ,
               doth
               now
               compinge
               and
               closely
               streighten
               the
               part
               thereof
               ,
               depriving
               it
               of
               that
               continual
               Circulation
               which
               is
               necessary
               for
               the
               generation
               of
               vital
               Spirits
               ,
               the
               immediate
               instrument
               of
               the
               sense
               and
               motion
               of
               every
               Animal
               ,
               and
               turns
               another
               small
               part
               into
               a
               venemous
               ,
               variegated
               Ichor
               or
               Serosity
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               VIII
               .
            
             
               That
               whereas
               there
               is
               a
               power
               inherent
               in
               the
               Veins
               and
               Arteries
               to
               preserve
               the
               blood
               from
               Congelation
               even
               when
               the
               body
               is
               dead
               ,
               so
               great
               is
               the
               concretive
               force
               of
               the
               pestilential
               poyson
               ,
               that
               the
               blood
               is
               suddenly
               put
               to
               a
               stop
               ,
               and
               becomes
               grumified
               ,
               turning
               
               into
               Glotts
               in
               a
               living
               body
               ,
               with
               nigh
               as
               much
               expedition
               as
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Urine
               changes
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
               into
               a
               white
               thick
               lump
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               IX
               .
            
             
               That
               a
               kind
               of
               glandulous
               substance
               like
               a
               Lambs
               stone
               should
               be
               found
               in
               the
               right
               Ventricle
               of
               the
               heart
               ,
               instead
               of
               an
               obscure
               clot
               of
               blood
               ,
               doth
               shew
               how
               sollicitous
               Nature
               (
               though
               violently
               hurried
               away
               by
               a
               contrary
               Idea
               )
               is
               to
               save
               it self
               from
               destruction
               ;
               sith
               that
               when
               the
               Haimopoietick
               power
               was
               lost
               ,
               she
               carries
               out
               of
               the
               stomack
               a
               small
               quantity
               of
               a
               rude
               Chyle
               ,
               passing
               a
               short
               way
               through
               some
               of
               the
               Sanguineous
               Vessels
               ,
               without
               receiving
               a
               rubicund
               Tincture
               ,
               into
               this
               noble
               Cavity
               ,
               and
               not
               able
               to
               give
               it
               the
               stamp
               and
               signature
               belonging
               to
               this
               vital
               Nectar
               ,
               was
               forced
               to
               yield
               it
               up
               to
               that
               impression
               which
               the
               exotick
               Ferment
               did
               make
               upon
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               X.
               
            
             
               It
               being
               granted
               ,
               that
               blood
               doth
               make
               blood
               ,
               as
               I
               can
               demonstrate
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               in
               being
               before
               the
               conformation
               of
               the
               Liver
               ;
               and
               that
               when
               the
               Sanguis
               ,
               this
               pure
               defaecate
               sublimely
               graduated
               crimson
               juyce
               stands
               still
               ,
               and
               loses
               its
               virtue
               ,
               then
               the
               milky
               Chyle
               cannot
               receive
               a
               vital
               Character
               ,
               and
               be
               tinged
               as
               it
               ought
               .
               How
               cautious
               should
               we
               be
               to
               exhaust
               and
               spend
               prodigally
               this
               treasure
               of
               Life
               ,
               as
               the
               Galenists
               ,
               who
               to
               satisfie
               their
               erroneous
               Documents
               ,
               without
               any
               solid
               Reason
               ,
               or
               approved
               Experiments
               ,
               rashly
               let
               it
               out
               in
               many
               trivial
               Diseases
               ,
               which
               might
               easily
               be
               Cured
               by
               proper
               Medicaments
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               XI
               .
            
             
               Any
               Artificial
               evacuation
               of
               Blood
               (
               except
               that
               which
               is
               performed
               by
               immediate
               Derivation
               ,
               being
               degenerate
               )
               in
               the
               Pest
               ,
               Spotted
               Feaver
               ,
               Small
               Pox
               ,
               Meazils
               ,
               or
               any
               Malignant
               Disease
               whatsoever
               ,
               that
               hath
               alwayes
               in
               it
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 aliquid
                 sanguinis
                 congelativum
              
               ,
               somthing
               in
               it
               that
               doth
               condense
               and
               fix
               the
               blood
               ,
               is
               absolutely
               pernicious
               ,
               and
               brings
               certain
               perdition
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               great
               Calamity
               ,
               if
               thee
               be
               not
               present
               extraordinary
               vigour
               of
               Nature
               whatsoever
               the
               perverse
               Galenists
               pretend
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               that
               they
               empty
               an
               Athletick
               ,
               full
               Habit
               of
               Body
               ,
               and
               thereby
               cause
               Motion
               in
               the
               blood
               ,
               and
               so
               hinder
               the
               coagulation
               of
               it
               :
               which
               opinion
               (
               if
               rightly
               cavassed
               )
               is
               notoriously
               false
               ;
               for
               they
               take
               a
               meer
               contrary
               course
               that
               diminish
               the
               good
               blood
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               avoided
               when
               vent
               is
               given
               to
               a
               large
               
               vessell
               ,
               for
               out
               flies
               the
               best
               as
               well
               as
               the
               worst
               together
               ,
               indistinctly
               ,
               and
               hereby
               the
               Archeus
               must
               needs
               be
               disenabled
               to
               resist
               the
               poyson
               ,
               to
               attenuate
               ,
               profligate
               ,
               and
               tame
               any
               pertinacious
               ,
               viscous
               ,
               and
               noxious
               matter
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               if
               Hippocrates
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               or
               
                 Helmonts
                 Archeus
              
               ,
               i.e.
               the
               Vital
               spirit
               ,
               the
               principal
               Author
               and
               efficient
               Cause
               of
               Sanity
               be
               wanting
               ,
               nothing
               benevalent
               can
               be
               expected
               .
               That
               Phlebotomy
               in
               the
               foresaid
               sense
               doth
               cause
               this
               inconvenience
               ,
               I
               can
               make
               appear
               both
               Logically
               and
               Optically
               ;
               for
               the
               more
               good
               blood
               ,
               the
               more
               good
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               consequently
               in
               Reason
               all
               Vital
               Actions
               must
               needs
               be
               performed
               the
               more
               successively
               ,
               and
               a
               stronger
               expulsion
               made
               of
               what
               is
               offensiue
               :
               as
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               defect
               of
               blood
               and
               spirits
               causes
               all
               manner
               of
               mischief
               .
               Experimentally
               also
               and
               visibly
               't
               is
               true
               :
               For
               I
               never
               saw
               any
               deprived
               of
               any
               great
               quantity
               of
               blood
               ,
               〈◊〉
               with
               that
               Alacrity
               ,
               stability
               ,
               celerity
               ,
               and
               
               safety
               ,
               as
               he
               that
               was
               cured
               dextrously
               
                 à
                 phlebotomos
              
               ,
               without
               emission
               of
               blood
               and
               spirits
               .
               And
               through
               this
               indirect
               Course
               I
               frequently
               observe
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               are
               ordered
               after
               the
               Galenical
               Method
               ,
               fall
               from
               Acute
               Diseases
               into
               Chronick
               ,
               and
               Tedious
               Languors
               ,
               meerly
               because
               their
               Physicians
               either
               exhaust
               their
               Blood
               ,
               consume
               their
               Spirits
               by
               deletery
               uncorrected
               Catharticks
               ,
               torture
               ,
               crucifie
               and
               gaul
               them
               with
               Blisterings
               ,
               Cuppings
               ,
               and
               Scarifyings
               ;
               Or
               keep
               them
               at
               a
               low
               ebb
               with
               their
               sluggish
               ,
               flat
               and
               spiritlesse
               Julips
               and
               Potions
               ;
               so
               that
               hereby
               the
               Archeus
               becomes
               weak
               and
               feeble
               ,
               the
               blood
               must
               necessarily
               move
               slowly
               ,
               and
               for
               want
               of
               Active
               Spirits
               be
               retarded
               in
               its
               Current
               ,
               and
               in
               many
               places
               subsist
               like
               a
               standing
               Pool
               ,
               clottering
               and
               causing
               great
               obstructions
               .
               Whosoever
               therefore
               that
               intends
               to
               keep
               the
               blood
               ,
               
                 sine
                 Remora
              
               ,
               fluent
               in
               its
               Channels
               ,
               free
               from
               Curdling
               ,
               let
               him
               studie
               to
               the
               utmost
               to
               
               exhibit
               those
               Specificks
               that
               may
               mortifie
               and
               annihilate
               the
               inspissative
               Torpedinous
               poyson
               ,
               and
               advance
               the
               impulsive
               Spirits
               by
               those
               things
               that
               symbolize
               with
               ,
               and
               directly
               match
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XII
               .
            
             
               Those
               variety
               of
               several
               coloured
               juices
               coagulated
               and
               colliquated
               apparent
               in
               this
               body
               ,
               were
               not
               (
               as
               the
               Dogmatists
               affirm
               )
               so
               many
               distinct
               Humours
               ,
               as
               Choller
               ,
               Phlegm
               ,
               &c.
               
               Analagous
               to
               the
               Elements
               ,
               fallen
               off
               from
               their
               native
               Temperament
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               would
               have
               it
               )
               but
               they
               all
               arose
               from
               the
               Chile
               and
               Blood
               disguised
               and
               masked
               in
               divers
               forms
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               Protean
               Ferments
               altered
               the
               Texture
               and
               position
               of
               their
               parts
               ,
               and
               so
               marked
               them
               with
               this
               or
               that
               colour
               .
               Believe
               it
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Real
               existence
               of
               those
               Humours
               ,
               as
               Choller
               ,
               Phlegm
               ,
               Melancholly
               ,
               that
               the
               Galenists
               frequently
               
               mention
               in
               most
               of
               their
               Writings
               ;
               but
               there
               is
               one
               only
               primigenious
               rivulet
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               Blood
               ,
               that
               irrigates
               all
               parts
               of
               this
               Microcosm
               ,
               which
               as
               it
               meets
               with
               different
               Ferments
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               subject
               to
               divers
               alterations
               ,
               and
               manifold
               colours
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XIII
               .
            
             
               The
               usual
               effect
               of
               most
               poysons
               commonly
               known
               to
               us
               ,
               is
               to
               coagulate
               the
               blood
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               found
               evident
               ,
               dissecting
               divers
               Bodies
               destroyed
               by
               things
               deletery
               ,
               which
               I
               observed
               made
               a
               stigmatick
               impression
               in
               the
               Stomack
               ,
               and
               so
               condensed
               the
               Vital
               red
               Balsom
               in
               the
               Vessels
               ,
               that
               Clodders
               of
               four
               or
               five
               Inches
               in
               length
               might
               be
               extracted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XIV
               .
            
             
               Whensoever
               there
               is
               any
               great
               concretion
               of
               the
               blood
               in
               the
               Pest
               ,
               no
               
               kindly
               beneficial
               sweat
               is
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               the
               constringent
               venome
               be
               overcome
               ,
               the
               grosse
               matter
               attenuated
               ,
               rarified
               ,
               and
               an
               apersion
               made
               of
               the
               pores
               of
               the
               skin
               .
               And
               this
               was
               manifest
               in
               this
               Youth
               ,
               who
               could
               by
               no
               means
               be
               brought
               into
               a
               breathing
               sweat
               ,
               durable
               ,
               with
               allevation
               ,
               the
               juices
               of
               his
               body
               being
               as
               it
               were
               frozen
               ,
               made
               torpid
               ,
               and
               indisposed
               to
               stir
               from
               a
               Narcotick
               poyson
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XV.
               
            
             
               I
               finde
               such
               an
               indissoluble
               league
               ,
               connexion
               ,
               and
               coherence
               between
               the
               Vital
               Spirit
               and
               Sanguis
               pure
               blood
               in
               all
               perfect
               Animals
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               if
               they
               be
               separated
               from
               each
               other
               ,
               they
               both
               lose
               their
               essence
               and
               proper
               denomination
               ;
               for
               this
               most
               highly
               defaecated
               liquor
               doth
               maintain
               the
               spirit
               ,
               and
               the
               spirit
               doth
               move
               ,
               agitate
               ,
               and
               purifie
               this
               liquor
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               fit
               to
               be
               changed
               ▪
               into
               it self
               .
               I
               look
               upon
               
               the
               Chyme
               or
               Cruor
               ,
               as
               upon
               the
               sweet
               juice
               of
               Grapes
               ,
               which
               hath
               little
               sensible
               spirit
               in
               it
               at
               first
               ,
               till
               it
               comes
               to
               be
               fermented
               ,
               depurated
               ,
               and
               segregated
               from
               its
               lees
               and
               foul
               faeces
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               explicates
               its
               activity
               in
               an
               admirable
               manner
               ;
               Likewise
               this
               crude
               juice
               rubefied
               ,
               is
               by
               long
               circulation
               and
               fermentation
               of
               the
               fourth
               and
               fifth
               digestions
               so
               cleansed
               and
               rid
               of
               all
               dross
               and
               filth
               ,
               that
               it
               attains
               an
               Homogeneous
               nature
               ,
               easily
               convertible
               into
               a
               
                 Gas
                 Vitale
              
               capable
               to
               receive
               the
               bright
               shining
               beams
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               as
               highly
               rectified
               spirit
               of
               wine
               doth
               the
               lucid
               flame
               .
               If
               the
               blood
               harbour
               any
               thing
               extraneous
               ,
               acrimonious
               ,
               austere
               ,
               acide
               ,
               malignant
               ,
               venemous
               matter
               ,
               &c.
               it
               forthwith
               titubates
               and
               deviates
               from
               its
               integrity
               and
               accomplishment
               :
               Then
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               its
               individual
               Companion
               ,
               falls
               into
               discontent
               ,
               peevishnesse
               ,
               frowardnesse
               ,
               fury
               ,
               and
               rage
               ,
               and
               an
               Ilias
               of
               Diseases
               follow
               ,
               and
               all
               is
               brought
               into
               confusion
               :
               as
               likewise
               if
               the
               spirits
               
               be
               consumed
               ,
               disturbed
               ,
               suffocated
               ,
               extinguished
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               perturbations
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               pernicious
               fumes
               and
               odours
               ,
               great
               dolours
               ,
               or
               the
               occurse
               of
               any
               thing
               very
               violent
               ,
               altogether
               disagreeing
               with
               them
               ,
               the
               blood
               missing
               that
               Archeus
               that
               should
               hold
               the
               reins
               of
               right
               Government
               ,
               and
               carry
               it
               about
               in
               a
               direct
               road
               ,
               where
               it
               may
               receive
               a
               just
               alteration
               by
               natural
               ferments
               ,
               doth
               become
               degenerate
               ,
               relapsed
               ,
               colliquated
               or
               coagulated
               ,
               as
               was
               visible
               in
               this
               Cadaver
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XVI
               .
            
             
               Sith
               it
               is
               so
               ,
               (
               as
               it
               is
               intuitively
               conspicuous
               )
               that
               the
               Pestilential
               poyson
               doth
               principally
               strike
               at
               and
               deprave
               the
               Stomack
               and
               fistulary
               Vessels
               ,
               by
               colliquating
               the
               lacteous
               juice
               contained
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               by
               coagulating
               the
               blood
               in
               these
               ,
               what
               intollerable
               ,
               non-sensical
               practice
               is
               it
               ,
               to
               prescribe
               any
               thing
               either
               Dieterical
               ,
               or
               Pharmaceutick
               ,
               
               that
               is
               so
               far
               from
               hindring
               ,
               that
               it
               furthers
               these
               sad
               effects
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XVII
               .
            
             
               The
               extraordinary
               warmth
               that
               was
               in
               this
               body
               at
               twelve
               hours
               end
               ,
               from
               the
               time
               it
               expired
               ,
               doth
               sufficiently
               testifie
               what
               a
               Phlogôsis
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               and
               combustion
               was
               about
               the
               viscera
               ,
               arising
               from
               a
               fermentation
               and
               impetuous
               collision
               of
               exardent
               Atomes
               ,
               which
               the
               fretting
               and
               furious
               Archeus
               had
               agitated
               ,
               being
               exstimulated
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               enraged
               ,
               that
               it
               had
               entertained
               into
               its
               very
               penetralls
               ,
               such
               a
               mortal
               Enemy
               ;
               and
               now
               the
               Fewell
               being
               consumed
               ,
               the
               spirits
               exanclated
               ,
               and
               fire
               extinct
               ,
               there
               remains
               an
               Empyreuma
               ,
               a
               relique
               of
               heat
               in
               the
               parts
               defunct
               ,
               as
               a
               sufficient
               testimony
               of
               that
               notable
               ebullition
               and
               fermentation
               which
               was
               precedent
               in
               the
               living
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               XVIII
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               commonly
               Censured
               by
               the
               Galenists
               presumptuous
               ,
               in
               venturing
               to
               open
               this
               Contagious
               Body
               ,
               for
               no
               other
               Reason
               (
               as
               I
               can
               conceive
               )
               but
               that
               I
               escaped
               so
               great
               a
               danger
               contrary
               to
               their
               expectation
               ;
               I
               confess
               I
               was
               a
               little
               careless
               ,
               in
               that
               I
               did
               not
               before
               fortifie
               my self
               as
               I
               might
               have
               done
               ,
               being
               extream
               eager
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               knowledge
               for
               the
               publick
               good
               .
               I
               am
               perswaded
               ,
               had
               I
               strengthned
               the
               Archeus
               of
               my
               hand
               with
               some
               appropriate
               Balsamick
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               filled
               up
               the
               Pores
               with
               an
               oleaginous
               odorous
               matter
               ,
               the
               Pestilential
               poyson
               could
               never
               have
               had
               so
               free
               an
               ingress
               ,
               and
               so
               easily
               have
               put
               to
               flight
               the
               vital
               Spirit
               ,
               making
               an
               inroad
               into
               all
               parts
               .
               That
               the
               intoxicating
               Atoms
               did
               first
               invade
               my
               hand
               imbrued
               with
               that
               foul
               Gore
               ,
               I
               may
               without
               doubt
               conclude
               from
               long
               malaxing
               and
               steeping
               it
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               
               and
               from
               the
               perceptible
               Alteration
               succeeding
               .
               For
               it
               is
               very
               unlikely
               that
               I
               who
               had
               sustained
               so
               long
               time
               before
               such
               abominable
               ,
               loathsom
               ,
               noysom
               Smells
               ,
               from
               Sores
               ,
               Carbuncles
               ,
               the
               tainting
               Respiration
               ,
               and
               faetide
               Expiration
               of
               numerous
               living
               bodies
               ,
               and
               all
               this
               while
               suffered
               no
               great
               detriment
               in
               my
               health
               ,
               should
               now
               receive
               an
               Infection
               by
               a
               Ten
               times
               less
               occasion
               in
               that
               respect
               ,
               the
               Emanations
               being
               little
               comparatively
               ,
               and
               those
               much
               weakned
               by
               a
               Pan
               of
               Brimstone
               burning
               under
               the
               Corps
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XIX
               .
            
             
               The
               Pest
               that
               arises
               from
               a
               contrectation
               of
               Entrals
               warm
               ,
               is
               more
               active
               ,
               and
               breaks
               out
               more
               violently
               than
               that
               which
               proceeds
               from
               the
               light
               touch
               of
               the
               same
               cold
               ;
               &
               either
               of
               these
               are
               more
               Contagious
               ,
               than
               a
               bare
               Contact
               of
               the
               skin
               of
               a
               Carkass
               .
               If
               the
               skin
               of
               a
               living
               body
               suffer
               discontinity
               ,
               
               the
               Contagion
               of
               the
               dead
               enters
               more
               forcibly
               ,
               as
               I
               found
               once
               experimentally
               to
               my
               prejudice
               ,
               in
               Anatomizing
               one
               that
               dyed
               of
               a
               Spotted
               Feaver
               ;
               for
               having
               accidentally
               cut
               my
               Finger
               ,
               and
               often
               washed
               it
               in
               that
               malignant
               juyce
               ,
               I
               was
               more
               troubled
               to
               Cure
               it
               than
               any
               wound
               ever
               inflicted
               upon
               me
               all
               my
               life-time
               .
               The
               space
               that
               this
               venom
               lay
               cryptick
               within
               me
               ,
               closely
               and
               silently
               working
               in
               this
               subterranean
               Microcosm
               before
               it
               acted
               publickly
               was
               Eight
               hours
               ,
               and
               then
               after
               a
               very
               sound
               sleep
               from
               Eleven
               till
               Two
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               a
               grievous
               oppression
               at
               the
               stomack
               ,
               with
               deep
               and
               difficult
               sighs
               ,
               seized
               upon
               me
               ,
               which
               doth
               still
               confirm
               me
               in
               this
               judgment
               ,
               That
               the
               Pest
               never
               falls
               to
               acting
               a
               Tragical
               Scene
               openly
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               it
               hath
               taken
               up
               its
               lodging
               place
               in
               the
               Stomack
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observation
               XX.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               very
               good
               Reason
               and
               Experiment
               on
               my
               side
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               had
               I
               forthwith
               ,
               after
               the
               Dissection
               ,
               be
               taken
               my self
               to
               Bed
               ,
               and
               liberally
               made
               use
               of
               those
               Remedies
               the
               good
               Creator
               bestowed
               upon
               me
               ,
               much
               of
               the
               Atrocity
               of
               this
               Sickness
               might
               have
               been
               allayed
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               the
               Poyson
               made
               effete
               and
               feeble
               ;
               for
               I
               look
               upon
               this
               pestilential
               virulence
               ,
               though
               (
               otherwise
               declined
               than
               commonly
               )
               yet
               to
               hold
               such
               a
               proportion
               with
               ordinary
               Poysons
               ,
               that
               they
               both
               agree
               in
               many
               Circumstances
               .
               We
               find
               that
               if
               an
               Alexiterium
               ,
               a
               proper
               Antidote
               be
               ready
               at
               hand
               in
               the
               very
               nick
               of
               time
               ,
               and
               strait
               be
               offered
               to
               one
               that
               hath
               suffered
               hurt
               from
               any
               Animal
               ,
               Vegetal
               or
               Mineral
               that
               is
               deletery
               ,
               there
               forthwith
               follows
               a
               frustration
               and
               annihilation
               of
               that
               pernicious
               property
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               mortiferous
               effect
               thereof
               :
               but
               
               if
               there
               be
               a
               dilation
               or
               procrastination
               ,
               and
               no
               check
               given
               to
               its
               furious
               and
               violent
               power
               (
               opportunity
               once
               slipped
               )
               all
               the
               Art
               of
               Man
               is
               at
               a
               loss
               to
               discover
               any
               thing
               medicable
               as
               a
               counterpoyson
               in
               such
               a
               case
               .
               He
               that
               expects
               help
               from
               a
               Physitian
               ,
               when
               the
               fermenting
               poyson
               hath
               had
               its
               full
               Career
               without
               any
               stop
               ,
               and
               hath
               plaid
               a
               Game
               almost
               to
               the
               last
               period
               without
               any
               bar
               ,
               having
               put
               out
               the
               light
               of
               the
               vital
               Spirits
               ,
               that
               no
               foundation
               is
               left
               for
               their
               Reparation
               or
               Relumination
               ;
               and
               hath
               choaked
               up
               all
               the
               passages
               of
               the
               blood
               to
               be
               circulated
               as
               long
               as
               there
               is
               life
               ,
               may
               with
               as
               much
               reason
               require
               one
               without
               a
               Miracle
               to
               raise
               a
               dead
               body
               from
               the
               Grave
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XXI
               .
            
             
               
                 Vis
                 unita
                 fortior
              
               ;
               had
               I
               not
               kept
               up
               my
               Spirits
               with
               high
               Cordials
               ,
               and
               strong
               Liquors
               ;
               had
               I
               not
               used
               Specificks
               ,
               Diaphoreticks
               ,
               those
               things
               that
               
               lenified
               and
               pacified
               the
               Archeus
               ,
               the
               topical
               application
               of
               the
               
                 Bufo
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               Had
               I
               not
               lain
               in
               a
               large
               Sweat
               continually
               Seven
               dayes
               together
               ,
               sometimes
               dropping
               down
               my
               Skin
               ,
               had
               not
               an
               extraordinary
               great
               Botch
               been
               thrust
               out
               in
               the
               Fundament
               ,
               and
               upon
               an
               Apertion
               made
               by
               Leeches
               ,
               many
               Ounces
               of
               a
               virulent
               quitture
               issued
               forth
               .
               Had
               any
               of
               these
               forementioned
               been
               wanting
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               at
               this
               day
               have
               sucked
               in
               the
               Air
               ,
               and
               conversing
               among
               the
               Living
               ,
               have
               set
               forth
               to
               the
               World
               the
               History
               of
               this
               narrow
               evasion
               from
               the
               Jaws
               of
               all
               devouring
               Fate
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XXII
               .
            
             
               For
               any
               one
               to
               assert
               that
               the
               Pest
               is
               not
               Contagious
               or
               Catching
               ,
               argues
               either
               Sottish
               ,
               Stupid
               Ignorance
               ,
               or
               a
               perverse
               obstinate
               contradiction
               of
               Truth
               ,
               out
               of
               peevishness
               ,
               and
               singularity
               of
               Opinion
               .
               The
               best
               Reason
               that
               these
               men
               have
               to
               maintain
               their
               gross
               Paradox
               
               repugnant
               to
               Sense
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 That
                 some
                 conversant
                 among
                 the
                 sick
                 ,
                 have
                 lain
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Bed
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 have
                 held
                 there
                 Noses
                 over
                 their
                 running
                 Bubo's
                 and
                 Carbuncles
                 ,
                 yet
                 have
                 escaped
                 the
                 Infection
                 .
              
               All
               this
               while
               these
               Captious
               Disputants
               forget
               the
               true
               Axiom
               in
               Philosophy
               ,
               
                 Unumquodque
                 recipitur
                 secundum
                 captum
                 recipientis
              
               :
               There
               is
               no
               man
               affected
               like
               another
               in
               every
               respect
               ,
               but
               still
               every
               Patient
               hath
               some
               disparity
               ,
               though
               not
               discrepable
               and
               sensible
               to
               us
               in
               the
               reception
               of
               the
               Agent
               .
               In
               one
               the
               imagination
               of
               the
               whole
               man
               is
               strongly
               fortified
               against
               the
               Infection
               ,
               and
               can
               vigorously
               resist
               it
               ,
               expressing
               an
               undaunted
               resolution
               ;
               but
               the
               imagination
               of
               the
               Archeus
               may
               be
               weak
               in
               the
               same
               person
               ,
               and
               not
               able
               to
               make
               any
               resistance
               or
               renitence
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               assaulted
               by
               anothers
               Contagious
               munial
               ferment
               ,
               but
               easily
               yields
               to
               it
               .
               On
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               the
               phantasie
               of
               the
               Archeus
               ,
               or
               vital
               Spirit
               of
               every
               part
               may
               be
               couragious
               and
               bold
               ,
               not
               
               ready
               to
               give
               way
               to
               the
               Occurse
               of
               any
               outward
               evil
               :
               yet
               the
               imagination
               of
               fear
               and
               horrour
               in
               the
               man
               may
               be
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               upon
               every
               slight
               occasion
               a
               pestilential
               impression
               may
               be
               made
               upon
               him
               .
               If
               the
               phantasie
               of
               man
               and
               the
               Archeus
               be
               magnanimous
               ,
               stout
               ,
               free
               from
               any
               Idea
               ,
               vain
               conceit
               of
               fear
               and
               terrour
               ,
               having
               a
               strong
               and
               valiant
               perswasion
               that
               neither
               can
               suffer
               injury
               in
               this
               kind
               :
               then
               the
               contagious
               effluviums
               cannot
               take
               place
               in
               such
               a
               body
               to
               offend
               it
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               altogether
               disowned
               ;
               and
               so
               being
               not
               appropriated
               ,
               are
               in
               a
               short
               time
               expulsed
               and
               dissipated
               ,
               before
               they
               can
               settle
               themselves
               to
               produce
               any
               act
               of
               hostility
               against
               Nature
               .
               Now
               because
               few
               have
               this
               ingenite
               Gift
               bestowed
               upon
               them
               so
               as
               to
               be
               exempted
               from
               some
               pusillaminity
               and
               distrustful
               thoughts
               either
               of
               the
               mind
               or
               the
               Archeus
               ,
               it
               is
               very
               rare
               when
               the
               Pest
               is
               very
               grassant
               and
               outragious
               ,
               that
               one
               coming
               within
               the
               sphere
               of
               the
               activity
               of
               this
               poyson
               ,
               
               depart
               without
               some
               stain
               and
               spot
               ,
               which
               sometimes
               is
               wiped
               off
               by
               strength
               of
               Nature
               ,
               helped
               by
               Art
               ,
               without
               any
               blemish
               to
               the
               health
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               confident
               many
               Thousands
               in
               this
               City
               have
               had
               a
               light
               Infection
               ,
               which
               passed
               away
               
                 per
                 Diap●aeam
              
               ,
               a
               transpiration
               of
               the
               whole
               body
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               cognizance
               of
               it
               .
               For
               my
               own
               part
               ,
               I
               can
               avouch
               by
               several
               Signs
               ,
               being
               very
               curious
               and
               exact
               in
               the
               consideration
               of
               my
               own
               state
               ,
               that
               I
               often
               received
               the
               Scent
               or
               Tincture
               of
               the
               Pest
               ,
               but
               quickly
               washed
               it
               off
               by
               some
               Balsamical
               odour
               ,
               causing
               a
               profluence
               of
               a
               kindly
               Sweat.
               And
               had
               I
               not
               out
               of
               a
               little
               too
               forward
               Zeal
               thrust
               my
               hand
               without
               due
               preparation
               into
               the
               mouth
               of
               this
               cruel
               Tyger
               ,
               I
               might
               have
               continued
               invulnerable
               to
               this
               day
               ;
               yet
               none
               but
               an
               unwitting
               ,
               mad
               ,
               self-conceited
               person
               will
               deny
               ,
               that
               the
               Pest
               according
               to
               its
               Etimon
               doth
               
                 peredere
                 ,
                 mordere
                 ,
                 &
                 devorare
                 ,
              
               doth
               bite
               ,
               tear
               in
               pieces
               ,
               pierce
               even
               to
               the
               very
               marrow
               
               with
               its
               sharp
               fangs
               ;
               though
               some
               clad
               like
               Curassers
               ,
               with
               Armour
               of
               proof
               from
               Top
               to
               Toe
               ,
               have
               escaped
               those
               wounds
               that
               were
               inflicted
               upon
               others
               .
               One
               may
               as
               well
               conclude
               ,
               that
               the
               Itch
               or
               Leprosie
               is
               not
               Contagious
               (
               contrary
               to
               Divine
               Writ
               ,
               and
               firm
               experience
               )
               because
               some
               coming
               within
               the
               same
               reach
               of
               contaminating
               Emanations
               with
               others
               that
               were
               infected
               ,
               have
               evaded
               the
               pollution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XXIII
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               sometimes
               found
               the
               fermenting
               venom
               of
               the
               Pest
               ,
               especially
               furthered
               by
               large
               draughts
               of
               Small
               Beer
               after
               aestuation
               and
               effervescence
               of
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               so
               speedily
               congeal
               the
               blood
               ,
               that
               the
               best
               Remedies
               made
               use
               of
               at
               the
               first
               appearance
               of
               the
               Feaver
               ,
               were
               bauked
               ,
               and
               of
               no
               effect
               ;
               and
               being
               followed
               close
               ,
               could
               only
               indicate
               by
               driving
               out
               some
               
                 Stigmata
                 ,
                 Vibices
              
               ,
               Spots
               ,
               and
               a
               suffusion
               of
               red
               or
               blew
               marks
               in
               
               the
               Skin
               ,
               what
               great
               malignity
               was
               within
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               was
               almost
               a
               total
               coagulation
               of
               the
               blood
               
                 in
                 facto
                 esse
              
               ,
               as
               I
               observed
               in
               divers
               ,
               who
               having
               surfeited
               themselves
               ,
               were
               dispatched
               in
               the
               space
               of
               a
               few
               hours
               .
               I
               have
               also
               seen
               some
               Remedies
               made
               use
               of
               for
               seasonable
               prevention
               to
               keep
               down
               and
               strangle
               this
               still
               pullulating
               poyson
               ,
               not
               suffering
               it
               to
               make
               any
               condensation
               of
               the
               vital
               juyce
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               though
               a
               violent
               Feaver
               did
               break
               out
               ,
               continuing
               for
               the
               space
               of
               Five
               or
               six
               dayes
               ,
               yet
               the
               blood
               being
               kept
               in
               its
               due
               motion
               ,
               no
               Efflorescence
               or
               cuticular
               Eruption
               did
               appear
               ,
               no
               not
               the
               least
               Pimple
               or
               Spot
               ;
               but
               such
               a
               Rarefaction
               and
               Subtiliation
               was
               made
               by
               penetrative
               ,
               active
               and
               specifick
               Medicines
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               coagulation
               was
               
                 in
                 fieri
              
               ,
               it
               was
               immediately
               prevented
               from
               further
               progress
               ;
               or
               if
               the
               blood
               began
               to
               be
               restagnant
               ,
               it
               was
               forthwith
               agitated
               ;
               if
               any
               grumous
               matter
               present
               ,
               it
               was
               sent
               packing
               ,
               
                 per
                 Diapnaeam
                 &
                 Diaphaeresin
              
               ,
               
               through
               the
               pores
               of
               the
               Skin
               ,
               
                 fine
                 capite
                 mortuo
              
               ,
               without
               any
               faeces
               ,
               or
               sediment
               left
               behind
               .
            
          
           
             
               Observation
               XXIV
               .
            
             
               When
               I
               meditate
               seriously
               upon
               the
               extraordinary
               occasion
               that
               brought
               this
               Truculent
               Disease
               upon
               me
               ,
               when
               I
               contemplate
               its
               Magnitude
               ,
               Malignity
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               the
               swiftness
               of
               its
               motion
               ,
               those
               direful
               Symptoms
               and
               Products
               that
               appeared
               ;
               when
               I
               consider
               that
               Three
               besides
               my self
               were
               sick
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               Malady
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               House
               ,
               the
               Landlady
               one
               of
               the
               Three
               ,
               being
               with
               Child
               ,
               miscarrying
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               of
               us
               recovered
               by
               the
               same
               means
               blessed
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               heartily
               magnifie
               the
               good
               Creator
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               that
               hath
               provided
               such
               potent
               Medicines
               for
               the
               Restauration
               of
               man
               fallen
               from
               his
               Sanity
               ,
               and
               withall
               be
               firmly
               resolved
               concerning
               the
               admirable
               efficacy
               of
               Chymical
               
               preparations
               ,
               abhorring
               the
               laziness
               ,
               perversness
               ,
               and
               Ingratitude
               of
               those
               that
               still
               resist
               the
               Truth
               ,
               obstinately
               maintaining
               their
               own
               destructive
               Principles
               ,
               Method
               and
               Medicines
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             Directions
             Preservative
             and
             Curative
             against
             the
             Pest.
             
          
           
             O
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             saith
             the
             candid
             ,
             learned
             Hippocrates
             ;
             Time
             is
             pourtrayed
             ,
             not
             without
             good
             reason
             ,
             with
             a
             Sithe
             in
             his
             hand
             as
             keen
             as
             any
             Razour
             ;
             to
             signifie
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             cuts
             off
             those
             opportunities
             ,
             which
             once
             offered
             ,
             and
             neglected
             ,
             can
             never
             afterwards
             be
             regained
             .
             Therefore
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             an
             able
             Physician
             that
             is
             present
             in
             the
             nick
             of
             time
             ,
             is
             highly
             to
             be
             prized
             by
             the
             Patient
             :
             Likewise
             ,
             he
             that
             asketh
             counsell
             for
             prevention
             ,
             or
             sends
             for
             an
             able
             Chymist
             ,
             (
             as
             for
             the
             Galenist
             ,
             or
             Pseudo-Chymist
             ,
             it
             matters
             not
             much
             when
             they
             are
             sent
             for
             :
             sith
             
             in
             Truth
             (
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             can
             make
             it
             appear
             )
             some
             of
             them
             are
             to
             be
             avoided
             as
             the
             Pest
             it self
             )
             at
             the
             very
             first
             onset
             of
             a
             Disease
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             attended
             with
             all
             diligence
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             supplied
             with
             the
             best
             Remedies
             possible
             .
             For
             my
             part
             I
             had
             rather
             be
             altogether
             absent
             ,
             than
             be
             called
             upon
             ,
             when
             all
             that
             I
             can
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             discover
             to
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             that
             the
             Disease
             is
             Mortal
             .
             What
             good
             can
             be
             expected
             ,
             when
             Nature
             is
             extream
             feeble
             and
             prostrate
             ,
             not
             able
             to
             rise
             up
             to
             make
             the
             least
             conflict
             with
             a
             forcible
             Disease
             ,
             when
             the
             fundamental
             strength
             is
             altogether
             wanting
             ,
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             make
             a
             reparation
             and
             redintegration
             of
             that
             which
             is
             abolished
             ,
             without
             a
             miracle
             .
             Of
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             that
             finishes
             its
             course
             with
             more
             expedition
             than
             the
             Pest
             ,
             nor
             any
             insinuates
             more
             slily
             ,
             treads
             more
             softly
             ,
             flatters
             more
             subtilly
             ,
             and
             kills
             more
             treacherously
             ;
             the
             more
             cautelous
             therefore
             ought
             we
             to
             be
             how
             we
             give
             any
             harbour
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             through
             a
             careless
             
             supinity
             neglect
             means
             fitting
             to
             expell
             it
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             is
             an
             undoubted
             truth
             delivered
             by
             Hippocrates
             .
             He
             that
             desires
             to
             live
             comfortably
             ,
             prolong
             his
             dayes
             ,
             and
             defend
             himself
             from
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             other
             grievous
             infirmities
             incident
             to
             mankinde
             ,
             next
             to
             powerfull
             Medicines
             ,
             let
             him
             embrace
             Temperance
             in
             his
             Diet
             ,
             yet
             let
             him
             rather
             drink
             more
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             spirituos
             ,
             than
             eat
             ;
             let
             him
             rather
             exceed
             in
             sleeping
             than
             watching
             ,
             in
             motion
             rather
             than
             a
             sedentary
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             still
             discharging
             any
             excrementitious
             superfluity
             ,
             chiefly
             through
             the
             universal
             Emunctory
             ,
             the
             skin
             ,
             without
             any
             notable
             debilitation
             of
             the
             vital
             spirits
             :
             but
             above
             all
             ,
             let
             him
             endeavour
             after
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             magnanimity
             ,
             brave
             resolution
             ,
             and
             an
             undaunted
             firmnesse
             of
             minde
             to
             resist
             any
             vain
             conceits
             of
             infection
             .
             Let
             the
             Air
             ,
             the
             principal
             vehiculum
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             nimble
             conveyer
             and
             translater
             of
             the
             fermental
             poyson
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             
             be
             defaecated
             ,
             purified
             ,
             and
             ventilated
             from
             thsoe
             diversity
             of
             effluviums
             ,
             and
             noxious
             exhalations
             that
             conspurcate
             its
             Magnale
             ,
             and
             fill
             up
             the
             pores
             thereof
             with
             soul
             corrupt
             hoary
             Atoms
             that
             annoy
             the
             Archeus
             .
             For
             this
             purpose
             nothing
             is
             more
             efficacious
             (
             not
             only
             to
             segregate
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             whatsoever
             is
             unclean
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             consume
             and
             mortify
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             any
             thing
             malignant
             and
             repugnant
             to
             our
             nature
             )
             then
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Sulphur
             ,
             Brimstone
             ,
             which
             may
             fitly
             be
             so
             called
             ,
             both
             from
             the
             giver
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             likewise
             from
             its
             Divine
             effects
             .
             The
             use
             hereof
             I
             have
             in
             short
             set
             down
             in
             
               Loimologia
               de
               Elogio
               Sulphuris
            
             .
             For
             Sulphurs
             highly
             mundified
             ,
             made
             terse
             and
             polite
             ,
             are
             as
             it
             were
             
               Archei
               Speculum
            
             ,
             the
             looking-glasse
             wherein
             the
             Archeus
             beholds
             it self
             with
             delectation
             and
             complacency
             ,
             being
             both
             reflected
             and
             illuminated
             by
             them
             ;
             for
             whatsoever
             is
             luminous
             and
             splendid
             ,
             doth
             by
             an
             emission
             of
             socillating
             beams
             exhilarate
             and
             dilate
             the
             vital
             spirits
             ,
             and
             
             dispose
             them
             to
             audacity
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             is
             dark
             ,
             misty
             ,
             and
             opacous
             ,
             doth
             cloud
             them
             ,
             causing
             fear
             and
             terrour
             ,
             the
             harbingers
             of
             this
             unwelcome
             guest
             .
             For
             this
             reason
             
               Anima
               Auri
            
             ,
             the
             clear
             Sulphur
             of
             Gold
             ,
             extracted
             by
             a
             friendly
             Menstruum
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             Solar
             property
             ,
             doth
             wonderfully
             chear
             up
             the
             vital
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             from
             an
             implanted
             congruity
             ,
             and
             a
             symbolical
             affinity
             between
             each
             other
             .
             The
             same
             is
             likewise
             performed
             by
             the
             defaecated
             Sulphur
             of
             Mars
             ,
             Antimony
             ,
             Vitriol
             ,
             Blood-stone
             ,
             native
             Cinnabar
             ,
             without
             castration
             of
             their
             virtue
             ,
             which
             taken
             into
             this
             Microcosm
             ,
             do
             by
             their
             Rutilation
             and
             Glistering
             Rayes
             ,
             strongly
             fortifie
             the
             Spirits
             against
             any
             imminent
             danger
             of
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             enable
             them
             to
             profligate
             and
             protrude
             by
             sweat
             the
             intoxicating
             particles
             generated
             within
             ,
             or
             taken
             into
             us
             from
             without
             .
             Whosoever
             then
             desires
             to
             possesse
             these
             Arcana's
             ,
             must
             labour
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             not
             thinking
             it
             inferiour
             for
             him
             to
             take
             pains
             and
             toil
             for
             
             a
             publick
             good
             .
             It
             is
             a
             most
             infallible
             Truth
             ,
             That
             he
             can
             never
             be
             an
             absolute
             Philosopher
             ,
             and
             an
             able
             Physitian
             ,
             that
             seeketh
             not
             after
             this
             Spagyrical
             Sophy
             by
             his
             own
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             this
             Chirurgia
             ,
             Manual
             Operation
             must
             make
             him
             compleat
             ,
             otherwise
             he
             is
             lame
             ,
             maimed
             and
             detruncated
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             his
             profession
             .
             For
             I
             expresly
             assert
             (
             as
             I
             have
             declared
             in
             Galeno-pale
             )
             and
             can
             prove
             it
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             an
             egregious
             shame
             ,
             and
             an
             unsufferable
             abuse
             in
             a
             Nation
             ,
             That
             a
             company
             of
             Drones
             that
             can
             do
             little
             but
             make
             a
             humming
             Noise
             to
             please
             the
             Ear
             ,
             should
             neglect
             to
             gather
             with
             their
             own
             fingers
             that
             Aetherial
             ,
             Essential
             part
             of
             every
             Concrete
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             soveraign
             vertue
             to
             preserve
             from
             ,
             and
             cure
             infirmities
             .
             He
             that
             desires
             to
             attain
             an
             insight
             into
             these
             Mysteries
             ,
             let
             him
             compose
             himself
             without
             wavering
             ,
             to
             try
             what
             the
             fire
             can
             discover
             that
             true
             Philosophical
             light
             ,
             which
             Prometheus
             ,
             i.e.
             every
             prudent
             circumspect
             Physitian
             endeavours
             
             to
             purchase
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             be
             able
             to
             correct
             and
             mitigate
             those
             many
             calamities
             that
             
               Epimetheus
               ,
               i.
               e.
            
             an
             improvident
             indiscreet
             man
             brings
             upon
             himself
             ,
             ever
             since
             that
             once
             divinely
             gifted
             Pandora
             offered
             to
             him
             that
             Box
             ,
             which
             he
             out
             of
             a
             curiosity
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             opening
             ,
             brought
             innumerable
             griess
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             into
             the
             world
             :
             Let
             him
             make
             use
             of
             his
             own
             eyes
             and
             hands
             ,
             which
             are
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             for
             Speculation
             and
             Practice
             .
             Let
             him
             intuitively
             examine
             the
             
               Sulphurs
               ,
               Salts
            
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             of
             
               Animals
               ,
               Vegetables
            
             ,
             and
             Minerals
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             shall
             finde
             abscondite
             most
             powerfull
             Remedies
             against
             the
             Pest
             ,
             and
             other
             stubborn
             Diseases
             .
             The
             saline
             spirit
             of
             Blood
             ,
             Bones
             ,
             and
             Urine
             well
             rectified
             ,
             are
             of
             admirable
             use
             against
             the
             Pest
             ;
             Likewise
             the
             spirit
             of
             Harts-horn
             ,
             (
             the
             stinking
             flegm
             being
             well
             separated
             )
             doth
             powerfully
             hinder
             coagulations
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             and
             sweeten
             the
             Acidity
             thereof
             .
             The
             Sulphures
             or
             oyls
             of
             any
             of
             
             these
             forenamed
             ,
             well
             mundefied
             and
             digested
             with
             a
             very
             clean
             fixed
             Alkali
             ,
             are
             so
             united
             thereto
             ,
             that
             they
             lose
             their
             nauseous
             unctuousity
             and
             become
             saline
             ,
             volatilizing
             the
             fixed
             Alkali
             .
             I
             have
             often
             found
             the
             spirit
             of
             Tartar
             of
             singular
             virtue
             in
             the
             Pest
             ;
             but
             above
             all
             the
             pure
             salt
             of
             Tartar
             made
             volatile
             by
             a
             combination
             of
             its
             oyl
             and
             spirit
             ,
             and
             tinged
             with
             the
             golden
             Sulphur
             of
             some
             Minerals
             ,
             doth
             effectually
             resist
             the
             pestilential
             poyson
             ,
             cleanse
             away
             the
             drosse
             ,
             and
             any
             Tartarous
             tenacious
             matter
             ,
             by
             Urine
             ,
             Sweat
             ,
             expectoration
             ,
             exhilarates
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             pacifying
             the
             fury
             and
             exorbitance
             thereof
             .
          
           
             
               Elixir
               Proprietatis
            
             prepared
             by
             a
             Menstruum
             free
             from
             corrosion
             ,
             not
             with
             the
             common
             oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             or
             Brimston
             ,
             &c.
             is
             a
             very
             noble
             Medicine
             to
             prevent
             Contagion
             .
             The
             legitimate
             spirit
             of
             Sulphur
             and
             Vitriol
             endued
             with
             that
             Leptomerie
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             manifest
             avolation
             of
             its
             parts
             ,
             gratefull
             to
             the
             smell
             ,
             pleasant
             to
             the
             taste
             ,
             friendly
             to
             
             the
             Membranes
             ,
             leaving
             no
             evil
             impression
             ,
             where
             it
             touches
             ,
             is
             none
             of
             the
             inferiour
             Remedies
             ;
             to
             prevent
             and
             Cure
             this
             infection
             .
             Spirit
             of
             Salt
             well
             deflegm'd
             ,
             and
             its
             much
             acidity
             allayed
             by
             a
             benigne
             Spirit
             familiar
             to
             our
             Nature
             ,
             is
             highly
             to
             be
             commended
             in
             this
             case
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             Spirit
             of
             
               Sal
               Armoniack
            
             ,
             well
             corrected
             with
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
             ,
             is
             of
             Noble
             efficacy
             .
          
           
             Common
             Sulphur
             often
             sublimed
             with
             bay-salt
             decrepitated
             ,
             affords
             an
             admirable
             Diaphoretick
             ,
             promoting
             the
             circulation
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             experimentally
             found
             .
          
           
             
               Antimonium
               Diaphoreticum
            
             (
             whose
             exquisite
             preparation
             is
             neglected
             by
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             and
             the
             approved
             use
             thereof
             much
             more
             unknown
             to
             them
             )
             is
             a
             Remedy
             (
             though
             ordinary
             in
             comparison
             of
             some
             Chymical
             elaborate
             Medicines
             )
             far
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             all
             dreggy
             obtuse
             Electuaries
             ,
             Opiates
             ,
             and
             Confactions
             ,
             as
             
               Mithridat
               .
               Theria
               .
               Elect.
               de
               Ovo
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             I
             dare
             avouch
             that
             
             any
             Physician
             throughly
             acquainted
             with
             the
             due
             preparation
             ,
             application
             ,
             and
             appropriation
             of
             this
             innocent
             thing
             (
             for
             if
             it
             be
             hurtfull
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             unskilfull
             men
             touch
             it
             )
             may
             do
             more
             service
             for
             his
             King
             and
             Countrey
             ,
             toward
             the
             Cure
             of
             any
             Endemical
             Sicknesse
             ,
             then
             any
             meer
             Dogmatist
             in
             Europe
             .
          
           
             Opium
             corrected
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             and
             menaged
             with
             that
             Method
             and
             Discretion
             ,
             as
             that
             pract
             cally
             learned
             Dr.
             Starkey
             hath
             taught
             the
             world
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             highly
             esteemed
             for
             the
             quieting
             and
             mitigating
             the
             rage
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             and
             the
             carrying
             of
             Malignity
             Diaphoretically
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             Oyl
             of
             Amber
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             salt
             thereof
             spiritualized
             ,
             that
             the
             Archeus
             may
             the
             better
             hold
             correspondence
             with
             it
             ,
             strengthens
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             Womb
             ,
             all
             the
             other
             membranes
             and
             sinews
             ,
             seasoning
             the
             vital
             spirits
             with
             such
             a
             specifique
             odour
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             easily
             affected
             with
             a
             fracide
             ,
             putrid
             ,
             pestiferous
             scent
             .
          
           
           
             Concerning
             Prevention
             ;
             I
             know
             not
             any
             one
             thing
             for
             Inward
             use
             ,
             as
             a
             more
             sure
             staff
             to
             lean
             upon
             ,
             under
             God
             ,
             then
             the
             Best
             Flowers
             of
             ♀
             ,
             quite
             bereaved
             of
             their
             vomitive
             faculty
             ,
             and
             converted
             into
             a
             Diaphoretick
             and
             a
             little
             purgative
             property
             (
             where
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Digestions
             abound
             with
             soul
             and
             fluid
             excrements
             )
             without
             circumcising
             and
             robbing
             them
             of
             their
             virtue
             by
             acide
             violent
             corrosives
             ,
             or
             the
             Torture
             of
             the
             fire
             .
          
           
             Mercury
             sublimed
             five
             or
             six
             times
             ,
             and
             afterward
             dissolved
             in
             a
             mild
             Menstruum
             ,
             gratefull
             to
             the
             smell
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             to
             the
             taste
             ,
             wherein
             the
             polite
             blade
             of
             a
             knife
             dipped
             is
             not
             denigrated
             ,
             or
             sullied
             with
             an
             obscure
             colour
             ,
             may
             safely
             be
             taken
             into
             the
             body
             without
             the
             least
             prejudice
             ,
             for
             the
             dulcifying
             the
             Latex
             become
             eager
             ,
             acide
             ,
             or
             austere
             ,
             the
             impulse
             of
             the
             blood
             in
             its
             proper
             ducts
             ,
             the
             prevention
             of
             its
             concretion
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Protrusion
             of
             the
             venemous
             Atoms
             from
             the
             Center
             to
             
             the
             Circumference
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             tryed
             with
             constant
             desired
             Success
             .
          
           
             Crude
             Mercury
             well
             clarified
             ,
             and
             clean
             Lune
             without
             any
             Alloy
             ,
             brought
             to
             an
             Amalgama
             ,
             powdered
             ,
             then
             cast
             into
             coinimon
             Sulphur
             ,
             liquified
             in
             a
             Vessel
             of
             Mars
             ,
             and
             afterward
             this
             mass
             being
             often
             sublimed
             in
             a
             very
             strong
             close
             body
             ,
             with
             a
             firm
             head
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             at
             length
             reduced
             to
             a
             brownish
             powder
             ,
             fixed
             ,
             of
             extraordinary
             effect
             in
             all
             ill-conditioned
             Feavers
             ,
             causing
             no
             disturbance
             at
             all
             either
             by
             Vomit
             or
             Stool
             ,
             but
             by
             its
             emicant
             Blas
             doth
             animate
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             to
             profligate
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             hostile
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Whosoever
             purchaseth
             some
             of
             these
             Noble
             Remedies
             ,
             need
             not
             doubt
             to
             cure
             ,
             prevent
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             as
             Art
             will
             permit
             ,
             that
             stubborn
             ,
             chronick
             disease
             ,
             the
             Scorbute
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             my
             Judgment
             in
             Loimologia
             ,
             hath
             furthered
             and
             fomented
             the
             late
             Pest.
             And
             since
             I
             wrote
             that
             little
             Tract
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             much
             confirmed
             in
             my
             opinion
             therein
             ,
             
             by
             several
             Experiments
             and
             Instances
             .
             For
             this
             reason
             ,
             all
             those
             things
             that
             resist
             the
             malignity
             of
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             are
             approved
             of
             use
             also
             to
             prevent
             this
             acute
             Sickness
             .
             Wherefore
             in
             general
             the
             vital
             strength
             is
             to
             be
             augmented
             ,
             the
             ambient
             Air
             clarified
             ,
             an
             adaptation
             of
             mumial
             Ferments
             prevented
             ,
             the
             Archeus
             of
             the
             stomack
             carefully
             cherished
             and
             fortified
             ,
             the
             blood
             purified
             ,
             and
             kept
             freely
             running
             in
             its
             Pipes
             ,
             the
             Venom
             mortified
             ,
             the
             morbifique
             Idea
             expunged
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             body
             disposed
             to
             a
             continual
             Transpiration
             ,
             by
             that
             means
             the
             good
             God
             of
             Nature
             hath
             bountifully
             provided
             for
             us
             ;
             for
             this
             purpose
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             the
             richly
             endowed
             juyce
             of
             that
             Vegetable
             (
             which
             Liber
             planted
             to
             free
             poor
             melancholly
             man
             in
             some
             measure
             from
             care
             and
             sorrow
             )
             separated
             into
             various
             parts
             by
             a
             skilful
             Analysis
             of
             them
             ,
             each
             being
             exalted
             ,
             mundified
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             united
             again
             .
             In
             this
             one
             Concrete
             lies
             hid
             an
             infinite
             Treasury
             
             of
             Secrets
             ,
             the
             true
             value
             of
             which
             for
             sanation
             of
             languors
             ,
             the
             Pseudochymists
             do
             no
             more
             understand
             ,
             than
             a
             Dunghil
             Cock
             ,
             the
             worth
             of
             a
             precious
             pearl
             ;
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             thus
             prescribe
             small
             Beer
             ,
             Barley
             water
             ,
             Posset-drink
             made
             with
             water
             and
             Ale
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             poor
             faint
             Liquors
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             when
             the
             Spirits
             (
             without
             whose
             vigour
             nothing
             can
             be
             done
             aright
             )
             are
             subjugated
             and
             depauperated
             by
             a
             predominant
             Sickness
             .
          
           
             Among
             Specificks
             ordained
             against
             the
             Pest
             ,
             I
             find
             the
             Viper
             rightly
             prepared
             ,
             discreetly
             menaged
             and
             applied
             ,
             to
             be
             deservedly
             worthy
             of
             praise
             ,
             as
             the
             Experiment
             on
             my self
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             taught
             me
             .
             Now
             the
             best
             way
             that
             I
             always
             discovered
             it
             most
             effectual
             ,
             was
             to
             dissolve
             the
             flesh
             by
             digestion
             in
             a
             delectable
             Liquor
             ,
             conspiring
             with
             ,
             and
             advancing
             the
             Balsamical
             Alexiterial
             virtue
             thereof
             ,
             likewise
             ushering
             it
             into
             remote
             parts
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             the
             better
             seasoned
             with
             its
             odour
             ,
             and
             the
             
             terrifying
             imagination
             of
             the
             Archeus
             the
             sooner
             abolished
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             subtile
             and
             spiritual
             part
             of
             Amber
             ,
             is
             endued
             with
             incomparable
             power
             ,
             both
             to
             prevent
             ,
             and
             also
             Cure
             the
             Pest
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             Practically
             attest
             :
             For
             I
             must
             needs
             subscribe
             (
             being
             sufficiently
             instructed
             by
             Fact
             )
             to
             that
             just
             Commendation
             the
             profound
             Philosopher
             
               Van
               Helmont
            
             gives
             of
             Amber
             :
             
               Nil
               sanè
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               Stomachos
               ,
               Intestinis
               ,
               Nervis
               ,
               imo
               &
               Cerebro
               est
               gratius
               Succino
               in
               spiritu
               Vini
               resoluto
               :
            
             There
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             that
             doth
             more
             gratifie
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             Intestines
             ,
             Sinews
             ,
             and
             Brain
             ,
             than
             Amber
             dissolved
             in
             the
             pure
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             .
          
           
             Camphire
             free
             from
             Dross
             ,
             and
             married
             to
             pure
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             Tartarized
             ,
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             judge
             of
             it
             by
             some
             little
             experience
             ,
             very
             beneficial
             to
             keep
             off
             and
             destroy
             by
             its
             eminent
             odoriferous
             Crasis
             ,
             the
             poysonous
             odour
             of
             the
             Pest.
             Horse-Radish
             fresh
             cut
             into
             thin
             slices
             ,
             and
             steeped
             in
             White-wine
             ,
             or
             
             Malago
             sulphurated
             in
             that
             manner
             as
             I
             have
             described
             in
             Loimologia
             ,
             is
             very
             sanative
             of
             the
             Scorbute
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             defensive
             against
             the
             Pest.
             
          
           
             The
             proper
             Urine
             of
             him
             that
             hath
             drank
             Wine
             ,
             either
             taken
             by
             it self
             ,
             or
             made
             into
             a
             clear
             Posset
             ,
             is
             without
             question
             an
             excellent
             Defensive
             ,
             especially
             taken
             with
             confidence
             ,
             for
             it
             attenuates
             the
             tartarous
             blood
             ,
             and
             carries
             it
             off
             by
             Sweat
             and
             Urine
             .
          
           
             Juniper
             ,
             Ivy-berries
             ,
             Ginger
             bruised
             ,
             and
             English
             Saffran
             steeped
             in
             well
             rectified
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             impregnated
             with
             the
             virtue
             of
             the
             foresaid
             Ingredients
             ,
             is
             a
             powerful
             Preservative
             ,
             if
             a
             Spoonful
             be
             taken
             thereof
             Morning
             ,
             Noon
             and
             Night
             with
             any
             other
             spriteful
             Liquor
             .
          
           
             Some
             things
             outwardly
             applied
             and
             worn
             are
             much
             commended
             ,
             as
             the
             Emerald
             and
             Saphire
             and
             other
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             which
             often
             drawn
             in
             a
             Circle
             about
             a
             Bubo
             or
             Carbuncle
             placed
             directly
             against
             the
             Sun-beams
             or
             light
             ,
             
             as
             
               (
               Helmont
            
             advises
             )
             do
             magnetically
             extract
             the
             virulence
             and
             malignity
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             a
             blackness
             arising
             from
             those
             fuliginous
             cauterizing
             Atoms
             that
             exhale
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Periapta
             ,
             Amulets
             ,
             a
             Verse
             out
             of
             
               David
               ,
               Solomon
            
             ,
             or
             any
             Prophet
             ,
             Superstitious
             Words
             ,
             Characters
             ,
             Signatures
             ,
             Sculptures
             framed
             according
             to
             the
             Conjunction
             and
             Aspects
             of
             the
             heavenly
             Bodies
             ,
             Talismanical
             Gamaheus
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Inventions
             ,
             they
             are
             by
             no
             means
             to
             be
             trusted
             to
             .
             Neither
             do
             I
             approve
             of
             those
             appendances
             of
             Quick-silver
             sublimate
             Auripigment
             ,
             Arsnick
             uncorrected
             ,
             &c.
             which
             I
             have
             observed
             are
             very
             uncertain
             in
             answering
             the
             expectation
             of
             him
             that
             hangs
             them
             about
             his
             Neck
             ,
             or
             applies
             them
             to
             the
             Pulses
             as
             an
             Zenexton
             .
             I
             confess
             (
             what
             Helmont
             saith
             )
             That
             the
             strong
             Conceit
             of
             the
             person
             that
             uses
             the
             foresaid
             things
             ,
             may
             be
             of
             some
             force
             to
             prevent
             Infection
             for
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             yet
             the
             
             Terrour
             of
             the
             Archeus
             is
             not
             taken
             off
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             mitigated
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             all
             that
             is
             hereby
             performed
             by
             them
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             for
             some
             short
             time
             a
             privative
             exclusion
             of
             any
             notable
             perswasion
             ,
             that
             an
             evil
             effect
             of
             Contagion
             can
             seize
             upon
             the
             person
             .
             The
             forenamed
             Author
             affirms
             ,
             That
             many
             Thousands
             dyed
             of
             the
             Sickness
             at
             the
             Siege
             of
             Ostend
             ,
             notwithstanding
             these
             supposed
             defensive
             Amulets
             which
             they
             so
             trusted
             to
             ,
             and
             those
             Blisters
             which
             were
             raised
             by
             Trochiscks
             of
             Arsnick
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             and
             ,
             
               Illae
               sunt
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               Tragoediae
               Medicae
               ,
               Italicae
               Imposturae
               ,
               sinales
               Periodi
               Iudaei
               porr●
               &
               Ethnici
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Cheating
             Galenical
             Doctrine
             fetched
             from
             Padua
             .
             Sweet
             smelling
             Spices
             ,
             Perfumes
             ,
             and
             several
             odoriferous
             things
             made
             up
             into
             a
             Pomander
             ,
             a
             powder
             quilted
             in
             a
             Bag
             ,
             or
             contained
             in
             a
             spongy
             Body
             ,
             continually
             held
             at
             the
             Nose
             ;
             when
             our
             Dogmatists
             feel
             the
             Pulse
             ,
             
               aversa
               facie
            
             ,
             looking
             Westward
             ,
             when
             their
             hands
             point
             Eastward
             ,
             
             as
             if
             conscious
             of
             their
             own
             guilt
             ,
             they
             were
             ashamed
             to
             look
             their
             infected
             Patients
             in
             the
             Face
             .
             These
             are
             most
             ridiculous
             shifts
             ,
             under
             which
             none
             but
             unwitting
             Physitians
             will
             ever
             shelter
             themselves
             ,
             as
             helmont
             hath
             it
             ,
             
               Quasi
               venenum
               desineret
               esse
               ,
               Aromate
               saturatum
               !
               &
               non
               intraret
               penitius
               comite
               grati
               odoris
               !
               ac
               quasi
               ipsa
               Aromata
               non
               contagio
               essent
               subnoxia
               !
               quasi
               Arsenicum
               Napellus
               Ambari
               grys●o
               maritata
               cessarent
               nocere
               !
               quasi
               adoratissimum
               vinum
               non
               statim
               contaminaretur
               fracido
               cado
               !
            
             i.e.
             as
             if
             that
             lost
             its
             poysonous
             property
             ,
             that
             had
             good
             store
             of
             Spices
             mixt
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             rather
             conveyed
             farther
             into
             all
             parts
             by
             the
             conduct
             a
             grateful
             odour
             !
             as
             if
             Spices
             were
             not
             liable
             to
             be
             infected
             !
             as
             if
             Arsnick
             or
             Woolfsbane
             copulated
             with
             Ambergreese
             ,
             gave
             over
             their
             hurtful
             Nature
             !
             as
             if
             the
             most
             fragrant
             Wine
             was
             not
             in
             an
             instant
             polluted
             by
             a
             musty
             Vessel
             !
             These
             are
             Naeniae
             ,
             pitiful
             things
             to
             put
             any
             confidence
             in
             .
             A
             true
             Zenexton
             ,
             
             or
             outward
             preservative
             is
             quite
             of
             another
             Nature
             (
             as
             the
             Philosopher
             decides
             it
             )
             for
             it
             depends
             not
             upon
             the
             meer
             phantasie
             excited
             ,
             or
             unmoveable
             belief
             of
             the
             person
             ;
             but
             its
             ground-work
             is
             laid
             in
             Nature
             ,
             which
             hath
             bestowed
             upon
             it
             this
             active
             gift
             to
             do
             so
             and
             so
             .
             A
             true
             Zenexton
             ,
             according
             to
             Helmont
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             no
             way
             capable
             of
             Infection
             ,
             if
             any
             expect
             it
             should
             keep
             him
             from
             the
             same
             .
             And
             here
             we
             may
             take
             Notice
             that
             mans
             Pest
             differs
             from
             Brutes
             ,
             so
             that
             theirs
             is
             not
             mortally
             infectious
             to
             us
             ,
             nor
             ours
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             disproportion
             of
             mumial
             ferments
             that
             is
             between
             each
             ;
             however
             their
             skins
             or
             flesh
             may
             be
             so
             contaminated
             by
             our
             pestiferous
             Emanations
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             a
             means
             to
             convey
             it
             from
             one
             man
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             Our
             Noble
             Chymical
             Philosopher
             doth
             very
             much
             commend
             Amber
             for
             a
             Zenexton
             or
             Preservative
             ,
             from
             the
             testimony
             and
             experience
             of
             Gordiola
             a
             Spanish
             Chyrurgion
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Pest-house
             
             at
             Ostend
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             he
             relates
             ,
             was
             preserved
             the
             space
             of
             Three
             years
             ,
             during
             the
             Plague
             there
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             a
             piece
             of
             Red
             Amber
             his
             Zenexton
             ,
             which
             he
             chafed
             ,
             till
             it
             grew
             warm
             upon
             the
             seven
             principal
             Pulses
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Temples
             ,
             the
             Wrists
             ,
             the
             Ankles
             ,
             and
             Left
             Pap
             (
             I
             wonder
             he
             omitted
             the
             strongest
             beating
             Pulses
             in
             the
             Groin
             )
             he
             ,
             as
             Helmont
             was
             an
             Eye-witness
             ,
             alwayes
             continued
             in
             health
             ,
             when
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Mates
             miscarried
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Author
             backs
             this
             experimental
             Effect
             with
             prevalent
             Reasons
             ,
             taken
             first
             from
             its
             powerful
             attractive
             force
             manifested
             and
             stirred
             up
             by
             Frication
             ,
             next
             from
             its
             first
             Transparency
             ,
             Gummosity
             ,
             Porosity
             ,
             and
             Rarity
             of
             parts
             ,
             which
             make
             it
             more
             susceptible
             of
             our
             warmth
             and
             mumial
             odor
             ;
             lastly
             ▪
             from
             the
             universality
             of
             its
             Traction
             ,
             being
             not
             limited
             as
             the
             Loadstone
             to
             Iron
             ,
             but
             generally
             drawing
             any
             thing
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             light
             and
             tractable
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             infers
             ,
             It
             may
             abundantly
             be
             able
             to
             draw
             the
             
             pestilent
             virulent
             Air
             to
             it
             ,
             sith
             it
             attracts
             light
             things
             ,
             especially
             when
             it
             shall
             acquire
             an
             appropriation
             and
             adaptation
             by
             a
             mumial
             ferment
             .
             Questionless
             most
             admirable
             is
             the
             radiant
             influence
             of
             precious
             Stones
             ,
             and
             other
             translucent
             scintillating
             bodies
             (
             rightly
             applied
             )
             upon
             our
             Spirits
             ,
             even
             like
             the
             Stars
             of
             Heaven
             :
             wherefore
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             seem
             strange
             ,
             if
             such
             a
             shining
             Concrete
             as
             Amber
             ,
             have
             such
             an
             extraordinary
             gift
             of
             preserving
             from
             the
             Pest
             bestowed
             upon
             it
             ,
             by
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             good
             Father
             of
             Lights
             ,
             for
             the
             relief
             of
             the
             poor
             distressed
             man
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             able
             to
             purchase
             costly
             Gems
             .
          
           
             Another
             most
             effectual
             Zenexton
             that
             he
             highly
             extolls
             ,
             is
             a
             Creature
             called
             by
             the
             Greeks
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             a
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               flatu
               distendo
               tumefaceo
            
             ,
             from
             its
             swelling
             property
             in
             
               Latine
               ,
               Bufo
               ,
               à
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             &
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               quod
               bobus
               mortifera
               est
               ;
               à
               Rubeta
               quod
               in
               Rubis
               vivat
               ,
               vel
               à
               rubro
               colore
               ,
            
             in
             English
             a
             Toad
             .
             It
             seems
             to
             be
             marked
             out
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             stigmatical
             
             Signature
             impressed
             upon
             it
             ,
             to
             denote
             what
             a
             dotal
             excellency
             is
             contained
             in
             it
             against
             a
             Disease
             that
             is
             often
             conspersed
             with
             variety
             of
             Spots
             .
          
           
             The
             great
             difficulty
             to
             bring
             this
             Animal
             to
             a
             true
             Zenexton
             ,
             lies
             in
             an
             exquisite
             preparation
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             manner
             whereof
             ,
             that
             great
             Investigator
             of
             Verity
             ,
             
               Van
               Helmont
            
             ,
             hath
             thus
             delivered
             ,
             as
             he
             received
             instructions
             from
             Butler
             an
             Irish
             man
             ,
             who
             (
             to
             Helmonts
             knowledge
             )
             had
             Cured
             some
             Thousands
             of
             the
             Pest
             at
             London
             .
             He
             gave
             directions
             that
             a
             large
             Bufo
             taken
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             Iune
             ,
             should
             be
             hung
             up
             by
             the
             Legs
             nigh
             the
             fire
             over
             a
             vessel
             of
             yellow
             Wax
             made
             into
             the
             fashion
             of
             a
             Dish
             or
             Platter
             :
             After
             three
             dayes
             that
             the
             Bufo
             had
             hung
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             it
             vomited
             up
             a
             terrene
             matter
             ,
             and
             certain
             Insects
             ;
             Flies
             of
             a
             greenish
             colour
             ,
             with
             wings
             shining
             like
             gold
             ,
             then
             the
             Bufo
             forthwith
             dyed
             .
             This
             Butler
             told
             our
             Philosopher
             ,
             That
             a
             Bufo
             ordered
             aright
             ,
             was
             a
             sufficient
             remedy
             
             for
             Forty
             thousand
             persons
             .
             But
             unhappily
             the
             right
             knack
             of
             this
             business
             was
             not
             yet
             fully
             discovered
             to
             Helmont
             ,
             which
             he
             promised
             he
             would
             perform
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             been
             suddenly
             banished
             ,
             and
             sent
             packing
             away
             .
             However
             ,
             perspicacious
             Helmont
             proceeded
             thus
             with
             great
             success
             ;
             he
             took
             the
             cadaverous
             Bufo
             dried
             and
             beaten
             in
             to
             powder
             with
             that
             filth
             it
             had
             vomited
             ,
             and
             so
             made
             it
             up
             into
             Trochisks
             with
             Tragacanth
             ,
             which
             he
             used
             with
             good
             event
             both
             for
             precaution
             and
             sanation
             of
             the
             Pest.
             After
             this
             he
             made
             a
             further
             progress
             thus
             ;
             he
             got
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             Iuly
             (
             the
             Moon
             decreasing
             )
             a
             Bufo
             ,
             the
             oldest
             he
             could
             find
             ,
             whose
             eyes
             standing
             out
             ,
             were
             full
             of
             white
             Worms
             with
             black
             heads
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             both
             the
             inward
             parts
             of
             the
             eyes
             were
             changed
             into
             Worms
             closely
             joined
             together
             in
             each
             corner
             ,
             their
             heads
             appearing
             outward
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             attempted
             to
             get
             away
             ,
             the
             Bufo
             presently
             suppressed
             it
             with
             its
             Paw
             .
             These
             he
             disposed
             and
             
             menaged
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             is
             set
             down
             before
             ,
             and
             found
             them
             a
             most
             incomparable
             Zenexton
             .
             
               Gestati
               autem
               Trochisci
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               ad
               mammam
               sinistram
               arcebant
               contagium
               &
               loco
               infecto
               alligati
               statim
               virus
               extrahebant
               .
            
             Trochisks
             made
             of
             a
             Bufo
             thus
             prepared
             ,
             and
             applied
             to
             the
             left
             Pap
             ,
             kept
             away
             Contagion
             ,
             and
             fastened
             to
             any
             place
             infected
             ,
             did
             immediately
             extract
             the
             Poyson
             ;
             moreover
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             remarkable
             ,
             
               Erant
               Trochisci
               promptiores
               &
               validiores
               si
               in
               usum
               aliquoties
               recidissent
               quam
               recentiores
               :
            
             The
             oftner
             they
             were
             used
             ,
             the
             more
             speedily
             and
             powerfully
             did
             they
             perform
             their
             business
             ,
             beyond
             those
             that
             were
             fresh
             ,
             and
             never
             used
             .
          
           
             Now
             Adepti
             gives
             this
             Philosophical
             reason
             of
             the
             rare
             operation
             of
             the
             Bufo
             in
             this
             kind
             ;
             for
             being
             a
             Creature
             naturally
             very
             timorous
             ,
             that
             bears
             a
             perfect
             hatred
             against
             man
             ,
             and
             augmenting
             the
             same
             by
             an
             extraordinary
             fear
             it
             conceives
             at
             the
             presence
             of
             man
             ;
             when
             it
             dyes
             ,
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             seasoned
             
             and
             distained
             with
             such
             an
             Idea
             of
             Fear
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             Cadaver
             retains
             the
             impression
             thereof
             after
             Death
             .
             
               Qui
               terror
               ab
               homine
            
             ,
             saith
             
               Helmont
               ,
               naturalem
               energiam
               sibi
               acquirit
               &
               imprimit
               ,
               contra
               imagines
               territi
               Archei
               in
               homine
               ;
               siquidem
               terror
               Bufonis
               interimit
               &
               annihilat
               Ideas
               territi
               Archei
               humani
               :
            
             This
             terrour
             in
             the
             Bufo
             arising
             from
             the
             aspect
             of
             man
             ,
             acquires
             an
             Energy
             against
             the
             imagination
             of
             the
             terrour
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ;
             that
             which
             is
             natural
             ,
             mortifying
             this
             which
             is
             accidental
             :
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             no
             Poyson
             exerts
             its
             violent
             power
             without
             the
             ferment
             of
             mans
             Mumie
             (
             which
             being
             different
             from
             a
             Brutes
             ,
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             our
             Pest
             doth
             not
             annoy
             them
             )
             neither
             can
             the
             Pest
             infect
             any
             ,
             unless
             there
             be
             a
             symbolical
             Congruity
             and
             Participation
             of
             the
             Ferment
             ;
             wherefore
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             this
             Zenexton
             to
             hinder
             the
             mumial
             Ferment
             from
             receiving
             and
             appropriating
             the
             pestilent
             Poyson
             to
             it self
             ,
             and
             so
             disturbs
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             roost
             in
             that
             immediate
             
             Subject
             ,
             or
             be
             fitted
             to
             it
             .
             Hence
             it
             falls
             out
             ,
             that
             that
             venemous
             Idea
             of
             Hatred
             and
             Terror
             in
             the
             Bufo
             ,
             annihilates
             the
             image
             of
             the
             pestilent
             Poyson
             in
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             which
             strait
             is
             corroborated
             ,
             perceiving
             not
             only
             an
             extinction
             of
             the
             virulent
             Idea
             ,
             but
             also
             finding
             an
             appropinquation
             of
             something
             more
             desponding
             and
             timorous
             than
             it self
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             observed
             that
             the
             Bufo
             is
             a
             Creature
             so
             extreamly
             fearful
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             take
             the
             advantage
             to
             look
             upon
             it
             with
             a
             firmly
             fixed
             intentive
             eye
             for
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             avoidance
             of
             your
             countenance
             ,
             it
             will
             shortly
             dye
             with
             very
             terrour
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             tryed
             .
             Thus
             mans
             Archeus
             beholds
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             Glass
             ,
             the
             picture
             of
             the
             
             Bufo's
             pusillanimity
             ,
             with
             a
             delectable
             reflection
             by
             means
             of
             this
             applicated
             Zenexton
             ,
             which
             by
             Divine
             institution
             procures
             his
             Sanity
             .
          
           
             Divers
             good
             Topical
             Remedies
             may
             be
             made
             use
             of
             with
             good
             success
             ,
             as
             Water-cresses
             ,
             Garden-cresses
             ,
             Bank-cresses
             ,
             
             Horse-Radish
             ,
             Dittander
             ,
             Napellus
             ,
             Aconitum
             ,
             Figgs
             stamped
             and
             boiled
             in
             Vinegar
             ,
             which
             applied
             to
             Bubo's
             and
             Carbuncles
             ,
             have
             an
             excellent
             Faculty
             to
             extract
             the
             Venom
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             any
             tartarous
             matter
             in
             the
             part
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             I
             have
             found
             most
             laudable
             ,
             and
             of
             approved
             experience
             in
             Botches
             and
             Carbuncles
             ,
             is
             a
             Plaister
             made
             of
             the
             Balsom
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             of
             the
             Balsom
             of
             Brimstone
             ,
             
               Bals.
               Fuliginis
            
             ,
             and
             Burgundy
             Pitch
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             trusted
             to
             above
             any
             thing
             I
             have
             met
             with
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           AUTHORS
           APOLOGY
           against
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           the
           GALENISTS
           .
        
         
           WHat
           some
           men
           cannot
           obtain
           by
           fair
           honest
           upright
           means
           they
           will
           try
           to
           purchase
           by
           indirect
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           foul
           courses
           ,
           by
           slanders
           ,
           obloquies
           ,
           scurrilities
           ,
           forgeries
           and
           detractions
           .
           One
           Comfort
           is
           ,
           I
           never
           knew
           the
           Contrivers
           thereof
           long
           to
           prosper
           ,
           but
           still
           at
           length
           they
           drew
           upon
           themselves
           the
           greater
           Odium
           from
           those
           credulous
           Persons
           ,
           whose
           unhappy
           fate
           it
           was
           to
           be
           seduced
           by
           them
           ;
           and
           however
           they
           might
           for
           a
           while
           set
           a
           good
           face
           upon
           their
           unhandsome
           Actions
           ,
           
           deceiving
           some
           indiscreet
           eyes
           ;
           yet
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           discovered
           in
           their
           genuine
           colours
           ,
           they
           alwayes
           came
           off
           with
           deserved
           disgrace
           .
           Certain
           scurrilous
           ,
           lying
           Pamphlets
           have
           been
           vented
           abroad
           against
           me
           ,
           under
           disguised
           Names
           ,
           which
           some
           subtill
           slie
           Wits
           made
           use
           of
           to
           shelter
           themselves
           ,
           being
           conscious
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           should
           come
           to
           a
           Chymical
           Tryal
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           found
           most
           Dross
           .
           Now
           how
           far
           this
           is
           from
           Candour
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           let
           any
           impartial
           man
           judge
           .
           If
           I
           have
           spoken
           ,
           writ
           ,
           or
           done
           any
           thing
           amisse
           in
           Physick
           ,
           I
           am
           forthwith
           ready
           to
           clear
           my self
           ;
           if
           I
           do
           not
           ,
           let
           me
           suffer
           any
           condign
           punishment
           .
           The
           principal
           Design
           of
           the
           Galenists
           ,
           is
           to
           weaken
           the
           sinews
           of
           Truth
           ,
           by
           scandalously
           and
           falsly
           disparaging
           my
           Person
           ,
           calling
           me
           Fanatick
           ,
           one
           of
           an
           Anarchical
           Principle
           ;
           who
           have
           always
           (
           as
           my
           friends
           can
           testifie
           )
           been
           Loyal
           to
           my
           Soveraign
           .
           They
           whisper
           behind
           my
           back
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           no
           Schollar
           ;
           
           because
           that
           I
           have
           not
           spent
           my
           time
           altogether
           like
           themselves
           ,
           a
           company
           of
           Pedants
           ,
           Cavillers
           about
           
             Lana
             Caprina
          
           ,
           Captious
           Sophisters
           ,
           great
           Disputers
           ,
           or
           rather
           Wranglers
           
             Pro
             &
             Con
          
           about
           Quidlibets
           ,
           and
           Quodlibets
           ,
           such
           as
           study
           Cicero
           to
           confute
           Helmont
           ;
           who
           stand
           more
           upon
           a
           word
           mis-placed
           ,
           a
           
             Grammatical
             Errour
          
           ,
           than
           upon
           the
           Loss
           of
           
             a
             Mans
             Life
          
           .
           If
           any
           of
           these
           false
           Impeachers
           dare
           appear
           to
           my
           face
           ,
           I
           should
           easily
           make
           it
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           Galenists
           are
           a
           company
           of
           grand
           talkative
           Impostors
           ,
           Ignorant
           in
           the
           main
           thing
           that
           belongs
           to
           their
           Art
           ,
           the
           radical
           Cure
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           this
           I
           will
           maintain
           ,
           expressing
           my self
           in
           congruous
           
             Latine
             ,
             Greek
          
           ,
           and
           
             Hebrew
             Terms
          
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           Parrot
           or
           Daw
           ,
           that
           hath
           only
           learnt
           
             Verba
             ,
             praeterea
             nihil
          
           ;
           but
           intellectually
           ,
           fruitfully
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           Mankind
           .
           As
           for
           their
           endeavours
           to
           vilifie
           my
           Reputation
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           at
           first
           a
           Practitioner
           in
           Chirurgery
           ,
           
           before
           I
           applied
           my self
           to
           Physick
           (
           although
           an
           untruth
           )
           yet
           it
           conduces
           much
           to
           my
           Credit
           ,
           though
           otherwise
           intended
           by
           them
           :
           For
           let
           me
           tell
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           are
           little
           else
           but
           smooth
           Orators
           ,
           Polyglossi
           ,
           multiloquous
           Doctors
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           but
           truly
           Chirurgi
           ,
           Operators
           with
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           attained
           ere
           this
           a
           farre
           greater
           excellency
           in
           that
           Art
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           are
           extreamly
           deficient
           ,
           to
           their
           remarkable
           shame
           .
           Withall
           I
           would
           have
           my
           Enemies
           know
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           so
           well-grounded
           ,
           principled
           ,
           and
           had
           acquired
           such
           Theorems
           in
           the
           Profession
           of
           Physick
           before
           I
           entered
           upon
           the
           Practical
           part
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           able
           to
           give
           a
           fair
           Rational
           Account
           of
           that
           fraudulent
           way
           ,
           improperly
           called
           Methodical
           ,
           as
           well
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           as
           the
           best
           of
           them
           :
           Yea
           directly
           aiming
           at
           this
           and
           no
           other
           Faculty
           ,
           I
           made
           all
           Inquisition
           possible
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           throughly
           instructed
           ,
           before
           I
           entred
           upon
           Medicinal
           Action
           ;
           
           and
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           after
           long
           Study
           ,
           I
           sought
           for
           ,
           and
           by
           good
           Providence
           found
           out
           a
           faithfull
           Friend
           ,
           at
           first
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           
             omnibus
             suis
             numeris
             &
             partibus
             expletus
             ,
          
           every
           way
           accomplished
           in
           his
           faculty
           ,
           afterward
           an
           expert
           knowing
           Physician
           ,
           one
           that
           was
           persecuted
           maliciously
           and
           wrongfully
           ,
           to
           his
           overthrow
           ,
           by
           the
           Dogmatists
           ,
           for
           preparing
           
             Lac
             Sulphuris
          
           ,
           an
           innocent
           usefull
           Chymical
           Medicine
           ;
           for
           which
           Act
           doubtlesse
           divine
           Nemesis
           will
           at
           length
           bring
           them
           to
           shame
           .
           This
           Gentleman
           conducting
           me
           to
           his
           Patients
           ,
           and
           informing
           me
           concerning
           several
           remarkable
           things
           in
           Physick
           :
           gave
           me
           much
           light
           both
           in
           Galenical
           and
           Spagyrical
           Practice
           ;
           the
           last
           whereof
           ,
           according
           as
           I
           could
           judge
           then
           ,
           above
           Twenty
           years
           past
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           most
           effectual
           :
           yet
           unwilling
           to
           forsake
           the
           old
           beaten
           Road
           of
           the
           Antients
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           presently
           subscribe
           rashly
           to
           that
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           was
           forced
           afterwards
           by
           degrees
           to
           grant
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           to
           be
           
           Truth
           ,
           much
           inconsistent
           at
           that
           time
           with
           my
           Profit
           .
           Then
           desiring
           to
           do
           all
           things
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           decently
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           ,
           I
           purchased
           a
           Doctoral
           Diplôma
           to
           justifie
           my
           Practice
           legally
           in
           any
           place
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           which
           I
           would
           rather
           burn
           ,
           than
           not
           be
           worthy
           .
           Indeed
           it
           is
           an
           unsufferable
           Shame
           ,
           and
           a
           lamentable
           Calamity
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           That
           Idiots
           ,
           meer
           Dunces
           in
           Philosophy
           should
           take
           their
           degrees
           
             Modo
             tot
             Annos
          
           (
           as
           Learned
           ,
           Honest
           Mr.
           Burton
           saith
           )
           
             in
             Academia
             insumpserint
          
           ;
           if
           they
           have
           been
           of
           so
           long
           standing
           in
           the
           University
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           a
           rush
           whether
           they
           be
           
             Literatores
             an
             Litorati
             ,
             modò
             pingues
             ,
             nitidi
             ,
             ad
             aspectum
             speciosi
             ,
             &
             pecuniosi
             :
          
           And
           as
           he
           proceeds
           ,
           
             Philosophastri
             licentiantur
             in
             Artibus
             ,
             Artem
             qui
             non
             habent
             :
             Eosque
             sapientes
             esse
             jubent
             ,
             qui
             nulla
             praediti
             sunt
             sapientia
             ,
             &
             nihil
             ad
             gradum
             praeterquam
             velle
             adferunt
             .
          
           Many
           such
           kind
           of
           Medicasters
           we
           have
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           degraded
           ,
           that
           Deserving
           men
           ,
           that
           
           have
           a
           just
           Title
           and
           Right
           to
           this
           Honourable
           Profession
           ,
           might
           be
           better
           esteemed
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           so
           vilified
           by
           a
           company
           of
           illiterate
           Pseudo-Chymists
           ,
           who
           seeing
           the
           Weakness
           of
           these
           Titular
           Doctors
           in
           their
           Art
           ,
           take
           occasion
           to
           slight
           those
           that
           have
           according
           to
           their
           due
           Merit
           been
           thus
           Dignified
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           wiping
           off
           those
           Aspersions
           that
           they
           have
           wrongfully
           cast
           upon
           my
           own
           Person
           ,
           Next
           ,
           I
           shall
           answer
           in
           short
           to
           some
           things
           thrown
           in
           my
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           often
           charged
           upon
           me
           in
           reference
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           noble
           Spagyrick
           Science
           .
        
         
           They
           upbraid
           me
           ,
           That
           I
           frequently
           meet
           and
           join
           with
           an
           illiterate
           Rabble
           ,
           Gunsmiths
           ,
           Heel-makers
           and
           Botchers
           ,
           that
           Rail
           against
           the
           Universities
           ,
           and
           all
           Learning
           in
           general
           .
           This
           I
           confess
           ingenuously
           is
           the
           worst
           they
           can
           say
           of
           me
           :
           That
           once
           I
           did
           for
           a
           time
           associate
           my self
           (
           for
           the
           Promotion
           of
           that
           useful
           Chymical
           Art
           ,
           some
           Learned
           Chymists
           ,
           as
           Dr.
           Dey
           ,
           Dr.
           Manwaring
           ,
           
           &c.
           true
           Disciples
           of
           Helmont
           ,
           being
           likewise
           present
           )
           with
           several
           Unlearned
           ,
           Unexperimented
           Pretenders
           thereto
           ;
           who
           ,
           not
           invited
           ,
           but
           intruded
           themselves
           impudently
           among
           us
           :
           But
           perceiving
           in
           a
           short
           space
           my self
           defiled
           by
           their
           Heady
           ,
           High-minded
           ,
           Rude
           Boasting
           ,
           Insolent
           ,
           Preposterous
           Carriage
           ,
           I
           strait
           withdrew
           ,
           and
           washed
           my
           hands
           of
           such
           Dirty
           Companions
           :
           And
           when
           ever
           after
           it
           was
           my
           Chance
           to
           come
           into
           any
           of
           their
           Company
           singly
           ,
           I
           sharply
           Reproved
           them
           for
           their
           bitter
           Invectives
           against
           Learning
           .
           When
           a
           Pragmatical
           Stickler
           not
           long
           ago
           did
           speak
           in
           Contempt
           of
           Learning
           ,
           asserting
           ,
           
             That
             a
             man
             might
             be
             a
             sufficient
             Chymist
             ,
             without
             the
             Languages
          
           ;
           I
           replied
           ,
           
             That
             the
             same
             Person
             would
             be
             far
             better
             ,
             had
             he
             been
             qualified
             with
             Literature
             as
             he
             ought
             .
          
           So
           much
           Respect
           have
           I
           for
           some
           Professors
           of
           Physick
           ,
           though
           great
           Oppugners
           of
           true
           Chymistry
           ,
           yet
           otherwise
           very
           well
           endowed
           ,
           That
           did
           they
           not
           abuse
           the
           Gift
           of
           
           Tongues
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Idleness
           of
           their
           Hands
           ,
           that
           pernicious
           course
           of
           Bleeding
           ,
           colliquating
           uncorrected
           Purgatives
           ;
           did
           they
           not
           defend
           too
           obstinately
           (
           against
           all
           demonstrative
           Conviction
           )
           fruitless
           ,
           feculent
           ,
           dull
           ,
           nastie
           Medicaments
           ,
           Blisterings
           ,
           Issues
           ,
           Cuppings
           ,
           and
           Scarifications
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           did
           not
           mans
           Life
           stand
           in
           Competition
           with
           these
           Tenents
           ,
           I
           should
           Honour
           ,
           Reverence
           ,
           and
           Admire
           them
           above
           others
           .
           But
           as
           they
           have
           ordered
           the
           Matter
           ,
           I
           may
           in
           Verity
           affirm
           ,
           That
           it
           had
           been
           happier
           that
           they
           had
           never
           known
           how
           to
           have
           worded
           it
           so
           well
           ,
           unless
           they
           had
           been
           more
           skilful
           to
           have
           worked
           better
           for
           the
           Preservation
           and
           Cure
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           for
           so
           far
           as
           I
           can
           understand
           ,
           their
           knowledge
           of
           words
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           an
           Introduction
           to
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           things
           ,
           is
           become
           a
           Remora
           ,
           a
           Pull-back
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           make
           an
           effectual
           progress
           in
           what
           is
           most
           necessarily
           Scientifick
           in
           Physick
           ,
           and
           
           withall
           ,
           not
           a
           little
           scandalous
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           harboured
           but
           mean
           Conceits
           of
           Verbal
           Notions
           ,
           seeing
           so
           few
           salutary
           Actions
           proceeding
           therefrom
           .
        
         
           I
           confesse
           I
           am
           not
           a
           little
           ashamed
           ,
           when
           I
           hear
           of
           ,
           and
           am
           twitted
           with
           the
           great
           abuses
           in
           Chymistry
           ,
           committed
           by
           some
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           thought
           stout
           defenders
           of
           the
           same
           .
           When
           I
           am
           told
           of
           an
           illiterate
           ,
           impudent
           fellow
           ,
           a
           very
           shame
           to
           the
           Art
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           fee
           with
           Midwifes
           ,
           Nurses
           ,
           Busie
           ,
           prating
           ,
           wandering
           women
           ,
           that
           cry
           him
           up
           for
           a
           brave
           Doctor
           ,
           who
           cannot
           ,
           as
           the
           Proverb
           is
           ,
           
             say
             Boh
             to
             a
             Goose
          
           ;
           being
           neither
           truly
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Theory
           or
           Practick
           ,
           hath
           only
           got
           a
           fabrick
           of
           fair
           beautifull
           Furnaces
           ,
           which
           speaks
           more
           for
           him
           ,
           ten
           to
           one
           ,
           than
           he
           can
           for
           the
           Art
           ,
           or
           himself
           .
           When
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           this
           is
           objected
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           undeniable
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           break
           forth
           into
           indignation
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Divine
           Science
           should
           be
           thus
           polluted
           ,
           by
           
           every
           profane
           Idiot
           .
           When
           a
           sad
           Relation
           comes
           to
           my
           ear
           ,
           at
           length
           confirmed
           without
           further
           doubt
           ,
           that
           an
           upstart
           Chymist
           ,
           taking
           upon
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Champion
           of
           Hermes
           ,
           and
           writing
           a
           copious
           Tract
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           this
           way
           ,
           (
           containing
           much
           Truth
           )
           should
           take
           into
           his
           hand
           a
           Patient
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Quality
           ,
           enjoying
           his
           Health
           at
           that
           time
           (
           according
           to
           his
           Friends
           testimony
           ,
           better
           than
           he
           had
           a
           long
           space
           before
           )
           should
           sequester
           him
           into
           a
           by-corner
           ,
           mure
           him
           up
           in
           a
           Quacks
           House
           ,
           separate
           him
           from
           his
           entire
           Friends
           ,
           should
           for
           prevention
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Tincture
           (
           as
           some
           knowing
           Physicians
           affirm
           )
           of
           the
           
             Venereal
             Lues
          
           ,
           salivate
           him
           ,
           (
           or
           ,
           as
           that
           Gang
           hath
           found
           a
           new
           Term
           ,
           Nod
           him
           )
           to
           the
           one
           and
           twentieth
           day
           with
           
             Mercurius
             Dulcis
          
           ,
           often
           repeated
           ,
           (
           a
           Medicine
           unworthy
           to
           be
           used
           by
           a
           free-born
           Son
           of
           Art
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           better
           )
           and
           that
           against
           his
           own
           Judgement
           ,
           led
           ,
           as
           he
           pretends
           ,
           by
           
           the
           Importunity
           of
           his
           Patient
           into
           this
           course
           :
           that
           he
           should
           after
           the
           exhibition
           of
           prepared
           Pearl
           (
           whether
           Galenical
           or
           Chymical
           they
           best
           know
           )
           prescribe
           a
           Diet-Drink
           on
           the
           17th
           day
           ,
           and
           then
           afterward
           slop
           him
           with
           syrrup
           of
           Violets
           ,
           Rose-water
           ,
           and
           Milk
           ,
           distilled
           with
           spotted
           Lungwort
           ,
           Coltsfoot
           ,
           Sage
           ,
           Wood-sorrell
           ,
           Plantain
           ,
           Succory
           ,
           (
           O
           Brave
           Chymist
           !
           I
           am
           perswaded
           he
           will
           write
           ere
           long
           for
           the
           Galenists
           )
           and
           then
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           to
           suffer
           this
           distressed
           Gentleman
           ,
           dying
           on
           the
           24th
           day
           ,
           to
           be
           concealed
           9.
           dayes
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           from
           his
           dear
           Brothers
           ,
           (
           without
           admission
           of
           other
           advice
           )
           who
           at
           length
           inquiring
           of
           his
           Physician
           for
           his
           Corps
           ,
           was
           denyed
           by
           him
           the
           discovery
           thereof
           ;
           and
           having
           at
           length
           with
           much
           ado
           found
           it
           out
           ,
           summoned
           the
           Physician
           and
           others
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           (
           pretended
           to
           be
           embalmed
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           manifest
           upon
           the
           inspection
           )
           might
           fairly
           be
           opened
           for
           their
           own
           satisfaction
           ,
           
           and
           the
           acquittance
           of
           those
           that
           were
           about
           him
           :
           which
           reasonable
           desire
           was
           denyed
           by
           the
           Physician
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           prevented
           by
           him
           ;
           That
           this
           supposed
           Chymist
           should
           (
           to
           excuse
           this
           foul
           Businesse
           ,
           )
           afterward
           impeach
           an
           Honest
           laborious
           Chymist
           (
           who
           had
           given
           Physick
           to
           this
           person
           the
           aforesaid
           Pseudo-Chymist
           his
           Patient
           two
           years
           before
           ,
           and
           not
           since
           )
           that
           he
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           this
           Gentlemans
           Death
           .
           Whereas
           I
           heard
           it
           attested
           by
           one
           of
           Credit
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           gratefull
           acknowledgement
           of
           the
           Patient
           at
           that
           time
           both
           by
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           received
           very
           great
           Benefit
           by
           the
           foresaid
           falsely
           accused
           Physician
           .
           When
           ,
           I
           say
           such
           an
           ugly
           Story
           comes
           to
           my
           ear
           ,
           often
           repeated
           to
           me
           as
           one
           concerned
           ,
           by
           persons
           of
           Credit
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           the
           Brothers
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           deceased
           ,
           men
           of
           Integrity
           and
           Good
           Report
           ,
           who
           had
           most
           of
           what
           I
           deliver
           here
           from
           the
           Pseudo
           Chymists
           own
           Mouth
           ;
           when
           being
           upbraided
           ,
           I
           
           am
           made
           sensible
           how
           this
           Base
           filthy
           Action
           (
           not
           to
           be
           excused
           by
           any
           ,
           unlesse
           one
           of
           a
           superlative
           Impudence
           )
           reflects
           upon
           the
           Chymical
           Profession
           ,
           and
           the
           Honest
           Able
           Professors
           of
           this
           Illustrious
           Art
           ,
           to
           the
           diminution
           of
           its
           repute
           among
           ,
           those
           that
           have
           not
           altogether
           a
           clear
           understanding
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           I
           cannot
           conceive
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           some
           evil
           Spirit
           of
           Darknesse
           is
           changed
           into
           an
           Angel
           of
           Light
           ,
           and
           and
           is
           become
           on
           a
           sudden
           a
           Galeno-Chymist
           ,
           a
           Pseudo-Chymist
           ,
           a
           meer
           Logo-Chymist
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Plano
             Chymist
          
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           bring
           an
           infamy
           upon
           Truth
           ,
           to
           delude
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           to
           frustrate
           it
           of
           that
           happinesse
           it
           might
           enjoy
           by
           Pious
           ,
           Honest
           ,
           Modest
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           or
           Lovers
           of
           Learning
           truly
           expert
           laborious
           Spagyrists
           .
           But
           enough
           of
           this
           :
           I
           shall
           leave
           this
           Antesignanus
           of
           Confusion
           and
           Deformity
           ,
           with
           some
           of
           his
           Complices
           ,
           to
           be
           further
           examined
           by
           Justice
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           a
           full
           discussion
           of
           this
           foul
           oblique
           Business
           .
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           return
           once
           more
           to
           the
           Galenists
           ,
           at
           whose
           doors
           most
           of
           these
           grand
           Mischiefs
           in
           Physick
           may
           justly
           be
           laid
           .
           'T
           is
           through
           their
           Idleness
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           Negligence
           ,
           Ignorance
           ,
           Egregious
           Insufficiency
           in
           their
           Art
           ,
           that
           such
           disguised
           Stentors
           in
           Chymistry
           ,
           such
           scandalous
           Persons
           ,
           
             Omnium
             horarum
             homunciones
             ,
             Nebulones
             ,
             viles
             Scurrae
             ,
             Idiotae
             ,
             Fungi
             merum
             pocus
          
           ;
           such
           as
           will
           sell
           a
           mans
           life
           ,
           rush
           into
           this
           Divine
           Art
           ,
           and
           prostitute
           their
           Souls
           for
           Gain
           !
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Dogmatists
           are
           exceeding
           Culpable
           herein
           ,
           that
           might
           in
           due
           time
           have
           prevented
           most
           of
           these
           Iatrical
           Calamities
           ;
           for
           had
           they
           followed
           their
           Function
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           Candidly
           ,
           Conscientiously
           ,
           and
           Laboriously
           ,
           these
           things
           had
           never
           been
           .
           Notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           they
           still
           persevere
           in
           their
           indirect
           way
           ,
           as
           obstinate
           as
           any
           Jew
           ;
           whereas
           if
           they
           would
           (
           laying
           aside
           their
           present
           secular
           Interest
           )
           be
           so
           ingenuous
           to
           submit
           to
           Chymical
           Truth
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           farther
           than
           I
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           
           are
           able
           to
           demonstrate
           visibly
           the
           certainty
           thereof
           .
           These
           Meteors
           in
           Chymistry
           ,
           these
           inflated
           Bubbles
           would
           come
           to
           Nothing
           .
        
         
           But
           instead
           of
           this
           Candor
           and
           Ingenuity
           ,
           they
           still
           stand
           upon
           the
           justification
           of
           their
           Mortiferous
           Principles
           ;
           for
           that
           end
           ,
           one
           of
           that
           Fraternity
           ,
           Mr.
           
             N.
             H.
          
           hath
           divulged
           a
           Sophistical
           Treatise
           ,
           for
           Vindication
           and
           Assertion
           of
           Galenical
           Opinions
           .
           Some
           little
           cursory
           View
           I
           chanced
           to
           have
           of
           it
           ,
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           me
           what
           this
           Juggler
           and
           his
           Assistants
           aim
           at
           .
           In
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           I
           took
           Notice
           how
           he
           importunes
           his
           Grace
           to
           promote
           the
           speedy
           enacting
           of
           Convenient
           Lawes
           ,
           whereby
           Illegal
           Practisers
           may
           be
           restrained
           and
           punished
           .
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           soul
           that
           this
           Mr.
           
             N.
             H.
          
           might
           have
           his
           request
           :
           supposed
           he
           and
           his
           Fellows
           might
           likewise
           be
           forced
           to
           undergo
           a
           Chymical
           Trial
           ,
           that
           their
           foul
           D●osse
           in
           Physick
           might
           be
           discovered
           ,
           and
           their
           Cut-throat
           Bleeding
           in
           the
           Small
           Pox
           ,
           and
           other
           Malignant
           
           Feavers
           ,
           to
           the
           Losse
           of
           the
           Life
           of
           some
           Heroes
           ,
           might
           be
           made
           apparent
           ;
           then
           I
           am
           certain
           They
           ,
           as
           illegal
           Practisers
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           first
           that
           the
           Law
           would
           lay
           hold
           on
           to
           restrain
           and
           punish
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Demerits
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           had
           leisure
           been
           granted
           me
           to
           have
           strictly
           perused
           Mr.
           
             N.
             H.
          
           his
           Garrulous
           Tract
           ,
           (
           contrived
           by
           one
           of
           his
           Sophistical
           wily
           Brethren
           ,
           lying
           couched
           in
           time
           of
           the
           Pest
           ,
           and
           garnished
           with
           many
           polite
           ,
           trimm
           words
           ,
           and
           back'd
           by
           specious
           Authority
           of
           Writers
           ,
           but
           mis-applyed
           ,
           mis-interpreted
           ,
           
             nihil
             ad
             Rhombum
          
           ,
           nothing
           pertinent
           to
           the
           main
           thing
           ,
           which
           every
           Honest
           Able
           Physician
           is
           bound
           to
           take
           in
           hand
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           cure
           Man
           as
           he
           ought
           .
           )
           I
           should
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           have
           given
           some
           answer
           to
           his
           egregious
           Folly
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           enough
           that
           I
           have
           challenged
           this
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           in
           Galeno-proclosis
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           he
           is
           grosly
           Ignorant
           in
           the
           Fundamental
           Cure
           of
           any
           Malignant
           Feaver
           .
           And
           once
           more
           I
           propose
           
           to
           him
           this
           undeniably
           equal
           determination
           of
           our
           Controversies
           by
           Fact
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           meet
           me
           in
           any
           Hospital
           ,
           with
           competent
           Arbitratours
           agreed
           upon
           by
           us
           both
           ;
           and
           according
           as
           they
           shall
           Judge
           of
           our
           Actions
           ,
           so
           let
           them
           proclaim
           us
           to
           the
           World.
           If
           he
           deny
           to
           accept
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           publish
           him
           ,
           no
           other
           than
           a
           meer
           sounding
           peece
           of
           Vacuity
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           Sold
           by
           Nathaniel
           Crouch
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           Exchange
           Alley
           ,
           near
           Lombard-street
           .
        
         
           THE
           Compleat
           Bone-setter
           Enlarged
           ,
           being
           the
           Method
           of
           Curing
           Bones
           ,
           Dislocated
           Joints
           ,
           and
           Ruptures
           ,
           commonly
           called
           Broken
           Bellies
           :
           To
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           
             
               The
            
             
               Perfect
               Oculist
               ,
            
             
               Mirrour
               of
               Health
               ,
            
             
               Judgment
               of
               Urines
               .
            
          
           Treating
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Diseases
           ,
           by
           
             Robert
             Turner
          
           Med.
           
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           Actions
           of
           St.
           Athanasius
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Rise
           ,
           Growth
           ,
           and
           Downfall
           of
           the
           Arrian
           Heresie
           .
           Collected
           from
           Primitive
           Writers
           ,
           by
           
             N.
             B.
             P.
             C.
          
           
        
         
         
           Euclids
           Elements
           ,
           the
           whole
           Fifteen
           Books
           ,
           Compendiously
           demonstrated
           by
           
             Isaac
             Barrow
          
           ,
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           An
           Exposition
           ,
           with
           useful
           Observations
           ,
           upon
           the
           Prophesie
           of
           Ezekiel
           ,
           delivered
           at
           several
           Lectures
           in
           London
           ,
           by
           
             William
             Greenhill
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Knowledge
           of
           Christ
           indispensably
           required
           of
           all
           men
           that
           would
           be
           saved
           ;
           or
           demonstrative
           Proofs
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           Crucified
           Jesus
           is
           the
           Christ
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Types
           ,
           Prophesies
           ,
           Genealogies
           ,
           Miracles
           ,
           Humiliation
           ,
           Exaltation
           ,
           and
           Meditorial
           Office
           of
           Christ
           are
           opened
           and
           applied
           ,
           in
           sundry
           Sermons
           on
           Acts
           2.
           36.
           by
           
             Iohn
             Davenport
          
           of
           Newhaven
           in
           
             New
             England
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Marriage
           Song
           ,
           and
           mutual
           spiritual
           Embraces
           between
           Christ
           and
           his
           Spouse
           :
           Opened
           in
           an
           Exposition
           ,
           with
           Practical
           Notes
           and
           Observations
           on
           the
           whole
           Forty
           fifth
           Psalm
           ,
           by
           
             William
             Troughton
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           with
           an
           Epistle
           Commendatory
           ,
           by
           
             Ioseph
             Caryl
          
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Person
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           therein
           a
           discourse
           about
           the
           knowledge
           ,
           1.
           
           Of
           God
           ,
           who
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           one
           he
           is
           .
           2.
           
           Of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           one
           he
           is
           .
           3.
           
           Of
           the
           first
           Promise
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           first
           Publication
           of
           the
           Mystery
           of
           him
           .
           4.
           
           Of
           the
           Times
           and
           Years
           of
           the
           first
           Fathers
           .
           5.
           
           Of
           the
           Account
           of
           Years
           from
           the
           Creation
           to
           the
           Flood
           ,
           and
           from
           both
           to
           the
           first
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           probably
           to
           his
           second
           Coming
           .
           6
           Of
           Election
           .
        
         
           The
           Abrogation
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           ,
           or
           Sabbath
           of
           the
           Seventh
           day
           of
           the
           Week
           ,
           by
           
             William
             Aspinwall
          
           .
        
         
           An
           Improvement
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           upon
           the
           Nine
           Nautical
           Verses
           of
           the
           107th
           Psalm
           ,
           discovering
           the
           great
           and
           many
           Hazards
           Mariners
           meet
           with
           in
           tempestuous
           Seas
           ,
           and
           their
           Deliverances
           .
           Together
           with
           a
           full
           description
           of
           many
           various
           Objects
           they
           behold
           on
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           viz.
           All
           sorts
           of
           Fish
           ,
           Fowl
           ,
           Beasts
           wild
           and
           tame
           ;
           all
           sorts
           of
           Trees
           ,
           Fruits
           ,
           Peoples
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           Towns
           and
           Countries
           .
           By
           
             Daniel
             Pell
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .