Of the sympathetick powder a discourse in a solemn assembly at Montpellier / made in French by Sir Kenelm Digby, Knight, 1657.
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             Of the sympathetick powder a discourse in a solemn assembly at Montpellier / made in French by Sir Kenelm Digby, Knight, 1657.
             Discours fait en une célèbre assemblée, touchant la guérison des playes par la poudre de sympathie. English
             Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
          
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             1669.
          
           
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           OF
           THE
           Sympathetick
           Powder
           .
        
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           IN
           A
           Solemn
           Assembly
           AT
           MONTPELLIER
           .
        
         
           Made
           ,
           in
           French
           ,
           BY
           Sir
           
             KENELM
             DIGBY
          
           ,
           Knight
           1657.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Iohn
           VVilliams
           ,
           1669.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           OF
           The
           Cure
           of
           WOUNDS
           ,
           BY
           THE
           POWDER
           of
           SYMPATHY
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Believe
           you
           will
           remain
           all
           in
           one
           mind
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           ,
           to
           penetrate
           and
           know
           a
           Subject
           ,
           't
           is
           necessary
           ,
           in
           th●
           first
           place
           ,
           to
           shew
           whether
           the
           thing
           be
           such
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           s●pp●sed
           or
           imagined
           to
           be
           :
           For
           would
           not
           one
           unprofitably
           lose
           both
           his
           time
           and
           labour
           ,
           to
           busie
           himself
           in
           the
           re-sea●ch
           of
           the
           causes
           ,
           of
           that
           which
           peradventure
           is
           but
           a
           Chim●ra
           ,
           with-any
           foundation
           of
           truth
           ?
        
         
           I
           remember
           to
           have
           read
           a
           place
           in
           Plut●rch
           ,
           where
           he
           proposeth
           this
           Question
           ,
           Why
           those
           Horses
           ,
           who
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           Colts
           ,
           have
           been
           pursued
           by
           the
           Wolf
           and
           saved
           themselv●
           by
           force
           of
           runing
           ,
           are
           more
           fleet
           than
           other
           H●r●es
           ?
           Wherto
           he
           answers
           ,
           That
           it
           may
           be
           the
           scaring
           and
           aff●●ghtment
           ,
           which
           the
           Wolf
           gives
           the
           young
           beast
           ,
           makes
           h●m
           try
           his
           utmost
           strength
           ,
           to
           del●ver
           himself
           from
           the
           danger
           that
           
           follows
           him
           at
           the
           heels
           :
           therfore
           ,
           the
           said
           fright
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           unknits
           his
           joy●ts
           ,
           and
           stretches
           his
           sinews
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           ligaments
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           his
           body
           the
           more
           supple
           to
           run
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           he
           resents
           it
           all
           his
           life
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           becomes
           a
           good
           Courser
           .
           Or
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           those
           Colts
           ,
           which
           are
           naturally
           swift
           ,
           save
           themselvs
           by
           flying
           away
           ;
           wheras
           others
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           so
           ,
           are
           overtaken
           by
           the
           Wolf
           ,
           and
           so
           become
           his
           prey
           :
           and
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           because
           they
           have
           escaped
           the
           Wolf
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           more
           fleet
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           their
           natura●
           swiftness
           that
           saves
           them
           .
           He
           affords
           also
           other
           reasons
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           concludes
           ,
           That
           it
           may
           be
           the
           thing
           is
           not
           true
           .
           I
           find
           it
           not
           so
           fit
           (
           my
           Lords
           )
           to
           reply
           hereto
           at
           a
           Table
           D●scourse
           :
           where
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           conversation
           is
           to
           pass
           away
           the
           time
           gently
           and
           pleasantly
           ;
           without
           medling
           with
           the
           severity
           of
           high
           fetcht
           reasons
           ,
           to
           wind
           up
           the
           spirits
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           more
           attentive
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           so
           renowned
           an
           Assembly
           as
           this
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           such
           Judicious
           Persons
           and
           so
           profoundly
           learned
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           upon
           this
           rancounter
           ,
           expect
           from
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           pay
           them
           in
           solid
           reasons
           ;
           I
           should
           be
           very
           sorry
           ,
           that
           ,
           having
           done
           my
           uttermost
           to
           make
           it
           clear
           ,
           How
           the
           Powder
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           commonly
           call
           the
           
             Powder
             of
             Sympathy
          
           )
           doth
           ,
           naturally
           and
           without
           any
           Magick
           ,
           cure
           wounds
           without
           touching
           them
           ,
           yea
           ,
           without
           seeing
           of
           the
           Patient
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           very
           sorry
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           doubted
           ,
           Whether
           such
           a
           cure
           may
           effectually
           be
           perform'd
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           In
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           the
           determination
           of
           the
           existence
           and
           truth
           of
           a
           thing
           depends
           on
           the
           report
           which
           our
           Senses
           make
           us
           .
           This
           business
           is
           of
           that
           nature
           ;
           Wherin
           ,
           they
           ,
           who
           have
           seen
           the
           effects
           and
           had
           experience
           therof
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           careful
           to
           examine
           all
           necessary
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           satisfied
           themselves
           afterwards
           that
           there
           is
           no
           imposture
           in
           the
           thing
           ,
           nothing
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           is
           real
           and
           true
           ;
           And
           ,
           they
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           seen
           such
           experiences
           ,
           ought
           to
           refer
           themselvs
           to
           Narrations
           and
           Authority
           of
           such
           as
           have
           .
           I
           could
           produce
           divers
           wherof
           I
           was
           an
           ocular
           witness
           ;
           nay
           ,
           
             Quorum
             p●rs
             m●gna
             fui
          
           :
           But
           as
           a
           certain
           and
           eminent
           example
           in
           the
           affirmative
           is
           convincing
           ,
           to
           determine
           the
           possibility
           and
           truth
           of
           a
           matter
           in
           doubt
           ;
           I
           shall
           content
           my self
           (
           because
           I
           would
           not
           trespass
           too
           much
           upon
           your
           patience
           at
           this
           time
           )
           to
           
           instance
           in
           one
           only
           .
           But
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           one
           of
           the
           clearest
           ,
           the
           most
           perspicuous
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           averred
           that
           can
           be
           ;
           not
           only
           for
           the
           remarkable
           circumstances
           therof
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           the
           hands
           (
           which
           were
           above
           the
           Vulgar
           )
           through
           which
           the
           whole
           business
           passed
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           cure
           of
           a
           very
           sore
           hurt
           was
           perfected
           by
           this
           
             Powder
             of
             Sympathy
          
           ,
           upon
           a
           Person
           illustrious
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           his
           many
           perfection●
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           several
           employments
           .
           All
           the
           circumstances
           were
           examined
           and
           sounded
           to
           the
           bottom
           ,
           by
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           knowing
           K●ngs
           of
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           viz.
           King
           Iames
           of
           England
           ;
           who
           had
           a
           particular
           talent
           and
           marvailous
           sagacity
           ,
           to
           discusse
           natural
           things
           ,
           and
           penetrate
           them
           to
           the
           very
           marrow
           :
           As
           also
           by
           his
           Son
           ,
           the
           late
           King
           Charles
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           their
           prime
           Minister
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           fine
           ,
           all
           was
           registred
           among
           the
           Observations
           of
           the
           great
           Chancelor
           ,
           Bacon
           ,
           to
           add
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Appendix
           ,
           to
           his
           Natural
           History
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           have
           understood
           this
           History
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           accuse
           me
           of
           Vanity
           ,
           if
           I
           attribute
           to
           my self
           the
           Introducing
           this
           way
           of
           Cure
           ,
           into
           this
           Quarter
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Iames
             Howel
          
           ,
           (
           well
           known
           in
           France
           ,
           for
           his
           publick
           Works
           ;
           and
           particularly
           ,
           for
           his
           Dendrologia
           ,
           translated
           into
           French
           by
           Monsier
           Baud●uin
           )
           coming
           by
           ,
           by
           chance
           ,
           as
           two
           of
           his
           best
           friends
           were
           fighting
           in
           D●el
           ,
           did
           his
           endeavour
           to
           part
           them
           ;
           and
           ,
           putting
           himself
           between
           them
           ,
           seiz'd
           with
           his
           left
           ●and
           upon
           the
           Hilt
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Comb●●ants
           ,
           while
           with
           his
           right
           he
           laid
           hold
           of
           the
           Blade
           of
           the
           other
           .
           They
           ,
           being
           transported
           with
           fury
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           strugled
           to
           rid
           themselvs
           of
           the
           hindrance
           their
           Friend
           made
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           not
           kill
           one
           another
           :
           and
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           roughly
           drawing
           the
           Blade
           of
           his
           Sword
           ,
           cut
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           bone
           ,
           the
           nervs
           and
           mus●les
           of
           Mr.
           Howe●'s
           ●and
           :
           and
           then
           the
           other
           ,
           di●ingaging
           his
           H●lt
           ,
           gave
           a
           cross
           blow
           on
           his
           Adversaries
           head
           ,
           which
           glanced
           towards
           his
           Friend
           ;
           who
           ,
           heaving
           up
           his
           hand
           to
           save
           the
           blow
           ,
           was
           wounded
           on
           the
           back
           of
           his
           hand
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           been
           before
           within
           .
           It
           seems
           some
           st●ange
           Con●●ellation
           reign'd
           then
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           sho●ld
           lo●●
           so
           much
           blood
           by
           parting
           two
           such
           dear
           Friends
           ,
           who
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           themselvs
           ,
           would
           have
           h●z●rded
           both
           their
           lives
           to
           have
           preserved
           His
           :
           B●t
           ,
           this
           unvoluntary
           effusion
           of
           blood
           by
           them
           ,
           prevented
           that
           
           which
           they
           should
           have
           drawn
           one
           from
           the
           other
           .
           For
           they
           ,
           seeing
           Mr.
           Howel's
           face
           besmear'd
           with
           blood
           by
           heaving
           up
           his
           wounded
           hand
           ,
           both
           ran
           to
           embrace
           him
           :
           and
           having
           sea●ch'd
           his
           hurts
           ,
           they
           bound
           up
           his
           Hand
           with
           one
           of
           his
           Garters
           ,
           to
           close
           the
           Veins
           which
           were
           cut
           and
           bled
           abundantly
           .
           They
           brought
           him
           home
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           a
           Chyrurgeon
           :
           But
           this
           being
           heard
           at
           Court
           ,
           the
           King
           sent
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Chyrurgeons
           ;
           for
           his
           Majesty
           much
           ●ffected
           the
           said
           M
           ●
           .
           Howel
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           my
           chance
           to
           be
           lodged
           hard
           by
           him
           ;
           and
           ,
           four
           or
           five
           dayes
           after
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           making
           my self
           ready
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           and
           pray'd
           me
           to
           view
           his
           wounds
           ,
           :
           for
           I
           understand
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           extraordinary
           remedies
           upon
           such
           occasions
           ;
           and
           my
           Chyrurgeons
           apprehend
           some
           fear
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           grow
           to
           a
           Gangrene
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           hand
           must
           be
           cut
           off
           .
           In
           effect
           ,
           his
           countenance
           discover'd
           that
           he
           was
           in
           much
           pain
           ;
           which
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           was
           insupportable
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           extream
           inflammation
           .
           I
           told
           him
           that
           I
           would
           willingly
           serve
           him
           :
           but
           if
           ,
           haply
           ,
           he
           knew
           the
           manner
           how
           I
           would
           cure
           him
           ,
           without
           touching
           or
           seeing
           him
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           he
           would
           not
           expose
           himself
           to
           my
           manner
           of
           curing
           ;
           because
           he
           would
           think
           it
           ,
           peradventure
           ,
           either
           ineffectual
           or
           superstitious
           .
           He
           reply'd
           ,
           The
           wonderful
           things
           which
           many
           have
           related
           to
           me
           ,
           of
           your
           way
           of
           medicament
           ,
           makes
           me
           nothing
           doubt
           of
           its
           efficacy
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           I
           have
           to
           say
           to
           you
           is
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Spanish
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Hagase
             el
             milagro
             ,
             y
             hagalo
             ,
          
           Mahoma
           ,
           Let
           the
           miracle
           be
           done
           ,
           though
           Mahomet
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           ask'd
           him
           ,
           then
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           that
           had
           the
           blood
           upon
           it
           ;
           so
           he
           presently
           sent
           for
           his
           Garter
           ,
           wherewith
           his
           hand
           was
           first
           bound
           :
           and
           as
           I
           call'd
           for
           a
           Bason
           of
           water
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           would
           wash
           my
           hands
           ;
           I
           took
           a
           handful
           of
           Powder
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           in
           my
           Study
           ,
           and
           presently
           dissolv'd
           it
           .
           As
           soon
           as
           the
           bloody
           Garter
           was
           brought
           me
           ,
           I
           put
           it
           in
           the
           Bason
           ,
           observing
           the
           while
           what
           Mr.
           Howel
           did
           ;
           who
           stood
           talking
           with
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           a
           corner
           of
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           not
           regarding
           at
           all
           what
           I
           was
           doing
           :
           But
           he
           started
           suddenly
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           found
           some
           strange
           alteration
           in
           himself
           .
           I
           ask'd
           him
           what
           he
           ail'd
           ?
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ails
           me
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           but
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           I
           feel
           no
           more
           pain
           :
           me-thinks
           ,
           a
           pleasing
           kind
           of
           freshness
           ,
           as
           it
           
           were
           a
           wet
           cold
           napkin
           spread
           it self
           over
           my
           hand
           ;
           which
           hath
           taken
           away
           the
           inflammation
           that
           tormented
           me
           before
           .
           I
           reply'd
           ,
           since
           then
           you
           feel
           already
           so
           good
           an
           effect
           of
           my
           medicament
           ,
           I
           advise
           you
           to
           cast
           away
           all
           your
           plaisters
           ;
           only
           keep
           the
           wound
           clean
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           moderate
           temper
           'twixt
           heat
           and
           cold
           .
           After
           dinner
           I
           took
           the
           Garter
           out
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           to
           dry
           before
           a
           great
           fire
           .
           It
           was
           scarce
           dry
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           Howel's
           servant
           came
           running
           ,
           to
           tell
           me
           that
           his
           Master
           felt
           as
           much
           burning
           as
           ever
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           if
           no●
           more
           ;
           for
           the
           heat
           was
           such
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           hand
           were
           betwixt
           coales
           of
           fire
           .
           I
           an●wer'd
           ,
           that
           although
           that
           had
           hapned
           at
           present
           ,
           yet
           he
           should
           find
           ease
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ;
           for
           I
           knew
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           new
           accident
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           provide
           accordingly
           ,
           so
           that
           his
           Master
           should
           be
           free
           from
           that
           inflammation
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           before
           he
           could
           possibly
           return
           unto
           him
           :
           but
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           found
           no
           ease
           ,
           I
           wish'd
           him
           to
           come
           presently
           back
           again
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           he
           might
           forbear
           coming
           .
           Away
           he
           went
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           instant
           I
           put
           again
           the
           Garter
           into
           the
           water
           ;
           therupon
           ,
           he
           found
           his
           Master
           without
           any
           pain
           at
           all
           .
           To
           be
           brief
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           sense
           of
           pain
           afterward
           ;
           but
           ,
           within
           five
           or
           six
           days
           the
           wounds
           were
           cicatriced
           ,
           and
           entirely
           healed
           .
           King
           Iames
           required
           a
           punctual
           information
           of
           what
           had
           passed
           ,
           touching
           this
           cure
           :
           and
           after
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           perfected
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           would
           needs
           know
           of
           me
           how
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           having
           droll'd
           with
           me
           first
           (
           which
           ,
           he
           could
           do
           with
           a
           very
           good
           grace
           )
           about
           a
           Magician
           and
           a
           Sorcerer
           .
           I
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           I
           should
           be
           always
           ready
           to
           perform
           what
           his
           Majesty
           should
           command
           ;
           but
           I
           most
           humbly
           desired
           him
           before
           I
           should
           passe
           further
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           tell
           him
           what
           the
           Au●hour
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           had
           the
           Secret
           ,
           said
           to
           the
           great
           Duke
           of
           Toscany
           ,
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Religious
           Carmel●te
           ,
           that
           came
           from
           the
           Indies
           and
           Persia
           to
           Florence
           ,
           he
           had
           also
           been
           at
           China
           ;
           who
           ,
           having
           done
           many
           marvellous
           cures
           with
           this
           Powder
           ,
           after
           his
           arrival
           to
           Toscany
           ,
           the
           Duke
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           very
           glad
           to
           learn
           it
           of
           him
           .
           It
           was
           the
           father
           of
           the
           Great
           Duke
           ,
           who
           governs
           now
           .
           The
           Carmelite
           answer'd
           him
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           a
           Secret
           which
           he
           had
           learnt
           in
           the
           Oriental
           parts
           ,
           and
           he
           thought
           there
           was
           not
           any
           ,
           who
           knew
           it
           in
           Europe
           but
           himself
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           deserv'd
           not
           to
           be
           divulged
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           be
           hindred
           ,
           if
           his
           Highness
           would
           meddle
           with
           the
           practice
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           
           he
           was
           not
           likely
           to
           do
           it
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           ;
           but
           must
           trust
           a
           Surgeon
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           servant
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           divers
           other
           would
           come
           to
           know
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           himself
           .
           But
           ,
           a
           few
           months
           after
           ,
           I
           had
           opportunity
           to
           do
           an
           important
           courtesie
           to
           the
           said
           ●ryar
           ;
           which
           induced
           him
           to
           discover
           unto
           me
           his
           Secret
           :
           and
           the
           same
           year
           he
           return'd
           to
           Persia
           ;
           that
           now
           there
           is
           no
           other
           knows
           this
           Secret
           in
           Europe
           ,
           but
           my self
           .
           The
           King
           replied
           ,
           That
           I
           needed
           not
           apprehend
           any
           fear
           that
           〈◊〉
           would
           discover
           it
           ;
           for
           he
           would
           not
           trust
           any
           body
           in
           the
           World
           to
           make
           experience
           of
           this
           Secret
           ,
           but
           do
           it
           with
           his
           own
           hands
           :
           therfore
           he
           would
           have
           some
           of
           the
           Powder●
           which
           I
           deliver'd
           ,
           instructing
           him
           in
           all
           the
           circumstances
           .
           Wherupon
           his
           Majesty
           made
           sundry
           proofs
           ;
           whence
           he
           reciv'd
           singular
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Int●rim
           ,
           Dr.
           Mayerne
           ,
           his
           first
           Physician
           ,
           watch'd
           to
           discover
           what
           was
           done
           by
           this
           Secret
           :
           and
           at
           last
           he
           came
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           made
           use
           of
           Vitriol
           .
           Afterwards
           he
           accosted
           me
           ,
           saying
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           demand
           of
           me
           my
           Secret
           ,
           because
           I
           made
           some
           difficulty
           to
           discover
           it
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           :
           But
           ,
           having
           learnt
           with
           what
           matter
           it
           was
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           he
           hoped
           I
           would
           communicate
           to
           him
           all
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           to
           be
           used
           .
           I
           answer'd
           him
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           had
           asked
           me
           before
           ,
           I
           I
           would
           frankly
           have
           told
           him
           all
           ;
           for
           ,
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           fear
           that
           such
           a
           secret
           should
           be
           prostituted
           :
           and
           so
           I
           told
           him
           all
           .
           A
           little
           after
           the
           Doctor
           went
           into
           France
           ,
           to
           see
           some
           fair
           Territories
           he
           had
           purchased
           near
           Geneva
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           Barony
           of
           Aubonne
           .
           In
           this
           voyage
           he
           went
           to
           see
           the
           Duke
           of
           Mayerne
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           a
           long
           time
           his
           friend
           and
           protector
           ;
           and
           he
           taught
           him
           this
           Secret
           :
           wherof
           the
           Duke
           made
           many
           experiments
           ,
           which
           if
           any
           other
           but
           a
           Prince
           had
           done
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           they
           had
           passed
           for
           effects
           of
           Magick
           and
           enchantments
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Dukes
           death
           ,
           who
           was
           kill'd
           at
           the
           siege
           of
           Montauban
           ,
           his
           Surgeon
           ,
           who
           waited
           on
           him
           in
           doing
           cures
           ,
           sold
           this
           Secret
           to
           divers
           persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           who
           gave
           him
           considerable
           sums
           for
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           became
           very
           rich
           therby
           .
           The
           thing
           ,
           being
           fall'n
           thus
           into
           many
           hands
           ,
           remain'd
           not
           long
           in
           termes
           of
           a
           Secret
           but
           by
           degrees
           came
           to
           be
           so
           divulged
           ,
           
           that
           now
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           Country
           Barber
           but
           knows
           it
           .
        
         
           Behold
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           the
           genealogy
           of
           the
           
             Powder
             of
             Smpathy
          
           in
           this
           part
           of
           the
           World
           with
           a
           notable
           History
           of
           a
           cure
           perform'd
           by
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           time
           now
           to
           come
           to
           the
           discussion
           ,
           how
           it
           is
           done
           .
           It
           must
           be
           avowed
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           marvellous
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           hurt
           of
           a
           wounded
           person
           should
           be
           cured
           by
           the
           application
           of
           a
           remedy
           put
           to
           a
           rag
           of
           cloth
           or
           a
           weapon
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           .
           Yet
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           after
           a
           long
           and
           profound
           speculation
           of
           all
           the
           oeconomy
           and
           concatenation
           of
           natural
           causes
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           adjudged
           capable
           to
           produce
           such
           effects
           ,
           one
           may
           fall
           at
           last
           upon
           the
           true
           ones
           ,
           which
           must
           have
           subtle
           resorts
           and
           means
           to
           act
           .
           Hitherto
           they
           have
           been
           wrap'd
           up
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           esteem'd
           so
           inacc●essible
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           have
           undertaken
           to
           speak
           or
           write
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           those
           I
           have
           seen
           )
           have
           been
           contented
           to
           speak
           of
           some
           ingenious
           sleight
           ;
           without
           diving
           into
           the
           bottom
           :
           endeavouring
           rather
           to
           shew
           the
           vivacity
           of
           their
           spirit
           and
           force
           of
           their
           eloquence
           ,
           than
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Readers
           and
           Auditors
           ,
           how
           the
           thing
           is
           really
           to
           be
           done
           .
           They
           would
           have
           us
           take
           for
           ready
           mony
           some
           terms
           ,
           which
           we
           understand
           not
           ,
           nor
           know
           what
           they
           signifie
           .
           They
           would
           pay
           us
           with
           conveniences
           ,
           with
           resemblances
           ,
           with
           Sympathies
           ,
           with
           Magnetical
           virtues
           ,
           and
           such
           terms
           ,
           without
           explicating
           what
           these
           terms
           mean
           :
           They
           think
           they
           have
           done
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           feebly
           perswade
           any
           body
           that
           the
           business
           may
           be
           performed
           by
           a
           natural
           way
           ;
           without
           having
           any
           recourse
           to
           the
           intervention
           of
           Demons
           ,
           and
           Spirits
           :
           but
           they
           pretend
           not
           in
           any
           sort
           to
           have
           found
           out
           the
           convincing
           reasons
           which
           demonstrate
           ,
           how
           the
           thing
           is
           done
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           did
           not
           hope
           to
           gain
           otherwise
           upon
           your
           spirits
           ;
           if
           I
           did
           not
           ,
           I
           say
           believe
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           be
           able
           to
           perswade
           you
           otherwise
           than
           by
           words
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           under●aken
           this
           enterprize
           .
           I
           know
           to
           well
           ,
           
             —
             Quid
             vale●nt
             humeri
             ,
             quid
             ferre
             recusent
             .
          
           Such
           a
           design
           requires
           a
           great
           fire
           ,
           and
           vivacity
           of
           conceptitions
           ,
           
           volubility
           of
           tongue
           ,
           aptness
           of
           expressions
           ,
           to
           insinnuate
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           by
           surprisal
           ,
           that
           which
           one
           cannot
           carry
           away
           by
           a
           firm
           foot
           ,
           &
           by
           cold
           reasons
           ,
           though
           solid
           .
           A
           Discourse
           of
           this
           nature
           challenges
           other
           than
           a
           Stranger
           ;
           who
           finds
           himself
           obliged
           to
           display
           his
           sense
           in
           a
           language
           ,
           wherein
           he
           can
           hardly
           express
           his
           ordinary
           conceptions
           .
           Nevertheless
           these
           considerations
           shall
           not
           deterr
           me
           from
           engaging
           my self
           in
           an
           enterprize
           ,
           which
           may
           seem
           to
           some
           much
           more
           difficult
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           I
           am
           now
           to
           perform
           ,
           viz.
           to
           make
           good
           convincing
           proofs
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Sympathetical
             cure
          
           may
           be
           done
           naturally
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           before
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           touch
           with
           your
           finger
           ,
           how
           it
           may
           be
           done
           .
           You
           know
           that
           Perswasions
           are
           made
           by
           ingenious
           arguments
           ,
           which
           ,
           expressed
           with
           a
           good
           grace
           ,
           rather
           tickle
           the
           Imagination
           ,
           than
           satisfy
           the
           Understanding
           :
           But
           demonstrations
           are
           built
           upon
           certain
           and
           approved
           principles
           ;
           and
           though
           they
           be
           but
           roughly
           pronounced
           ,
           yet
           they
           convince
           and
           draw
           after
           them
           necessary
           conclusions
           .
           They
           proceed
           ,
           as
           a
           strong
           Engin
           fastned
           to
           a
           gate
           to
           batter
           it
           down
           ;
           or
           as
           a
           plate
           of
           metal
           to
           imprint
           the
           mark
           of
           the
           mony
           .
           At
           every
           turn
           ,
           that
           truth
           makes
           ,
           she
           approaches
           but
           little
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           insensibly
           ,
           and
           makes
           not
           much
           noise
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           such
           great
           force
           required
           to
           turn
           her
           ;
           but
           her
           strength
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           slow
           ,
           is
           invincible
           .
           That
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           she
           breaks
           down
           the
           gate
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           deep
           impression
           on
           the
           p●ece
           of
           Gold
           or
           Silver
           .
           Whereas
           the
           stroke
           of
           hammers
           ,
           and
           bars
           ,
           (
           whereto
           witty
           discourses
           ,
           and
           the
           flourished
           conceptions
           of
           Subtile
           spirits
           may
           be
           compared
           )
           requires
           the
           arm
           of
           a
           Giant
           ,
           makes
           a
           great
           noise
           ;
           and
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           account
           ,
           produces
           little
           effect
           .
        
         
           To
           enter
           then
           into
           the
           matter
           I
           will
           (
           according
           to
           the
           method
           of
           Geometrical
           Demonstrations
           )
           lay
           Six
           or
           
             Seven
             Principles
          
           ,
           as
           foundation-stones
           ,
           wheron
           I
           will
           erect
           my
           Structure
           ,
           But
           I
           will
           lay
           them
           so
           well
           ,
           and
           so
           firmly
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           great
           difficulty
           to
           grant
           them
           .
           These
           Principles
           shall
           be
           like
           the
           wheels
           of
           Archimedes
           :
           by
           the
           advantage
           wherof
           a
           child
           might
           be
           capable
           to
           hale
           on
           shore
           the
           bigest
           Carack
           of
           King
           Hieron
           ;
           which
           a
           hundred
           pair
           of
           Oxen
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Ropes
           and
           Cables
           of
           his
           Arsenal
           ,
           were
           not
           able
           to
           stir
           .
           So
           ,
           by
           
           the
           strength
           of
           these
           Principles
           ,
           I
           hope
           to
           wast
           my
           Conclusions
           to
           a
           safe
           Port.
           
        
         
           The
           
             First
             Principle
          
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           
             the
             whole
             O●be
             or
             Sphere
             of
             the
             Air
             is
             filled
             with
             Light.
          
           If
           it
           were
           needful
           to
           prove
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           that
           Light
           is
           a
           material
           and
           corporal
           Substance
           ,
           and
           not
           an
           imaginary
           and
           incomprehensible
           Quality
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           Schoolmen
           aver
           )
           ,
           I
           could
           do
           it
           evidently
           enough
           :
           but
           I
           have
           done
           this
           in
           another
           T●eatise
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           published
           not
           long
           since
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           new
           op●nion
           :
           for
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           most
           esteemed
           Philosophers
           among
           the
           Antients
           have
           advanced
           it
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           Great
           
             St.
             Augustine
          
           ,
           (
           in
           his
           
             Third
             Ep●stle
             to
          
           Volusian
           )
           alledges
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           his
           sentiment
           .
           But
           to
           our
           present
           business
           ,
           whether
           L●ght
           be
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           ;
           t
           is
           enough
           to
           explicate
           its
           course
           ,
           and
           the
           journies
           it
           makes
           ,
           wherto
           our
           Senses
           bear
           witness
           .
           T
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           ,
           issuing
           continually
           out
           of
           its
           source
           ,
           the
           Suu
           ,
           and
           lancing
           it self
           by
           a
           marvailous
           celerity
           on
           all
           sides
           by
           straight
           lines
           ,
           where
           it
           encounters
           any
           obstacles
           in
           its
           way
           ,
           by
           the
           opposition
           of
           some
           hard
           or
           opaque
           body
           ,
           it
           reflects
           ;
           &
           leaping
           thence
           to
           equal
           angles
           ,
           takes
           again
           its
           course
           by
           a
           straight
           line
           ,
           till
           it
           bandies
           upon
           some
           other
           solid
           body
           ;
           &
           so
           it
           continues
           to
           make
           new
           boundings
           here
           &
           there
           ;
           till
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           being
           chased
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           by
           the
           bodies
           which
           oppose
           it
           in
           its
           passage
           ,
           't
           is
           tired
           ,
           and
           so
           extinguishes
           .
           In
           the
           like
           manner
           as
           we
           see
           a
           
             Ball
             in
             Tenis
             Court
          
           ,
           being
           struck
           by
           a
           strong
           arm
           against
           the
           walls
           ,
           leaps
           to
           the
           opposite
           side
           ;
           so
           that
           sometimes
           it
           makes
           the
           circuit
           of
           the
           whole
           Court
           ,
           &
           finishes
           its
           motion
           near
           the
           place
           where
           it
           was
           first
           struck
           .
           Our
           very
           eys
           are
           witnesses
           of
           this
           progress
           of
           the
           Light
           ;
           when
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           reflexion
           ,
           it
           illuminates
           some
           obscure
           place
           ,
           whither
           it
           cannot
           directly
           arrive
           :
           Or
           when
           ,
           issuing
           immediatly
           from
           the
           Sun
           ,
           &
           beating
           upon
           ●he
           Moon
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           the
           ray's
           ,
           which
           cannot
           find
           entrance
           there
           ,
           bound
           upon
           our
           Earth
           ,
           (
           otherwise
           we
           should
           not
           see
           them
           )
           ;
           and
           there
           it
           is
           reflected
           ,
           broken
           &
           bruised
           by
           so
           many
           bodies
           ,
           as
           it
           meets
           in
           its
           diversity
           of
           reflexions
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Second
             Principle
          
           shal
           be
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Light
             gla●cing
             so
             up●n
             some
             body
             ,
             the
             rayes
             which
             enter
             no
             further
             but
             rebound
             from
             the
             superficies
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             carry
             with
             them
             some
             smal
             particles
             or
             atomes
             :
          
           just
           as
           the
           Ball
           ,
           whereof
           we
           have
           spoken
           ,
           would
           carry
           with
           it
           some
           of
           the
           moisture
           of
           the
           wall
           ,
           against
           which'tis
           banded
           ,
           if
           the
           plaister
           therof
           were
           also
           moist
           ,
           &
           as
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           it
           
           carryed
           away
           some
           tincture
           of
           the
           black
           ,
           wherwith
           the
           walls
           are
           coloured
           .
           The
           Reason
           wherof
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Light
           ,
           that
           subtil
           and
           rarified
           fire
           ,
           coming
           with
           such
           an
           imperceptible
           haste
           ,
           (
           for
           its
           darts
           are
           within
           our
           eyes
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           soon
           as
           its
           head
           is
           above
           our
           Horison
           ,
           making
           so
           many
           millions
           of
           miles
           in
           an
           inimaginable
           space
           of
           time
           )
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Light
           ,
           beating
           upon
           the
           body
           which
           opposes
           it
           ,
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           make
           there
           some
           small
           incisions
           ,
           proportion●ble
           to
           its
           rarity
           and
           subtility
           .
           And
           these
           small
           Atomes
           being
           cut
           and
           loosned
           from
           their
           trunk
           ,
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           light
           sticks
           and
           incorporates
           it self
           wi●h
           the
           most
           humid
           ,
           viscuou●
           ,
           and
           glewing
           parts
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           carries
           them
           along
           with
           it
           .
           Experience
           shews
           us
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Reason
           .
           For
           ,
           when
           one
           puts
           some
           h●m●d
           cloth
           to
           dry
           before
           the
           fire
           ,
           the
           fiery
           rays
           beating
           theron
           ,
           those
           which
           find
           no
           entrance
           ,
           but
           refl●ct
           th●nce
           ,
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           some
           small
           moist
           bodies
           ,
           which
           make
           a
           kind
           of
           mist
           betwixt
           the
           cloth
           and
           the
           fire
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           the
           Sun
           at
           his
           rising
           enlightning
           the
           earth
           ,
           which
           is
           moistned
           either
           by
           rain
           or
           the
           dew
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           his
           beams
           raise
           a
           Mist
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           ascends
           to
           the
           tops
           of
           the
           hills
           :
           and
           this
           Mist
           doth
           rarifie
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           Sun
           hath
           more
           force
           to
           draw
           it
           upwards
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           we
           lose
           the
           sight
           thereof
           ,
           and
           it
           becomes
           part
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           its
           tenuity
           ,
           is
           invisible
           to
           us
           .
           These
           Atomes
           then
           are
           like
           Cavaliers
           ,
           mounted
           on
           winged
           Coursers
           ;
           who
           ride
           on
           still
           till
           the
           Sun
           ,
           setting
           ,
           ●akes
           from
           them
           their
           Pegasus
           and
           leaves
           them
           unmounted
           :
           and
           then
           they
           precipitate
           themselvs
           in
           crowds
           to
           the
           Earth
           ,
           whence
           they
           sprung
           .
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           heavy
           ,
           fall
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           re●●eating
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           call
           the
           Serain
           :
           which
           though
           it
           be
           so
           thin
           that
           we
           cannot
           see
           it
           ,
           yet
           we
           feel
           it
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           small
           hammers
           striking
           upon
           our
           heads
           and
           Bodies
           ;
           principally
           the
           elder
           sort
           of
           us
           .
           For
           ,
           young
           persons
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           boyling
           of
           their
           blood
           ,
           and
           the
           heat
           of
           their
           complexion
           ,
           thrust
           out
           of
           them
           abundance
           of
           Spirits
           :
           which
           ,
           being
           stronger
           than
           those
           that
           fall
           from
           the
           Serain
           ,
           repulse
           them
           ,
           and
           hinder
           them
           to
           operate
           on
           the
           Bodies
           ,
           whence
           these
           Spirits
           came
           forth
           ;
           as
           they
           do
           upon
           those
           that
           ,
           being
           grown
           cold
           by
           age
           ,
           are
           not
           guarded
           by
           so
           strong
           an
           emanation
           of
           their
           Spirits
           .
           The
           
           Wind
           which
           blows
           ,
           and
           is
           tossed
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           great
           River
           of
           the
           like
           A●omes
           ;
           drawn
           out
           of
           some
           solid
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           upon
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           so
           banded
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           find
           cause
           for
           that
           effect
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           to
           have
           once
           sensibly
           seen
           how
           the
           Wind
           ●s
           ingendred
           .
           I
           passed
           over
           Mount
           Cenis
           ,
           to
           go
           for
           Italy
           ,
           towards
           the
           begining
           of
           Summer
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           advanced
           to
           half
           the
           Hill
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           rose
           clear
           and
           luminous
           :
           b●t
           before
           I
           could
           see
           his
           body
           ,
           because
           the
           Mountains
           interposed
           ,
           I
           observed
           his
           rays
           ,
           which
           gilded
           the
           top
           of
           the
           M●untain
           
             Viso
             ▪
          
           which
           is
           the
           Pyramid
           of
           a
           Rock
           ,
           a
           good
           deal
           h●gher
           ,
           than
           Mount
           Cenis
           and
           all
           the
           neighbouring
           Mountains
           .
           Man●
           are
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           highest
           Mountain
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           after
           the
           
             Pic
             of
             Tenariff
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Gran-de-Canary
           :
           and
           this
           Mount
           Viso
           is
           always
           cover'd
           with
           Snow
           .
           I
           observed
           then
           ,
           that
           ,
           about
           that
           place
           which
           was
           illuminated
           by
           the
           Solar
           rays
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Fog
           :
           which
           at
           first
           was
           of
           no
           greater
           extent
           ,
           than
           an
           ordinary
           Boul
           :
           but
           by
           degrees
           it
           grew
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           top
           of
           that
           Mountain
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           neighbouring
           Hills
           were
           canopied
           all
           over
           with
           a
           C●oud
           .
           I
           was
           now
           come
           to
           the
           top
           of
           Mount
           Cenis
           ;
           and
           ,
           finding
           my self
           in
           the
           straight
           line
           ,
           which
           p●sses
           from
           the
           Sun
           to
           Mount
           Viso
           ,
           I
           stay'd
           a
           while
           to
           behold
           it
           ,
           while
           my
           Servants
           were
           coming
           up
           the
           Hill
           behind
           :
           for
           ,
           having
           more
           men
           to
           carry
           my
           chair
           ,
           than
           they
           had
           ,
           I
           was
           there
           sooner
           .
           It
           was
           not
           long
           e're
           I
           might
           perceive
           the
           said
           Fog
           descend
           gently
           to
           the
           place
           where
           I
           was
           ;
           and
           I
           began
           to
           feel
           a
           freshness
           that
           came
           over
           my
           face
           ,
           when
           I
           turn'd
           it
           that
           way
           .
           When
           all
           my
           Troop
           was
           come
           about
           me
           ,
           we
           went
           descending
           the
           other
           side
           of
           Mount
           Cenis
           ,
           towards
           S●z●
           :
           and
           the
           lower
           we
           went
           ,
           we
           sensibly
           found
           that
           the
           Wind
           began
           to
           blow
           hard
           behind
           our
           backs
           ;
           for
           ,
           our
           way
           obliged
           us
           to
           go
           towards
           the
           side
           ,
           where
           the
           Sun
           was
           .
           We
           met
           with
           Passengers
           that
           were
           going
           up
           ,
           as
           we
           down
           ;
           who
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Wind
           was
           very
           impetuous
           below
           ,
           and
           did
           much
           incommodate
           them
           ,
           by
           blowing
           in
           their
           faces
           and
           eyes
           ;
           but
           the
           higher
           they
           came
           ,
           it
           was
           l●sser
           and
           lesser
           .
           And
           for
           our selves
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           come
           to
           the
           place
           where
           they
           said
           the
           Wind
           blew
           so
           hard
           ,
           we
           found
           a
           〈◊〉
           of
           Storm
           :
           and
           it
           encreased
           still
           ,
           the
           lower
           we
           went
           ;
           
           till
           the
           Sun
           ,
           being
           well
           advanced
           ,
           drew
           no
           more
           by
           that
           line
           ,
           but
           caused
           a
           Wind
           in
           some
           other
           place
           .
           The
           people
           of
           that
           Country
           assured
           me
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           there
           always
           so
           ;
           if
           some
           extraordinary
           and
           violent
           accident
           did
           not
           intervene
           ,
           and
           divert
           the
           ordinary
           course
           ,
           viz.
           at
           a
           certain
           hour
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           the
           Wind
           raises
           it self
           to
           such
           a
           romb
           ,
           or
           point
           ,
           and
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           come
           to
           another
           point
           ,
           another
           wind
           rises
           ;
           and
           so
           from
           hand
           to
           hand
           it
           changes
           the
           point
           ,
           till
           the
           Sun
           set
           :
           which
           always
           brings
           with
           it
           a
           calm
           ,
           if
           the
           we●ther
           be
           fa●r
           ;
           and
           that
           always
           comes
           from
           the
           Mount
           Viso
           ,
           opposite
           to
           the
           Sun.
           They
           told
           us
           also
           that
           the
           daily
           wind
           is
           commonly
           stronger
           towards
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Mountain
           ,
           than
           towards
           the
           top
           ;
           wherof
           the
           reason
           is
           evident
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           natural
           movement
           of
           every
           body
           natural
           encreases
           always
           in
           swiftness
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           moves
           forward
           to
           its
           center
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           unequal
           numbers
           ,
           (
           as
           Galileo
           hath
           ingeniously
           demonstrated
           ;
           I
           did
           it
           also
           in
           another
           Treatise
           )
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           at
           the
           first
           moment
           it
           advances
           an
           ell
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           it
           advances
           three
           ,
           in
           the
           third
           five
           ,
           in
           the
           fourth
           seven
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           continues
           to
           augment
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ;
           which
           proceeds
           from
           the
           density
           and
           figure
           of
           the
           descending
           body
           ,
           acting
           upon
           the
           cessiblility
           of
           the
           medium
           .
           And
           these
           small
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           cause
           a
           wind
           from
           Mount
           Viso
           ,
           are
           thick
           and
           terrestrial
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           Snow
           being
           composed
           of
           watry
           and
           earthy
           parts
           united
           by
           the
           cold
           ,
           when
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Solar
           beams
           disunites
           and
           separates
           them
           ,
           the
           viscous
           parts
           flie
           with
           them
           ;
           while
           the
           terrestrial
           ,
           being
           too
           heavy
           to
           fly
           upward
           ,
           fall
           presently
           downward
           .
           This
           makes
           me
           remember
           a
           very
           remarkable
           thing
           ,
           which
           befell
           me
           when
           I
           was
           with
           my
           Fleet
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           Scanderon
           or
           Alexandretta
           ,
           towards
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           Sea
           :
           there
           they
           use
           to
           dis-imbark
           ,
           when
           they
           go
           to
           Aleppo
           ,
           or
           Babylon
           .
           I
           had
           done
           already
           what
           I
           had
           intended
           to
           do
           in
           those
           Seas
           ,
           and
           happily
           compassed
           my
           design
           ;
           so
           it
           imported
           me
           much
           to
           return
           to
           England
           as
           soon
           as
           possibly
           I
           could
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           my
           Ships
           were
           batter'd
           by
           a
           great
           Fight
           ,
           I
           had
           had
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           against
           a
           formidable
           power
           ;
           wherin
           although
           I
           had
           obtain'd
           the
           better
           ,
           yet
           ,
           in
           so
           furious
           a
           dispute
           ,
           my
           Fleet
           was
           in
           some
           disorder
           ,
           and
           my
           Ships
           full
           of
           wounded
           Men.
           To
           advise
           therefore
           of
           the
           most
           
           expedient
           Course
           to
           come
           to
           some
           Harbour
           ,
           where
           I
           might
           repair
           my
           Ships
           and
           be
           in
           surety
           :
           I
           assembled
           all
           my
           Captains
           ,
           Pilots
           ,
           and
           Mariners
           ,
           the
           most
           experienced
           of
           my
           Fleet
           :
           and
           ,
           having
           propounded
           to
           them
           my
           design
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           of
           an
           unanimous
           opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           surest
           course
           was
           towards
           the
           South
           ,
           and
           to
           cast
           upon
           
             Syria
             ,
             Iudea
             ,
             Egypt
          
           ,
           and
           Africa
           ,
           and
           render
           our selves
           at
           the
           streight
           of
           Gi●raltar
           ;
           sailing
           so
           near
           the
           main
           Land
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           every
           night
           some
           small
           briezes
           of
           wind
           ,
           wherby
           we
           should
           in
           a
           short
           time
           make
           our
           Voyage
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           be
           in
           any
           great
           danger
           to
           meet
           either
           with
           Spanish
           or
           French
           Fleets
           .
           For
           ,
           England
           was
           at
           that
           time
           in
           open
           War
           with
           both
           those
           Kings
           ,
           and
           we
           had
           advice
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           great
           Fleets
           abroad
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           some
           things
           we
           had
           done
           in
           prejudice
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           those
           sixteen
           months
           that
           we
           remain'd
           Ma●ter
           of
           those
           Seas
           :
           therefore
           it
           concern'd
           us
           to
           make
           towards
           some
           safe
           Port
           ;
           where
           we
           might
           both
           refresh
           our
           Men
           ,
           and
           repair
           our
           batter'd
           Vessels
           .
        
         
           My
           opinion
           was
           clean
           contrary
           to
           theirs
           :
           for
           ,
           I
           believ'd
           our
           best
           Course
           were
           ,
           to
           steer
           our
           Course
           Westward
           ,
           and
           to
           sail
           along
           the
           Coasts
           of
           
             Cilicia
             ,
             Pamphylia
             ,
             Lydia
             ,
             Natolia
             ,
          
           or
           
             Asia
             the
             Less
          
           ;
           and
           to
           traverse
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Archipelago
           ,
           leave
           the
           Adriatick
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           and
           pass
           by
           
             Sicily
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Sardinia
             ,
             Corsica
             ,
          
           the
           Gulph
           of
           Lion
           ,
           and
           so
           coast
           all
           Spain
           .
           Telling
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           great
           dishonour
           to
           us
           to
           forsake
           our
           best
           Road
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           since
           our
           chief
           business
           thither
           was
           to
           find
           them
           out
           :
           and
           the
           protection
           which
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           afford
           us
           all
           along
           in
           so
           many
           Combats
           ,
           in
           going
           ,
           ought
           to
           make
           us
           hope
           the
           same
           providence
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           guide
           us
           in
           returning
           .
           That
           there
           was
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           road
           which
           I
           proposed
           to
           them
           ,
           consider'd
           simply
           in
           it self
           ,
           was
           ,
           without
           comparison
           ,
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           expedite
           to
           sail
           out
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           Sea
           ,
           and
           gain
           the
           Ocean
           ;
           because
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           although
           we
           have
           the
           briezes
           from
           the
           Land
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           are
           upon
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Syria
           ;
           and
           Egypt
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           have
           them
           
           at
           all
           while
           we
           sail
           upon
           the
           coasts
           of
           Lybia
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           those
           fearful
           Sands
           ,
           the
           Syrtes
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           a
           great
           extent
           ,
           the
           said
           coast
           having
           no
           humidity
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           neither
           tree
           nor
           herb
           grows
           there
           ,
           nor
           ought
           else
           but
           moving
           Sands
           ,
           which
           cover'd
           and
           interred
           heretofore
           at
           one
           glut
           the
           puissant
           Army
           of
           K●ng
           Cambyses
           .
           Now
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           humidity
           ,
           the
           Sun
           cannot
           attract
           to
           make
           a
           wind
           :
           so
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           find
           there
           ,
           specially
           in
           Summer
           time
           ,
           any
           other
           wind
           but
           that
           Regular
           one
           which
           blows
           from
           East
           to
           West
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           course
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           Winds
           ;
           unless
           some
           extraordinary
           happen
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           coast
           of
           Italy
           ,
           which
           lies
           Northward
           ,
           or
           from
           the
           bottom
           of
           Ethiopia
           ,
           where
           the
           Mountains
           of
           the
           Moon
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           source
           of
           the
           Cataracts
           of
           Nile
           .
           Therfore
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           near
           the
           Syrtes
           ,
           the
           winds
           of
           Italy
           would
           be
           most
           dangerous
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           expose
           us
           to
           shipwrack
           .
           I
           reason'd
           so
           according
           to
           natural
           Causes
           ,
           while
           they
           of
           my
           Councel
           of
           war
           kept
           themselvs
           firm
           to
           their
           Ex●e●●ence
           ;
           and
           I
           would
           do
           nothing
           against
           the
           unanimous
           sense
           of
           all
           :
           for
           ,
           though
           the
           disposing
           and
           resolution
           of
           all
           things
           depended
           absolutely
           upon
           my self
           ,
           yet
           I
           thought
           I
           might
           be
           justly
           accused
           of
           rashness
           or
           wilfulness
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           prefer
           my
           own
           advice
           before
           that
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           So
           we
           took
           that
           course
           ,
           and
           went
           happil●
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Syrtes
           of
           Lybia
           :
           but
           there
           our
           land
           bri●zes
           fail'd
           us
           ;
           and
           for
           seven
           and
           thirty
           days
           ,
           we
           had
           no
           other
           but
           a
           few
           gentle
           Zephirs
           ,
           which
           came
           from
           the
           West
           ,
           whither
           we
           were
           steering
           our
           course
           .
           We
           were
           constrain'd
           to
           keep
           at
           anchor
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           apprehension
           ,
           that
           the
           wind
           might
           come
           from
           the
           North
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           a
           Tempest
           :
           for
           ,
           if
           that
           had
           hapned
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           all
           lost
           ;
           because
           our
           anchors
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           hold
           among
           those
           moving
           Sands
           (
           for
           ,
           under
           water
           they
           are
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           as
           they
           are
           upon
           dry
           land
           )
           and
           so
           we
           must
           have
           been
           shipwrackt
           upon
           that
           coast
           .
           But
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           who
           hath
           been
           pleas'd
           I
           should
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           wait
           on
           you
           this
           day
           ,
           deliver'd
           me
           from
           that
           danger
           .
           And
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           seven
           and
           thirty
           days
           ,
           we
           observ'd
           the
           course
           of
           the
           clouds
           very
           high
           ,
           which
           came
           from
           So●●h-●ast
           ;
           at
           first
           but
           slowly
           ,
           but
           by
           degrees
           faster
           and
           faster
           :
           insom●ch
           that
           ,
           in
           two
           days
           ,
           the
           wind
           ,
           which
           was
           forming
           it self
           a
           great
           way
           off
           in
           Ethiopia
           ,
           
           came
           ,
           in
           a
           tempest
           ,
           to
           the
           place
           where
           we
           rid
           at
           anchor
           ,
           and
           carried
           us
           whither
           we
           intended
           to
           go
           ;
           but
           the
           force
           of
           it
           was
           broken
           before
           ,
           coming
           so
           far
           .
        
         
           Out
           of
           this
           Discourse
           we
           may
           infer
           ,
           and
           conclude
           ,
           that
           ,
           wherever
           there
           is
           any
           wind
           ,
           there
           are
           also
           some
           small
           B●dies
           or
           Atomes
           ,
           which
           are
           drawn
           from
           the
           Bodies
           ,
           whence
           they
           come
           ,
           by
           the
           virtue
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           Light
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           in
           effect
           ,
           this
           Wind
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           said
           A●omes
           agitated
           ,
           and
           thrust
           on
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           impetuosity
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           the
           winds
           partake
           of
           the
           qualities
           whence
           they
           come
           :
           as
           ,
           if
           they
           come
           from
           the
           South
           ,
           they
           are
           hot
           ,
           if
           from
           the
           No●th
           ,
           they
           are
           cold
           ,
           if
           from
           the
           Earth
           alone
           ,
           they
           are
           dry
           ,
           if
           from
           the
           M●rine
           or
           Sea-side
           ,
           they
           are
           humid
           and
           mo●st
           ;
           if
           from
           places
           which
           produce
           aromatical
           substances
           ,
           they
           are
           odoriferous
           ,
           wholsom
           ,
           and
           pleasing
           :
           As
           those
           from
           
             Arabia
             Faelix
          
           ,
           which
           produces
           Spices
           ,
           Perfumes
           ,
           and
           Gums
           of
           sweet
           savour
           ;
           or
           that
           ●rom
           Fonten●y
           and
           Vaugirard
           at
           Paris
           ,
           in
           the
           season
           of
           Roses
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           perfumed
           :
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           those
           winds
           that
           come
           from
           stinking
           places
           ,
           viz.
           from
           the
           sulphureous
           so●l
           of
           Pozzuolo
           ,
           smell
           ill
           :
           as
           also
           those
           that
           come
           from
           infected
           places
           bring
           the
           contagion
           along
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           My
           
             Third
             Principle
          
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Air
             is
             full
             throughout
             of
             small
             Bodies
             or
             Atomes
          
           ;
           or
           rather
           that
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           ou●
           air
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           mixture
           or
           confusion
           of
           such
           Atomes
           ,
           wherin
           the
           aereal
           parts
           predominate
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           in
           nature
           there
           cannot
           be
           actually
           found
           any
           pure
           Element
           ,
           unblended
           with
           others
           :
           for
           the
           exteriour
           Fire
           and
           the
           Light
           acting
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           internal
           Fire
           of
           every
           Body
           pushing
           on
           another
           way
           ,
           causes
           this
           marvailous
           mixture
           of
           all
           things
           in
           all
           things
           .
           Within
           that
           huge
           extent
           ,
           where
           we
           place
           the
           Air
           ,
           there
           is
           ●●fficien●
           space
           and
           liberty
           enough
           to
           make
           such
           a
           mixture
           ;
           which
           Experience
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Reason
           confirm●
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           little
           Vipers
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           came
           from
           the
           egs
           where
           they
           were
           ingendred
           ,
           being
           not
           yet
           an
           inch
           long
           :
           which
           ,
           conserv'd
           in
           a
           large
           Gourd
           ,
           (
           cover'd
           with
           paper
           tyed
           round
           about
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           get
           out
           ,
           but
           leaving
           little
           pin-holes
           made
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           might
           enter
           )
           encreased
           in
           substance
           and
           bigness
           so
           prodigiously
           ,
           in
           six
           ,
           eight
           ,
           or
           ten
           months
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           incredible
           ;
           and
           more
           sensibly
           ,
           
           during
           the
           season
           of
           the
           Equinoxes
           ,
           when
           the
           air
           is
           fuller
           of
           those
           aethereal
           and
           balsamical
           atomes
           ,
           which
           they
           drew
           for
           their
           nouriture
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           came
           that
           the
           Cosmopolites
           had
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Est
             in
             ●●re
             occultus
             vitae
             cibus
             ,
          
           there
           is
           a
           hidden
           food
           of
           life
           in
           the
           air
           .
           These
           smal
           Vipers
           had
           but
           the
           air
           only
           for
           their
           sustenance
           ;
           nevertheless
           ,
           by
           this
           thin
           viand
           ,
           they
           grew
           ,
           in
           less
           than
           a
           year
           ,
           to
           a
           foot
           long
           ,
           and
           proportionably
           big
           and
           heavy
           .
           
             Vitriol
             ,
             Salt-peter
          
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           substances
           ,
           augment
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           only
           by
           attraction
           of
           air
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           upon
           some
           occasion
           ,
           seventeen
           or
           eighteen
           years
           ago
           ,
           I
           had
           use
           of
           a
           pound
           of
           Oil
           of
           Tartar
           ;
           it
           was
           at
           Paris
           ,
           where
           I
           had
           then
           no
           Operatory
           .
           Wherfore
           I
           desired
           
             Monsir
             Ferrier
          
           ,
           a
           man
           universally
           known
           by
           all
           such
           as
           are
           curious
           ,
           to
           make
           me
           some
           :
           for
           ,
           he
           had
           none
           then
           ready
           made
           ,
           but
           did
           it
           expressely
           for
           me
           .
           And
           because
           ,
           for
           the
           calcination
           of
           Tartar
           ,
           twenty
           pound
           may
           be
           as
           easily
           made
           as
           two
           ,
           without
           encrease
           of
           charge
           ;
           he
           took
           occasion
           hereby
           to
           make
           a
           quantity
           for
           his
           own
           use
           .
           When
           he
           brought
           it
           me
           ,
           the
           oil
           smelt
           so
           strong
           of
           the
           Rose
           ,
           that
           I
           complain'd
           of
           his
           mingling
           it
           with
           that
           water
           ,
           wheras
           I
           had
           desired
           him
           to
           do
           it
           purely
           ,
           by
           exposing
           it
           to
           the
           humid
           air
           :
           for
           ,
           I
           verily
           thought
           he
           had
           dissolved
           the
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           in
           Rose-water
           .
           He
           swore
           to
           me
           that
           he
           had
           not
           mingled
           it
           with
           any
           liquor
           ;
           but
           had
           left
           the
           Tartar
           calcind
           within
           his
           Cellar
           ,
           to
           dissolve
           of
           it self
           .
           It
           was
           then
           the
           season
           of
           Roses
           ;
           therfore
           it
           seems
           that
           the
           Air
           ,
           being
           then
           full
           of
           the
           atomes
           which
           come
           from
           the
           Roses
           ,
           and
           being
           changed
           into
           water
           by
           the
           powerful
           attraction
           of
           the
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           ,
           their
           smel
           became
           very
           sensible
           in
           the
           place
           where
           they
           were
           gathered
           together
           ,
           as
           the
           beams
           of
           the
           Sun
           do
           burn
           ,
           being
           crowded
           together
           in
           a
           burning
           glasse
           .
        
         
           There
           hapned
           also
           another
           marvailous
           thing
           ,
           touching
           this
           Oil
           of
           Tartar
           ;
           which
           may
           serve
           to
           prove
           a
           proposition
           we
           have
           not
           yet
           touched
           :
           but
           ,
           not
           to
           interrupt
           the
           course
           of
           the
           story
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           it
           you
           by
           way
           of
           advance
           .
           It
           was
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           Season
           of
           Roses
           passed
           ,
           the
           smel
           of
           the
           Rose
           vanish'd
           away
           from
           the
           said
           Oil
           of
           Tartar
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           in
           three
           or
           four
           months
           ,
           it
           was
           quite
           gone
           .
           But
           we
           were
           much
           surprized
           ,
           when
           ,
           the
           next
           year
           ,
           the
           said
           odor
           of
           Roses
           return'd
           as
           strong
           
           as
           ever
           and
           so
           went
           away
           again
           towards
           winter
           :
           which
           course
           it
           still
           observs
           .
           Which
           made
           
             Monsir
             Ferrier
          
           keep
           it
           as
           a
           singular
           rarity
           ;
           and
           the
           last
           Summer
           I
           found
           the
           effect
           in
           his
           house
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           in
           London
           an
           unlucky
           and
           troublesome
           confi●mation
           of
           this
           doctrine
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           air
           uses
           to
           be
           full
           of
           such
           atomes
           .
           The
           fuel
           in
           that
           great
           City
           ,
           is
           commonly
           pit-Coal
           ,
           brought
           from
           Newcastle
           ,
           or
           Scotland
           .
           This
           Coal
           ha●h
           in
           it
           a
           great
           quantity
           of
           volatil
           Salt
           ,
           very
           sharp
           ;
           which
           being
           carried
           on
           by
           the
           Smoke
           ,
           uses
           to
           dissipate
           it self
           and
           fill
           the
           air
           ,
           Wherwith
           it
           so
           incorporates
           ,
           that
           ,
           although
           we
           do
           not
           see
           it
           ,
           yet
           we
           find
           the
           effect
           :
           for
           it
           spoils
           Beds
           ,
           Tapistries
           ,
           and
           other
           houshold
           stuffs
           ,
           that
           are
           of
           any
           beautiful
           fair
           colour
           ;
           the
           fuliginous
           air
           tarnishing
           it
           by
           degrees
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           one
           should
           lock
           up
           his
           Chamber
           very
           clean
           ,
           and
           come
           not
           thither
           in
           a
           good
           while
           ,
           yet
           at
           his
           return
           ,
           he
           will
           find
           a
           black
           kind
           of
           thin
           soot
           cover
           all
           his
           houshold-stuff
           ;
           as
           we
           see
           in
           M●lls
           there
           is
           a
           white
           dust
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           Bakers
           shops
           ;
           which
           uses
           to
           whiten
           the
           walls
           ,
           and
           somtimes
           gets
           into
           cup-boards
           and
           chests
           .
           The
           said
           coal-soot
           also
           gets
           abroard
           ,
           and
           fouls
           cloths
           upon
           hedges
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           a
           drying
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           in
           the
           Spring
           time
           ,
           the
           very
           leavs
           of
           Trees
           are
           besooted
           therewith
           .
           Now
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           it
           is
           this
           air
           which
           the
           lungs
           draw
           for
           respiration
           among
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           therfore
           the
           flegme
           and
           spittle
           which
           comes
           from
           them
           is
           commonly
           black●sh
           and
           fuliginous
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           the
           acrimony
           of
           this
           ●oot
           produces
           another
           funest
           effect
           ;
           for
           ,
           it
           makes
           the
           people
           subject
           to
           inflammations
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           to
           ulcerations
           in
           the
           Lungs
           .
           It
           is
           so
           corrosive
           and
           biting
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           one
           put
           Gammons
           of
           Bacon
           ,
           or
           Beef
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           flesh
           ,
           within
           the
           chimney
           ,
           it
           so
           dries
           it
           up
           ,
           that
           it
           spoils
           it
           .
           Wherfore
           ,
           they
           who
           have
           weak
           lungs
           quickly
           feel
           it
           ;
           whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           almost
           the
           one
           hal●
           ▪
           of
           them
           who
           dye
           in
           London
           ,
           dye
           of
           ptisical
           and
           pulmonical
           distempers
           ;
           spi●ting
           commonly
           blood
           from
           their
           ulcerated
           lungs
           .
           But
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           malady
           ,
           the
           remedy
           is
           very
           easie
           :
           It
           is
           but
           to
           send
           them
           ●o
           a
           place
           where
           the
           air
           is
           good
           .
           Many
           ,
           who
           have
           means
           ●o
           pay
           the
           charge
           of
           such
           a
           journey
           ,
           come
           to
           Paris
           ,
           and
           they
           〈◊〉
           use
           to
           recover
           their
           healths
           in
           perfection
           .
           The
           〈◊〉
           inconveniences
           are
           also
           ,
           though
           the
           operations
           
           be
           not
           so
           strong
           ,
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Li●ge
           ,
           where
           the
           Common
           People
           burn
           no
           other
           than
           pit-coals
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           
             h●ville
             .
             Paris
          
           it self
           also
           though
           the
           air
           about
           it
           be
           excellent
           ,
           yet
           is
           subject
           to
           incommodities
           of
           that
           nature
           .
           The
           excessivly
           stinking
           dirt
           and
           chanels
           of
           that
           vast
           City
           mingles
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           ill
           allay
           with
           the
           purity
           of
           the
           air
           ;
           stuffing
           it
           every
           where
           with
           corrup●ed
           atomes
           :
           which
           yet
           are
           not
           so
           pernicious
           as
           those
           of
           London
           .
           We
           find
           that
           the
           most
           neat
           and
           polished
           Silver
           Plate
           ,
           exposed
           to
           the
           air
           ,
           becomes
           in
           a
           short
           time
           livid
           and
           fo●l
           which
           proceeds
           from
           no
           other
           cause
           ,
           than
           those
           black
           atomes
           ,
           (
           the
           true
           colou●
           of
           putrefaction
           )
           which
           stick
           to
           it
           .
           I
           know
           a
           Person
           of
           Q●ality
           ,
           (
           and
           a
           singular
           friend
           of
           mine
           )
           who
           is
           lodg'd
           in
           a
           place
           ,
           where
           on
           o●e
           side
           ,
           a
           great
           many
           poor
           people
           inhabit
           ,
           few
           Carts
           use
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           fewer
           Coaches
           .
           His
           neighbours
           behind
           his
           house
           empty
           their
           filth
           and
           ordures
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           street
           ;
           which
           uses
           hereby
           to
           be
           ful
           of
           mounts
           of
           filth
           ,
           to
           be
           carried
           away
           by
           Tombrells
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           they
           remove
           these
           ordures
           ;
           you
           cannot
           imagine
           what
           a
           stench
           what
           kind
           of
           infectious
           air
           is
           smelt
           thereabour
           every
           where
           .
           The
           Servants
           of
           my
           said
           Friend
           ,
           when
           this
           happens
           ,
           use
           to
           cover
           their
           Plate
           ,
           and
           Andirons
           and
           other
           of
           their
           fairest
           houshold-stuff
           ,
           with
           Cotton
           or
           course
           Bays
           ;
           otherwise
           they
           would
           be
           all
           ●arnished
           .
           Yet
           nothing
           hereof
           is
           seen
           within
           the
           air
           ;
           however
           these
           experiences
           manifestly
           convince
           ,
           that
           the
           air
           is
           stuffed
           with
           such
           atomes
           .
           I
           cannot
           omit
           to
           add
           hereto
           another
           experiment
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           find
           by
           the
           effects
           ,
           how
           the
           rays
           of
           the
           Moon
           are
           cold
           and
           moist
           .
           'T
           is
           without
           controversie
           ,
           that
           the
           luminous
           parts
           of
           those
           rays
           come
           from
           the
           Sun
           ;
           the
           Moon
           having
           no
           light
           at
           all
           in
           her
           :
           as
           her
           ecclipses
           bear
           witness
           ;
           which
           happen
           ,
           when
           the
           Earth
           is
           just
           twixt
           her
           and
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           by
           such
           interposition
           hinders
           her
           to
           have
           light
           from
           his
           rays
           ,
           The
           beams
           then
           which
           come
           from
           the
           Moon
           are
           those
           of
           the
           Sun
           ;
           which
           glancing
           upon
           her
           ,
           reflect
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           with
           them
           the
           atoms
           of
           that
           cold
           and
           hum●d-star
           ,
           participating
           of
           the
           ●ou●●e
           whence
           they
           come
           .
           Whence
           ,
           if
           one
           expose
           a
           hollow
           bason
           ,
           or
           glass
           ,
           to
           assemble
           them
           ,
           he
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           wheras
           those
           of
           the
           Sun
           burn
           by
           such
           a
           conjuncture
           ,
           these
           ,
           clean
           contrary
           ,
           refresh
           and
           m●isten
           in
           a
           notable
           manner
           ,
           leaving
           an
           aquatick
           and
           viscuous
           glutining
           
           kind
           of
           sweat
           upon
           the
           glass
           .
           One
           would
           think
           it
           a
           folly
           to
           talk
           of
           washing
           hands
           in
           a
           well
           polished
           Silver
           Bason
           ,
           wherin
           there
           is
           not
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           ,
           yet
           this
           may
           be
           done
           ;
           by
           the
           reflexion
           of
           the
           Moon
           beams
           only
           ;
           which
           will
           afford
           a
           competent
           humidity
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           But
           they
           who
           have
           tryed
           this
           have
           found
           their
           hands
           ,
           after
           they
           are
           wiped
           ,
           to
           be
           much
           moister
           than
           usually
           :
           and
           this
           is
           an
           infallible
           way
           to
           take
           away
           Warts
           from
           the
           hands
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           often
           used
           ,
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           conclude
           ,
           out
           of
           these
           premises
           and
           experiments
           ,
           that
           the
           Air
           is
           ful
           of
           atomes
           ;
           drawn
           from
           bodies
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           the
           light
           which
           reflects
           theron
           ,
           or
           sallying
           out
           by
           the
           interior
           natural
           heat
           of
           those
           bodies
           ,
           which
           drive
           them
           forth
           .
           It
           may
           haply
           seem
           impossible
           that
           there
           can
           be
           an
           emanation
           of
           so
           many
           small
           bodies
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           spread
           and
           carried
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           so
           far
           in
           the
           air
           by
           a
           continual
           flux
           ,
           (
           if
           I
           may
           say
           so
           )
           and
           yet
           the
           body
           whence
           they
           come
           receive
           no
           diminution
           that
           is
           perceptible
           ;
           though
           sometimes
           t
           is
           visible
           enough
           ;
           as
           ,
           by
           the
           evaporations
           of
           the
           Spirits
           of
           wine
           ,
           musk
           ,
           and
           other
           such
           volatil
           substances
           .
           But
           ,
           this
           objection
           will
           be
           nul
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           precedent
           Principles
           ,
           render
           themselvs
           more
           credible
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           settle
           another
           ,
           viz.
           That
           
             Every
             body
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             little
             ,
             is
             divisible
          
           in
           infinitum
           :
           not
           that
           it
           hath
           infinite
           parts
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           contrary
           therof
           may
           be
           demonstrated
           )
           but
           it
           is
           capable
           to
           be
           divided
           and
           subdivided
           into
           new
           parts
           ,
           without
           ever
           coming
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           division
           :
           And
           it
           is
           in
           this
           sense
           that
           our
           Masters
           teach
           us
           that
           Quantity
           is
           infinitely
           divisible
           .
           This
           is
           evident
           to
           him
           who
           shall
           consider
           ,
           with
           a
           profound
           imagination
           ,
           the
           essence
           and
           formal
           notion
           of
           Quantity
           ;
           which
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           divisibility
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           this
           speculation
           is
           very
           subtile
           and
           metaphysical
           ,
           I
           will
           serve
           my self
           of
           some
           geometrical
           demonstrations
           to
           prove
           this
           truth
           ;
           for
           ,
           they
           accommodate
           best
           with
           the
           imagination
           .
           Euclide
           teaches
           us
           (
           in
           the
           
             Tenth
             Proposition
          
           of
           his
           
             Sixth
             Book
             )
          
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           take
           a
           short
           line
           ,
           and
           another
           a
           long
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           long
           one
           be
           divided
           into
           divers
           equal
           parts
           ;
           the
           short
           one
           may
           be
           divided
           also
           into
           as
           many
           equal
           parts
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           of
           those
           parts
           also
           into
           others
           ,
           and
           these
           last
           into
           so
           many
           more
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           ,
           without
           being
           able
           eve●
           to
           come
           to
           that
           which
           is
           not
           divisible
           .
        
         
         
           B●t
           let
           's
           suppose
           (
           although
           it
           be
           impossible
           )
           that
           one
           might
           divide
           and
           subdivide
           a
           line
           ,
           so
           that
           at
           last
           we
           should
           come
           to
           an
           indivi●ible
           ;
           and
           le
           ts
           see
           what
           will
           come
           of
           it
           .
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           that
           ,
           since
           the
           line
           resolves
           it self
           into
           indivisibles
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           composed
           of
           them
           ;
           le
           ts
           see
           whether
           that
           may
           be
           verified
           .
           To
           which
           purpose
           ,
           I
           take
           three
           indivisibles
           ,
           (
           and
           to
           distinguish
           them
           )
           let
           them
           be
           A
           ,
           B
           ,
           C.
           for
           ,
           if
           three
           millions
           of
           indivisibles
           make
           a
           long
           line
           ,
           three
           indivisibles
           will
           make
           a
           short
           one
           .
           I
           put
           them
           then
           in
           a
           row
           ;
           First
           A
           ,
           then
           B
           ,
           so
           near
           ,
           that
           they
           touch
           one
           another
           :
           and
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           B
           must
           necessarily
           possess
           the
           same
           place
           as
           ,
           A
           ,
           or
           not
           possess
           it
           .
           If
           it
           possess
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           they
           both
           together
           make
           no
           extension
           :
           and
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           neither
           3
           ,
           nor
           3000
           will
           do
           it
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           indivisibles
           will
           unite
           together
           ,
           and
           the
           result
           of
           all
           shal
           be
           but
           only
           one
           indivisible
           .
           It
           must
           be
           then
           ,
           that
           ,
           being
           not
           both
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           yet
           touching
           one
           another
           ,
           one
           part
           of
           B
           must
           touch
           one
           part
           of
           A
           ,
           and
           another
           part
           not
           touch
           it
           :
           Then
           I
           add
           the
           indivisible
           C
           ,
           wher
           of
           one
           part
           shal
           touch
           a
           part
           of
           B.
           which
           touches
           not
           A
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           B
           is
           copulant
           ,
           lying
           between
           A
           and
           C
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           extension
           .
           To
           do
           this
           ,
           you
           see
           that
           we
           must
           admit
           that
           B
           hath
           parts
           ;
           as
           the
           other
           two
           also
           which
           by
           your
           supposition
           are
           all
           indivi●ible
           :
           and
           this
           being
           absurd
           ,
           the
           supposition
           is
           impossible
           .
           But
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           matter
           yet
           more
           perspicuous
           ,
           let
           's
           suppose
           that
           these
           three
           indivisibles
           make
           one
           extension
           ,
           and
           compose
           one
           line
           ;
           the
           proposition
           already
           cited
           from
           Euclide
           demonstrates
           ,
           that
           this
           line
           may
           be
           divided
           into
           thirty
           equal
           parts
           ,
           or
           into
           as
           many
           as
           youplease
           :
           insomuch
           that
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           these
           three
           indivi●ibles
           may
           be
           divided
           into
           three
           parts
           ;
           which
           is
           point
           blank
           against
           the
           nature
           and
           definition
           of
           an
           indivisible
           .
           But
           ,
           without
           dividing
           into
           so
           many
           parts
           ,
           Euclide
           shews
           (
           by
           his
           
             Tenth
             proposition
          
           of
           his
           
             First
             Element
          
           )
           that
           every
           line
           may
           be
           parted
           into
           two
           equal
           parts
           :
           but
           this
           ,
           being
           composed
           of
           indivisibles
           of
           unequal
           number
           ,
           it
           must
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           ,
           being
           parted
           into
           two
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           an
           indivisible
           more
           on
           the
           one
           side
           than
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           or
           the
           middle
           one
           be
           parted
           into
           two
           halfs
           .
           So
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           denies
           that
           Quantity
           may
           be
           divided
           
             in
             infinitum
          
           ,
           entangles
           himself
           in
           absurdities
           ,
           and
           incomprehensible
           impossibilities
           :
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           ,
           who
           
           assents
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           find
           it
           no
           impossibility
           or
           inconvenience
           ,
           that
           the
           atoms
           of
           all
           bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           may
           be
           divided
           ,
           stretcht
           and
           carried
           to
           a
           marvailous
           distance
           .
           Our
           very
           senses
           make
           faith
           hereof
           in
           some
           sort
           :
           There
           is
           no
           body
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           of
           ,
           so
           compact
           ,
           so
           solid
           ,
           and
           weighty
           as
           Gold
           ;
           yet
           ,
           to
           what
           a
           strange
           extent
           and
           division
           may
           it
           be
           brought
           !
           Let
           's
           take
           an
           Ounce
           of
           this
           massy
           mettal
           ;
           it
           shall
           be
           but
           a
           button
           ,
           as
           big
           as
           my
           fingers
           end
           :
           A
           beater
           of
           Gold
           will
           make
           a
           thousand
           leavs
           or
           more
           of
           this
           Ounce
           .
           Half
           of
           one
           of
           these
           leavs
           shall
           suffice
           to
           gild
           the
           whole
           surface
           of
           Silver
           of
           three
           or
           four
           Ounces
           .
           Let
           's
           give
           this
           gilded
           lingot
           of
           Silver
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           prepare
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           Thrid
           to
           make
           Lace
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           draw
           it
           to
           the
           greatest
           length
           and
           subtilty
           they
           can
           ;
           let
           them
           draw
           it
           to
           the
           thinness
           of
           a
           hair
           ,
           and
           so
           this
           thrid
           may
           be
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           league
           long
           in
           extent
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           this
           length
           there
           will
           not
           be
           the
           space
           of
           an
           atom
           which
           is
           not
           cover'd
           with
           Gold.
           Behold
           a
           strange
           and
           marvailous
           dilatation
           of
           this
           half
           leaf
           .
           Let
           us
           do
           the
           like
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           beaten
           Gold
           ;
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           this
           small
           button
           of
           Gold
           may
           be
           so
           extended
           ,
           as
           to
           reach
           from
           this
           City
           of
           Montpellier
           to
           Paris
           ,
           and
           far
           beyond
           it
           :
           into
           how
           many
           millions
           of
           atoms
           might
           not
           this
           gilded
           line
           be
           cut
           with
           small
           Sciffers
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           comprehend
           ,
           that
           this
           extention
           and
           divisibility
           ,
           made
           by
           such
           gross
           instruments
           ,
           as
           hammers
           and
           Scissers
           ,
           is
           not
           comparable
           to
           that
           which
           is
           made
           by
           the
           light
           and
           rays
           of
           the
           Sun.
           And
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           this
           gold
           may
           be
           drawn
           into
           such
           a
           great
           length
           by
           spindles
           or
           wheels
           of
           iron
           ,
           some
           of
           its
           parts
           may
           easily
           be
           carried
           away
           by
           those
           winged
           Coursers
           we
           spoke
           of
           before
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           by
           the
           rays
           that
           flie
           in
           a
           moment
           from
           the
           Sun
           to
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           did
           not
           fear
           to
           prove
           tedious
           to
           you
           by
           my
           prolixity
           ,
           I
           would
           entertain
           you
           with
           the
           strange
           subtility
           of
           little
           bodies
           ;
           which
           issue
           forth
           from
           living
           bodies
           ;
           by
           means
           whereof
           our
           Dogs
           in
           England
           will
           pursue
           the
           scent
           of
           a
           mans
           steps
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           beasts
           ,
           many
           miles
           :
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           find
           ,
           in
           a
           great
           heap
           of
           stones
           ,
           that
           which
           a
           man
           hath
           touched
           with
           his
           hand
           :
           Therfore
           ,
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           upon
           the
           Stone
           ,
           some
           material
           parts
           of
           
           the
           touched
           body
           remain
           :
           yet
           the
           body
           doth
           not
           sensibly
           diminish
           ;
           no
           more
           than
           Ambergrise
           ,
           and
           Spanish
           skins
           ,
           which
           will
           send
           out
           of
           them
           an
           odour
           during
           a
           hundred
           years
           ,
           without
           any
           diminution
           of
           skin
           or
           smell
           .
           In
           our
           Country
           they
           use
           to
           sow
           a
           whole
           field
           with
           one
           sort
           of
           grain
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           one
           year
           with
           Barley
           ,
           the
           next
           with
           Wheat
           ,
           the
           third
           with
           Beans
           :
           and
           the
           fourth
           year
           they
           let
           it
           rest
           ,
           and
           dung
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           recover
           its
           vigor
           by
           attraction
           of
           the
           vital
           spirit
           it
           receivs
           from
           the
           air
           ;
           and
           so
           be
           plow'd
           up
           again
           after
           the
           same
           degrees
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           year
           that
           the
           field
           is
           cover'd
           with
           Beans
           ,
           Passengers
           use
           to
           smell
           them
           at
           a
           good
           distance
           off
           ,
           if
           the
           wind
           blow
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           they
           be
           in
           flower
           .
           It
           is
           a
           smell
           that
           hath
           a
           suavity
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           fading
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           is
           unpleasant
           ,
           and
           heady
           .
           But
           the
           smell
           of
           Rosemary
           ,
           which
           comes
           from
           the
           coasts
           of
           Spain
           ,
           goes
           much
           further
           .
           I
           have
           sail'd
           along
           those
           coasts
           divers
           times
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           always
           that
           the
           Mariners
           know
           when
           they
           are
           within
           thirty
           or
           forty
           leagues
           of
           the
           Continent
           ,
           (
           I
           do
           not
           exactly
           remember
           the
           distance
           )
           :
           and
           they
           have
           this
           knowledge
           from
           the
           smell
           of
           the
           Rosemary
           which
           so
           abounds
           in
           the
           fields
           of
           Spain
           .
           I
           have
           smelt
           it
           as
           sen●ibly
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           had
           a
           branch
           of
           Rosemary
           in
           my
           hand
           ;
           and
           this
           a
           day
           or
           two
           before
           we
           could
           discover
           land
           ;
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           wind
           was
           in
           our
           faces
           ,
           and
           came
           from
           the
           shore
           .
           Some
           Naturalists
           write
           that
           Vultures
           have
           come
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           leagus
           off
           ,
           by
           the
           smell
           of
           carrens
           ,
           and
           dead
           bodies
           left
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           after
           some
           bloody
           Battle
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           known
           that
           these
           B●rds
           came
           from
           afar
           off
           ,
           because
           none
           used
           breed
           near
           .
           They
           have
           a
           quick
           smelling
           ;
           and
           it
           must
           be
           that
           the
           rotten
           atoms
           of
           those
           dead
           Carcaffes
           were
           transported
           by
           the
           air
           so
           far
           :
           and
           those
           Birds
           ,
           having
           once
           caught
           the
           scent
           ,
           pursue
           it
           to
           the
           very
           source
           ,
           and
           ,
           the
           nearer
           they
           come
           to
           that
           ,
           the
           stronger
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           conclude
           here
           that
           which
           we
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           touching
           the
           great
           extent
           of
           those
           little
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           mediation
           of
           the
           Sun-beams
           and
           of
           the
           Light
           ,
           use
           to
           issue
           out
           of
           all
           Bodies
           that
           are
           composed
           of
           Elements
           ;
           which
           throng
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           and
           are
           carried
           a
           marvailous
           distance
           from
           the
           place
           and
           bodies
           where
           they
           have
           their
           origin
           and
           source
           :
           the
           proof
           and
           explication
           of
           which
           things
           hath
           been
           the
           aim
           of
           my
           discourse
           hitherto
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           I
           must
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           make
           you
           see
           how
           
           
             These
             small
             bodies
             ,
             that
             so
             fill
             and
             compound
             the
             Air
             ,
             are
             oftentimes
             drawn
             to
             a
             road
             altogether
             differing
             from
             that
             which
             their
             universal
             causes
             should
             make
             them
             hold
             :
          
           and
           it
           shall
           be
           our
           
             Fifth
             Principl●
          
           .
        
         
           One
           may
           remark
           ,
           within
           the
           course
           and
           oeconomy
           of
           Nature
           ,
           divers
           sorts
           of
           attractions
           .
           As
           ,
           that
           of
           Sucking
           ;
           wherby
           I
           have
           seen
           leaden
           Bullets
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           a
           long
           Barrel
           exactly
           wrought
           ,
           follow
           the
           air
           ,
           which
           one
           suck'd
           out
           of
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Gun
           ,
           with
           that
           impetuosity
           and
           strength
           ,
           that
           it
           broke
           his
           teeth
           .
           The
           attraction
           of
           water
           or
           wine
           by
           a
           Scyphon
           is
           like
           to
           this
           :
           for
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           that
           ,
           the
           liquor
           is
           made
           to
           pass
           from
           one
           Vessel
           into
           another
           ,
           without
           changing
           any
           way
           the
           colour
           ,
           or
           rising
           of
           the
           lees
           .
           There
           is
           ano●her
           sort
           of
           attraction
           which
           is
           called
           Magnetical
           ,
           wherby
           the
           Loadstone
           draws
           the
           Iron
           .
           Another
           Electrick
           ,
           when
           the
           Iet-stone
           draws
           to
           it
           Straws
           .
           There
           is
           another
           of
           the
           Flame
           ;
           when
           the
           smoke
           of
           a
           Candle
           put
           out
           draws
           the
           flame
           of
           that
           which
           burns
           hard
           by
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           descend
           to
           light
           that
           which
           is
           out
           .
           There
           is
           another
           of
           Filtration
           ,
           when
           a
           humid
           body
           climbs
           up
           a
           dry
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           when
           the
           Fire
           or
           some
           hot
           body
           draws
           the
           Air
           and
           that
           which
           is
           mixed
           therwith
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           treat
           here
           of
           the
           two
           last
           species
           of
           Attraction
           ;
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           spoken
           of
           the
           rest
           in
           another
           place
           .
           Filtration
           may
           seem
           to
           him
           who
           hath
           not
           attentively
           consider'd
           it
           ,
           nor
           examin'd
           by
           what
           circumstances
           so
           hidden
           a
           Secret
           of
           Nature
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           person
           of
           a
           mean
           and
           limited
           understanding
           ,
           to
           be
           done
           by
           some
           occult
           virtue
           or
           property
           ;
           and
           he
           will
           perswade
           himself
           that
           ,
           within
           the
           Filtre
           or
           strayning
           instrument
           ,
           there
           is
           some
           secret
           Sympathy
           ,
           which
           makes
           Water
           to
           mount
           up
           ,
           contrary
           to
           its
           natural
           motion
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           he
           ,
           who
           will
           examine
           the
           business
           ,
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           observing
           all
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           without
           omiting
           any
           circumstance
           ,
           will
           find
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           natural
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           it
           should
           be
           otherwise
           .
           And
           we
           must
           make
           the
           same
           judgment
           of
           all
           the
           profound
           and
           hidden'st
           mysteries
           of
           Nature
           ;
           if
           men
           would
           take
           the
           pains
           to
           discover
           them
           ,
           and
           search
           into
           them
           with
           judgment
           .
        
         
           Behold
           ,
           then
           ,
           how
           Filtration
           is
           done
           .
           They
           use
           to
           put
           a
           long
           toung
           of
           cloth
           ,
           or
           cotten
           ,
           or
           spongy
           matter
           ,
           within
           an
           earthen
           pot
           of
           Water
           or
           other
           liquor
           ;
           and
           leave
           hanging
           
           upon
           the
           brim
           of
           the
           pot
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           cloth
           ;
           and
           one
           shall
           see
           the
           water
           presently
           mount
           up
           ,
           and
           pass
           above
           the
           brink
           of
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           and
           drop
           ,
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           the
           piece
           of
           cloth
           ,
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           or
           into
           some
           Vessel
           .
           And
           the
           Gardners
           make
           use
           of
           this
           method
           ,
           to
           water
           their
           plants
           and
           flowers
           in
           Summer
           ,
           by
           soft
           degrees
           .
           As
           also
           Apothecaries
           ,
           and
           Chymists
           ,
           to
           separate
           their
           liquors
           from
           their
           dregs
           and
           residences
           .
        
         
           To
           comprehend
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           water
           ascends
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           let
           us
           nearly
           observe
           all
           that
           is
           done
           .
           That
           part
           of
           the
           cloth
           which
           is
           within
           the
           water
           becomes
           wetted
           ;
           viz.
           it
           receivs
           and
           imbibes
           the
           water
           through
           its
           spungy
           and
           dry
           parts
           at
           first
           .
           This
           cloth
           swells
           in
           receiving
           the
           water
           ;
           so
           ,
           two
           bodies
           joyn'd
           together
           require
           more
           room
           than
           one
           of
           them
           would
           by
           it self
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           this
           swelling
           and
           augmented
           extension
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           thrid
           of
           them
           which
           touch
           the
           water
           ,
           viz.
           that
           on
           the
           super●icies
           ;
           which
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           from
           the
           rest
           ,
           let
           us
           mark
           at
           the
           two
           ends
           (
           as
           by
           a
           line
           )
           with
           A.
           B.
           and
           the
           third
           which
           immediately
           follows
           and
           is
           above
           it
           ,
           with
           C.
           D.
           the
           next
           with
           E.
           F.
           the
           next
           with
           G.
           H.
           and
           so
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           toung
           .
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           that
           the
           thrid
           A
           ,
           B.
           dilating
           it self
           and
           swelling
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           the
           water
           which
           enters
           'twixt
           it's
           fibres
           or
           strings
           ,
           approaches
           by
           little
           and
           little
           to
           C.
           D.
           ;
           which
           is
           yet
           dry
           ,
           because
           it
           touches
           not
           the
           water
           :
           but
           when
           A.
           B.
           is
           grown
           so
           gross
           and
           swol'n
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           water
           which
           enters
           ,
           that
           it
           fills
           all
           the
           vacuity
           and
           distance
           'twixt
           it
           and
           C.
           D.
           as
           also
           that
           it
           presses
           against
           C.
           D.
           by
           reason
           of
           it's
           extension
           ,
           which
           is
           greater
           than
           the
           space
           was
           betwixt
           them
           both
           ;
           then
           it
           wets
           C.
           D.
           ,
           because
           the
           thrid
           A.
           B.
           being
           compressed
           ,
           the
           exterior
           part
           of
           the
           water
           which
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           coming
           to
           be
           push'd
           on
           upon
           C.
           D.
           ,
           seeks
           there
           a
           place
           ,
           and
           enters
           within
           the
           thrids
           ,
           and
           wets
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           at
           first
           it
           's
           exterior
           and
           highest
           part
           became
           wet
           .
           C.
           D.
           being
           so
           wetted
           ,
           will
           dilate
           it self
           as
           A.
           B.
           did
           ;
           and
           consequently
           pressing
           against
           E.
           F.
           it
           cannot
           choose
           but
           work
           the
           same
           effect
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           before
           it
           had
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           swelling
           and
           dilatation
           of
           A.
           B.
           and
           so
           ,
           by
           gentle
           degrees
           ,
           every
           thrid
           wets
           its
           neighbor
           ,
           till
           the
           very
           last
           thrid
           of
           
           the
           cloth
           toung
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           that
           the
           continuity
           of
           the
           Water
           will
           break
           ,
           ascending
           this
           scale
           of
           chords
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           will
           recoil
           backwards
           :
           for
           ,
           those
           little
           ladders
           ,
           so
           easy
           to
           be
           mounted
           ,
           render
           the
           ascent
           facile
           ,
           and
           the
           woolly
           fibres
           of
           every
           thrid
           seem
           to
           reach
           their
           hands
           to
           help
           them
           up
           at
           every
           step
           :
           and
           so
           the
           facility
           of
           geting
           up
           ,
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           fluidness
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           of
           quantity
           ,
           (
           which
           tends
           always
           to
           the
           uniting
           of
           substances
           and
           bodies
           which
           it
           clothes
           ,
           when
           there
           occurs
           no
           other
           predominant
           cause
           to
           break
           and
           divide
           it
           )
           causes
           that
           the
           water
           keeps
           it self
           in
           one
           piece
           ,
           and
           passes
           above
           the
           brink
           of
           the
           pot
           .
           After
           that
           ,
           its
           vo●age
           is
           made
           more
           easie
           ,
           for
           it
           follows
           its
           natural
           tendence
           ,
           always
           downwards
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           the
           end
           of
           the
           cloth
           hangs
           lower
           without
           the
           pot
           ,
           than
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           water
           within
           ,
           the
           water
           drops
           into
           the
           ground
           ,
           or
           some
           Vessel
           placed
           underneath
           ;
           as
           we
           see
           a
           chord
           being
           hung
           upon
           a
           pully
           ,
           the
           longest
           and
           heaviest
           end
           falls
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           carries
           away
           the
           shortest
           and
           lightest
           ,
           drawing
           it
           over
           the
           pully
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           the
           end
           of
           the
           cloth
           ,
           without
           the
           pot
           ,
           were
           horizontal
           with
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           hung
           no
           lower
           than
           it
           ,
           the
           water
           would
           be
           immoveable
           :
           as
           ,
           the
           two
           sides
           of
           a
           Ballance
           ,
           when
           there
           's
           equal
           weight
           in
           both
           the
           scales
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           one
           should
           pour
           out
           part
           of
           the
           water
           that
           is
           in
           the
           pot
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           superficies
           grow
           lower
           than
           the
           end
           of
           the
           cloth
           without
           :
           in
           that
           case
           the
           ascending
           water
           becoming
           more
           heavy
           than
           the
           descendant
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           without
           the
           pot
           ,
           it
           would
           call
           back
           that
           which
           was
           gone
           out
           before
           and
           ready
           to
           fall
           ;
           and
           would
           make
           it
           thrust
           on
           and
           return
           to
           its
           former
           pace
           ,
           and
           enter
           again
           into
           the
           pot
           ,
           to
           mingle
           with
           the
           water
           there
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           then
           this
           mystery
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           was
           surprizing
           ,
           displaid
           ,
           and
           made
           as
           familiar
           and
           natural
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           a
           stone
           fall
           down
           from
           the
           air
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           to
           make
           a
           demonstration
           thereof
           ,
           exact
           and
           compleatly
           rigorous
           ,
           we
           must
           add
           other
           circumstances
           ;
           which
           I
           have
           done
           in
           another
           Discourse
           ,
           wherein
           I
           expressly
           treated
           of
           this
           subject
           .
           But
           that
           which
           I
           now
           say
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           taste
           how
           this
           so
           notable
           Attraction
           is
           performed
           ,
        
         
           The
           other
           Attraction
           by
           Fire
           ,
           which
           draws
           to
           it
           the
           ambient
           
           air
           ,
           with
           the
           small
           bodies
           therein
           ,
           is
           wrought
           thus
           ;
        
         
           The
           Fire
           ,
           acting
           according
           to
           its
           own
           nature
           ,
           which
           it
           ,
           to
           push
           on
           a
           continual
           river
           or
           exhalation
           of
           its
           parts
           ,
           from
           the
           center
           to
           the
           circumference
           ,
           carries
           away
           with
           it
           the
           air
           adjoyned
           and
           sticking
           to
           it
           on
           all
           sides
           ;
           as
           the
           water
           of
           a
           river
           trains
           along
           with
           it
           the
           earth
           of
           that
           channel
           or
           bed
           ,
           through
           which
           it
           glides
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           air
           being
           humid
           ,
           and
           the
           fire
           dry
           ,
           they
           cannot
           do
           less
           ,
           than
           embrace
           and
           hug
           one
           another
           .
           But
           ,
           there
           must
           new
           air
           come
           from
           the
           places
           circumjacent
           ,
           to
           fill
           the
           room
           of
           that
           which
           is
           carried
           away
           by
           the
           fire
           ;
           otherwise
           there
           would
           a
           vacuity
           happen
           ,
           which
           nature
           abhors
           .
           This
           new
           air
           remains
           not
           long
           in
           the
           place
           it
           comes
           to
           fill
           ;
           but
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           a
           continual
           carreer
           and
           emanation
           of
           its
           parts
           ,
           carries
           it
           presently
           away
           ,
           and
           draws
           other
           :
           and
           so
           there
           is
           a
           pe●petual
           and
           constant
           current
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           action
           of
           fire
           continues
           .
           We
           daily
           see
           the
           experience
           hereof
           :
           For
           ,
           if
           one
           makes
           a
           good
           fire
           in
           ones
           Chamber
           ,
           it
           draws
           the
           air
           from
           the
           door
           and
           windows
           ;
           which
           though
           one
           would
           shut
           ,
           yet
           there
           be
           crevices
           and
           holes
           for
           the
           air
           to
           enter
           ,
           and
           ,
           coming
           near
           them
           ,
           one
           shall
           hear
           a
           kind
           of
           whistling
           noise
           which
           the
           air
           makes
           in
           pressing
           to
           enter
           .
           'T
           is
           the
           same
           cause
           that
           produces
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           Organ
           and
           Flute
           .
           And
           he
           ,
           who
           would
           stand
           between
           the
           crevices
           and
           the
           fire
           ,
           should
           find
           such
           an
           impetuosity
           of
           that
           artificial
           wind
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           freeze
           ,
           while
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           burn
           the
           other
           side
           next
           the
           fire
           .
           And
           a
           Wax-candle
           held
           in
           this
           current
           of
           wind
           would
           melt
           ,
           by
           the
           flame
           blown
           against
           the
           wax
           ,
           and
           waste
           away
           in
           a
           very
           short
           time
           :
           wheras
           ,
           if
           that
           Candle
           stood
           in
           a
           calm
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           flame
           might
           burn
           upward
           ,
           it
           would
           last
           much
           longer
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           passage
           wherby
           the
           air
           may
           enter
           into
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           one
           part
           ,
           then
           ,
           of
           the
           vapor
           of
           the
           wood
           ,
           which
           should
           have
           converted
           to
           flame
           and
           so
           mounted
           up
           the
           funnel
           of
           the
           Chimney
           ,
           descends
           downward
           against
           its
           nature
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           defect
           of
           air
           within
           the
           said
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           fills
           it
           with
           smoke
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           the
           fire
           choaks
           ,
           and
           extinguishes
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           air
           .
           Whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           Chymists
           have
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           air
           is
           the
           life
           of
           fire
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           animals
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           one
           puts
           a
           Bason
           or
           Vessel
           of
           water
           before
           the
           
           fire
           upon
           the
           hearth
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           smoke
           in
           the
           Chamber
           ;
           although
           it
           be
           so
           close
           shut
           ,
           that
           the
           air
           cannot
           enter
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           fire
           attracts
           part
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           liquid
           substance
           and
           easie
           to
           move
           out
           of
           its
           place
           ;
           which
           aquatic
           parts
           rarifie
           themselves
           into
           air
           ,
           and
           therby
           perform
           the
           functions
           of
           the
           air
           .
           This
           is
           more
           evidently
           seen
           if
           the
           Chamber
           be
           little
           ;
           for
           then
           the
           air
           ,
           which
           is
           there
           pen'd
           in
           ,
           is
           sooner
           rais'd
           up
           and
           carried
           away
           .
           And
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           this
           attraction
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           make
           great
           fires
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           houshold-stuff
           ,
           of
           persons
           that
           dyed
           of
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           to
           dis-infect
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           by
           this
           inundation
           of
           attracted
           air
           ,
           the
           fire
           as
           it
           were
           sweeps
           the
           walls
           ,
           floor
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ;
           and
           takes
           away
           those
           little
           putrified
           ,
           sharp
           ,
           corrosive
           ,
           and
           venomous
           bodies
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           infection
           that
           adhered
           to
           it
           :
           drawing
           them
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           partly
           burnt
           ,
           and
           partly
           sent
           up
           into
           the
           Chimney
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           the
           atomes
           of
           the
           fire
           and
           the
           smoke
           .
           'T
           is
           for
           this
           reason
           that
           the
           great
           Hippocrates
           ,
           (
           who
           groped
           so
           far
           into
           the
           secrets
           of
           Nature
           )
           dis-infected
           ,
           and
           freed
           from
           the
           Plague
           a
           whole
           Province
           or
           entire
           Region
           ;
           by
           causing
           them
           to
           make
           great
           fires
           every
           where
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           this
           manner
           of
           attraction
           is
           made
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           simple
           fire
           ,
           but
           by
           that
           which
           partakes
           of
           it
           ,
           viz.
           by
           hot
           substances
           :
           and
           that
           which
           is
           the
           reason
           and
           cause
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           is
           also
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           other
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           or
           ignited
           parts
           ,
           evaporating
           from
           such
           a
           substance
           or
           hot
           body
           ,
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           the
           adjacent
           air
           ;
           which
           must
           necessarily
           be
           supplied
           by
           other
           air
           or
           some
           matter
           easily
           rari●iable
           into
           air
           ;
           as
           we
           have
           spoken
           of
           the
           bason
           and
           tub
           of
           water
           ,
           put
           before
           the
           fire
           to
           hnder
           smoke
           .
           'T
           is
           upon
           this
           foundation
           that
           Physicians
           ordain
           the
           application
           of
           Pigeons
           ,
           or
           Puppy's
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           hot
           Animals
           ,
           to
           the
           soles
           of
           the
           feet
           ,
           or
           the
           hand-wrists
           ,
           or
           the
           stomachs
           ,
           or
           navils
           of
           their
           Patients
           ;
           to
           extract
           out
           of
           their
           bodies
           the
           wind
           or
           ill
           vapours
           which
           infect
           them
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           contagion
           or
           universal
           infection
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           Pigeons
           ,
           Cats
           ,
           Dogs
           ,
           with
           other
           hot
           Animals
           ,
           which
           have
           continually
           a
           great
           transpiration
           or
           evaporation
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           use
           to
           be
           killed
           :
           because
           through
           attraction
           ,
           the
           Air
           taking
           the
           room
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           issue
           forth
           by
           the
           evaporation
           ,
           the
           pestiferous
           atomes
           ,
           
           which
           are
           scatter'd
           in
           the
           air
           and
           accompany
           it
           ,
           use
           to
           stick
           to
           their
           feathers
           ,
           skins
           ,
           or
           furs
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           Bread
           coming
           hot
           out
           of
           the
           Oven
           ,
           put
           upon
           the
           Bung
           ,
           draws
           to
           it
           the
           Must
           of
           the
           Cask
           which
           would
           spoil
           the
           Wine
           :
           and
           that
           Onions
           ,
           and
           such
           hot
           bodies
           which
           perpetually
           exhale
           fiery
           parts
           ,
           (
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           their
           smel
           )
           are
           quickly
           poison'd
           with
           infectious
           airs
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           exposed
           to
           them
           :
           and
           ,
           't
           is
           one
           of
           the
           signs
           ,
           to
           know
           whether
           the
           whole
           mass
           of
           the
           air
           be
           universally
           infected
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           one
           might
           reduce
           to
           this
           head
           the
           great
           attraction
           of
           air
           by
           calcin'd
           bodies
           ;
           and
           particularly
           by
           Tartar
           ,
           all
           ignited
           by
           the
           violent
           action
           of
           the
           fire
           which
           is
           crowded
           and
           encorporated
           among
           it's
           Salt.
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           that
           it
           attracts
           to
           it
           nine
           times
           more
           air
           ,
           than
           it self
           weighs
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           one
           expose
           to
           the
           air
           a
           pound
           of
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           well
           calcin'd
           and
           b●rnt
           ,
           it
           will
           ●ff●rd
           ten
           pound
           of
           good
           Oil
           of
           Tartar
           ;
           draw●●g
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           incorporating
           the
           circumjacent
           air
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           mingled
           with
           it
           :
           as
           it
           befell
           that
           O●l
           of
           Tartar
           which
           Mon●ir
           F●rrier
           made
           me
           ,
           wherof
           I
           spake
           before
           .
           But
           ,
           meth●nks
           ,
           all
           this
           is
           but
           little
           ,
           compared
           to
           the
           attraction
           of
           air
           by
           the
           body
           of
           a
           certain
           N●n
           at
           Rome
           ;
           wherof
           
             Pe●rus
             Servius
             ,
             ●r●a●
          
           the
           E●ght's
           Physician
           ,
           makes
           mention
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           which
           he
           hath
           published
           ,
           touching
           the
           marvailous
           accidents
           which
           he
           observ'd
           in
           his
           time
           .
           Had
           I
           not
           such
           a
           vouchy
           ,
           I
           durst
           not
           produce
           this
           History
           ;
           although
           the
           Nun
           her self
           confirm'd
           it
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           number
           of
           Physicians
           assured
           me
           of
           the
           truth
           thereof
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Nun
           ,
           that
           ,
           by
           excesse
           of
           fasting
           ,
           watching
           ,
           and
           mental
           orisons
           ,
           was
           so
           ●ea●ed
           in
           her
           body
           ,
           that
           she
           seem'd
           to
           be
           all
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           her
           bones
           dryed
           up
           and
           calcin'd
           .
           This
           heat
           then
           ,
           this
           in●ernal
           fire
           ,
           drawing
           the
           air
           powerfully
           ;
           this
           air
           incorporated
           within
           her
           body
           ,
           as
           it
           uses
           to
           do
           in
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           :
           and
           ,
           the
           passages
           being
           all
           open
           ,
           it
           got
           to
           those
           parts
           where
           there
           is
           most
           serosity
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           bladder
           ;
           and
           thence
           she
           rendred
           it
           in
           water
           among
           her
           Urine
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           an
           incredible
           quantity
           ;
           for
           ,
           she
           voided
           ,
           during
           some
           Weeks
           ,
           more
           than
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           of
           Water
           every
           four
           and
           twenty
           hours
           .
           
           With
           this
           notable
           example
           I
           will
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           experiments
           ,
           I
           have
           urged
           to
           prove
           and
           explicate
           the
           attr●ction
           made
           of
           air
           ,
           by
           hot
           and
           ig●ited
           bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           fire
           .
        
         
           My
           
             Sixth
             Principle
          
           shall
           be
           ,
           that
           
             When
             fire
             or
             some
             hot
             body
             attracts
             the
             Air
             and
             that
             which
             is
             within
             the
             Air
             ,
             if
             it
             happens
             that
             within
             that
             air
             there
             be
             found
             some
             dispersed
             a●oms
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             with
             the
             body
             that
             draws
             them
             ;
             such
             atoms
             are
             more
             powerfully
             attracted
             ,
             than
             if
             they
             were
             Bodies
             of
             a
             different
             nature
             ,
             and
             they
             stay
             ,
             stick
             ,
             and
             mingle
             more
             willingly
             with
             the
             body
             which
             draws
             them
             .
          
           The
           Reason
           hereof
           is
           ,
           the
           Resemblance
           and
           Sympathy
           they
           have
           one
           with
           the
           other
           .
           If
           I
           should
           not
           explicate
           wherein
           this
           Resemblance
           consisted
           ;
           I
           should
           expose
           my self
           to
           the
           same
           censure
           and
           blame
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           I
           taxed
           ,
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           my
           discourse
           ,
           in
           those
           ,
           who
           spake
           but
           lightly
           and
           vulgarly
           of
           the
           
             Powder
             of
             Sympathy
          
           ,
           and
           such
           marvels
           of
           Nature
           .
           But
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           have
           cleared
           that
           which
           I
           contend
           for
           by
           such
           a
           resemblance
           and
           conveniency
           ;
           I
           hope
           then
           you
           will
           rest
           satisfied
           .
           I
           could
           make
           you
           see
           that
           there
           are
           many
           sorts
           of
           Resemblances
           ,
           which
           cause
           an
           Union
           between
           bodies
           ;
           but
           I
           will
           content
           my self
           to
           speak
           here
           only
           of
           three
           signal
           ones
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Resemblance
           shall
           be
           in
           Weight
           ;
           whereby
           bodies
           of
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           heaviness
           assemble
           together
           ,
           The
           reason
           wherof
           is
           eviden●
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           one
           body
           were
           lighter
           ,
           it
           would
           occupy
           a
           higher
           situation
           than
           the
           heavier
           body
           ;
           as
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           a
           body
           were
           more
           weighty
           ,
           it
           would
           descend
           lower
           than
           that
           which
           is
           less
           heavy
           :
           but
           both
           having
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           heav●ness
           ,
           they
           keep
           company
           together
           in
           equilibrio
           ,
           As
           one
           may
           see
           by
           experience
           in
           this
           gentile
           example
           ;
           which
           some
           curious
           spirits
           use
           to
           Produce
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           understand
           how
           the
           
             Four
             Elements
          
           are
           situated
           one
           above
           the
           other
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           weight
           .
           They
           put
           in
           a
           vial
           the
           sp●rit
           of
           Wine
           tinctur'd
           with
           red
           ,
           to
           represent
           the
           Fire
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           Turpentine
           tinctur'd
           with
           blew
           ,
           for
           the
           Air
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           Water
           tinctur'd
           with
           green
           ,
           and
           represent
           the
           element
           of
           Water
           ;
           And
           ,
           to
           represent
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Powder
           of
           some
           solid
           Metal
           enamell'd
           :
           you
           see
           them
           one
           upon
           the
           other
           w●thout
           mix●ng
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           shake
           them
           together
           by
           a
           violent●
           〈◊〉
           
           you
           shal
           see
           a
           Chaos
           ,
           such
           a
           confusion
           ,
           that
           it
           wil
           seem
           there
           's
           no
           particular
           atoms
           that
           belong
           to
           any
           of
           those
           bodies
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           hudled
           pel
           mel
           altogether
           .
           But
           ,
           cease
           this
           agitation
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           see
           presently
           every
           one
           of
           these
           four
           substances
           go
           to
           its
           natural
           place
           ;
           calling
           again
           ,
           &
           labouring
           to
           unite
           all
           their
           atoms
           in
           one
           distinct
           mass
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           see
           no
           mixture
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Resemblance
           of
           bodies
           ,
           which
           draw
           one
           another
           and
           unite
           ,
           is
           among
           them
           which
           are
           of
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           Rarity
           and
           Density
           .
           The
           nature
           and
           effect
           of
           Quantity
           is
           to
           reduce
           to
           unity
           all
           things
           which
           it
           finds
           ;
           if
           some
           other
           stronger
           power
           ,
           (
           as
           ,
           the
           differing
           substantial
           Form
           ,
           which
           multiplies
           it
           )
           do
           not
           hinder
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           evident
           .
           For
           the
           ●ssence
           of
           Quantity
           is
           Divisibility
           or
           a
           
             Capacity
             to
             be
             divided
          
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           
             made
             Many
          
           ;
           whence
           may
           be
           inferr'd
           that
           Quantity
           it self
           is
           not-many
           ;
           't
           is
           therfore
           of
           it self
           and
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           one
           continued
           extension
           ,
           Seeing
           then
           that
           the
           nature
           of
           Q●antity
           in
           general
           tends
           to
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Continuity
           ;
           the
           first
           differences
           of
           Quantity
           ,
           which
           are
           Rarity
           and
           Density
           ,
           must
           produce
           the
           same
           effect
           of
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Continuity
           in
           those
           bodies
           which
           participate
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           of
           them
           .
           For
           proof
           whereof
           ,
           we
           find
           ,
           that
           water
           unites
           and
           incorporates
           it self
           strongly
           and
           easily
           with
           water
           ,
           oil
           with
           oil
           ,
           spirit
           of
           wine
           with
           spirit
           of
           wine
           :
           but
           water
           and
           oil
           will
           hardly
           unite
           ,
           nor
           mercury
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           wine
           ;
           and
           so
           other
           bodies
           of
           differing
           density
           and
           tenuity
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           Resemblance
           of
           bodies
           which
           unites
           and
           keeps
           them
           strongly
           together
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           Figure
           .
           I
           will
           not
           serve
           my self
           here
           with
           the
           ingenious
           conceit
           of
           a
           Great
           Personage
           ;
           who
           holds
           that
           the
           continuity
           of
           Bodies
           results
           from
           some
           smal
           hooks
           or
           clasps
           ,
           which
           keep
           them
           together
           ;
           and
           are
           different
           in
           bodies
           of
           a
           differing
           nature
           :
           But
           (
           not
           to
           extend
           my self
           too
           diffusively
           in
           every
           particularity
           )
           I
           will
           say
           in
           gross
           ,
           as
           an
           apparent
           thing
           ,
           that
           every
           kind
           of
           body
           affects
           a
           particular
           Figure
           .
           We
           see
           it
           plainly
           in
           the
           several
           sorts
           of
           Salt
           ;
           peel
           and
           stamp
           them
           separately
           ,
           dissolve
           ,
           coagulate
           ,
           and
           change
           them
           as
           long
           as
           you
           please
           ;
           they
           come
           again
           alwayes
           to
           their
           own
           natural
           figure
           ,
           after
           every
           dissolution
           ,
           and
           coagulation
           .
           The
           ordinary
           Salt
           forms
           it self
           alwaies
           in
           cubes
           of
           ●oursquare
           faces
           ;
           Salt-peter
           in
           forms
           of
           six
           faces
           :
           Armoniac-salt
           in
           Hexagons
           ;
           as
           the
           Snow
           doth
           ,
           which
           is
           sexangular
           .
           
           Wherto
           Mr.
           Davison
           attributes
           the
           pentagonary
           figure
           of
           every
           one
           of
           those
           Stones
           ,
           which
           were
           found
           in
           the
           Bladder
           of
           
             Monsir
             Peletier
          
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           fourscore
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           immediate
           efficient
           cause
           the
           Bladder
           had
           imprinted
           its
           action
           both
           on
           the
           stones
           ,
           and
           the
           salt
           of
           the
           urine
           .
           The
           Distillators
           observe
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           powre
           upon
           the
           dead
           head
           of
           some
           distillation
           the
           water
           which
           was
           distilled
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           imbibes
           it
           ,
           and
           re-unites
           incontinently
           ;
           wheras
           if
           one
           pour
           on
           it
           any
           other
           water
           of
           an
           heterogeneous
           body
           ,
           it
           swims
           on
           the
           top
           ,
           and
           incorporates
           with
           much
           difficulty
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           distill'd
           water
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           an
           homogeneous
           body
           ,
           is
           composed
           of
           smal
           bodies
           of
           discrepant
           figures
           ;
           as
           the
           Chymists
           plainly
           demonstrate
           :
           and
           these
           atoms
           being
           chaced
           ,
           by
           the
           action
           of
           fire
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Chambers
           ,
           or
           beds
           exactly
           fitted
           to
           them
           ;
           when
           they
           come
           back
           in
           their
           antient
           habitations
           ,
           viz
           ,
           to
           the
           pores
           which
           are
           left
           in
           the
           dead
           heads
           ,
           they
           accommodate
           themselvs
           ,
           and
           amiably
           rejoin
           and
           comensurate
           together
           .
           The
           same
           happens
           when
           it
           rains
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           drougth
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           earth
           immediately
           drinks
           up
           the
           water
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Sun
           ;
           wheras
           any
           other
           strange
           liquor
           would
           enter
           with
           some
           difficulty
           .
           Now
           that
           there
           are
           differing
           po●es
           in
           bodies
           which
           seem
           to
           be
           homogeneous
           ,
           
             Monsir
             Gassendus
          
           affirms
           ,
           and
           undertakes
           to
           prove
           ,
           by
           the
           dissolution
           of
           Salts
           of
           differing
           natures
           in
           common
           water
           .
           When
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           you
           have
           dissolv'd
           in
           it
           common
           Salt
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           it
           can
           bear
           ;
           if
           you
           put
           in
           only
           a
           scruple
           more
           ,
           it
           will
           leave
           it
           entire
           in
           the
           bottom
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           sand
           or
           plaister
           ;
           nevertheless
           it
           will
           dissolve
           a
           good
           quantity
           of
           Salt-peter
           ;
           and
           when
           't
           is
           glutted
           with
           this
           ,
           't
           wil
           dissolve
           as
           much
           of
           Armoniacal
           salt
           ,
           and
           so
           others
           of
           different
           figures
           .
           So
           that
           as
           I
           have
           observed
           elsewhere
           ,
           we
           see
           plainly
           by
           the
           oeconomy
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           bodies
           of
           the
           same
           figure
           use
           to
           mingle
           more
           strongly
           ,
           and
           unite
           themselves
           with
           more
           facility
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           those
           ,
           tha●
           make
           a
           strong
           glue
           ,
           to
           piece
           together
           broken
           pots
           of
           Porcelain
           or
           Chrystal
           ,
           &c.
           always
           mingle
           with
           the
           glue
           the
           powder
           of
           that
           body
           ,
           which
           they
           endeavour
           to
           re-accomodate
           :
           and
           the
           Goldsmiths
           themselvs
           ,
           when
           they
           go
           about
           to
           soder
           together
           pieces
           of
           gold
           ,
           or
           silver
           ,
           mingle
           alwayes
           their
           own
           dust
           in
           the
           soder
           .
        
         
           Having
           hitherto
           run
           through
           the
           reasons
           and
           causes
           why
           
           bodies
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           draw
           one
           to
           another
           with
           greater
           facility
           and
           force
           ,
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           why
           they
           unite
           with
           more
           promptitude
           ;
           le
           ts
           now
           see
           according
           to
           our
           method
           ,
           how
           experience
           confirms
           this
           discourse
           ,
           for
           ,
           in
           natural
           things
           we
           must
           have
           recourse
           ,
           
             en
             dernier
             ressort
          
           ,
           to
           experience
           ;
           and
           all
           reasoning
           that
           is
           not
           supported
           so
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           repudiated
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           suspected
           to
           be
           illegitimate
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           an
           ordinary
           thing
           ,
           when
           one
           find
           she
           ha's
           burnt
           his
           hand
           ;
           to
           hold
           it
           a
           good
           while
           as
           near
           the
           fire
           as
           he
           can
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           the
           ignited
           atomes
           of
           the
           fire
           and
           of
           the
           hand
           mingling
           together
           ,
           and
           drawing
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           the
           stronger
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           which
           are
           those
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           having
           the
           mastery
           ,
           the
           hand
           finds
           it self
           much
           eased
           of
           the
           inflammation
           which
           it
           suffer'd
           .
           T
           is
           an
           usual
           course
           ,
           though
           a
           nasty
           one
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           have
           ill
           breaths
           ,
           to
           hold
           their
           mouths
           open
           over
           a
           Privy
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           can
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           re-iteration
           of
           this
           remedy
           ,
           they
           find
           themselv●s
           cured
           at
           last
           ;
           the
           greater
           stink
           of
           the
           privy
           drawing
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           carrying
           away
           ,
           the
           lesse
           ,
           which
           is
           that
           of
           the
           mouth
           .
           They
           who
           have
           been
           prick'd
           or
           bitten
           by
           a
           Viper
           or
           Scorpion
           ,
           hold
           ,
           over
           the
           bitten
           or
           prick'd
           place
           ,
           the
           head
           of
           a
           Viper
           or
           Scorpion
           bruised
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           means
           the
           poyson
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           filtration
           crept
           on
           to
           gain
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           party
           ,
           returns
           back
           to
           its
           principles
           ,
           and
           so
           leavs
           him
           well
           recover'd
           .
           In
           time
           of
           common
           contagion
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           carry
           about
           them
           the
           powder
           of
           a
           Toad
           ,
           and
           somtimes
           a
           living
           Toad
           or
           Spider
           ,
           sh●t
           up
           in
           a
           b●x
           ;
           or
           Ars●ick
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           venemous
           substance
           ;
           which
           draws
           to
           it
           the
           contagious
           air
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           would
           infect
           the
           party
           :
           and
           the
           same
           powder
           of
           a
           Toad
           draws
           to
           it
           the
           poyson
           of
           a
           plague
           sore
           .
           The
           Farcy
           is
           avenemous
           and
           contagious
           humor
           within
           the
           body
           of
           a
           Horse
           :
           hang
           a
           Toad
           about
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           Horse
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           bag
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           be
           cured
           infallibly
           ;
           the
           Toad
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           stronger
           poyson
           ,
           drawing
           to
           it
           the
           venome
           which
           was
           within
           the
           Horse
           .
           Make
           water
           to
           evaporate
           out
           of
           a
           Stove
           ,
           or
           other
           room
           ,
           close
           shut
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           nothing
           that
           draws
           this
           vapor
           ,
           it
           will
           stick
           to
           the
           walls
           of
           the
           Stove
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           it
           cools
           ,
           recondense
           there
           into
           water
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           put
           a
           bason
           or
           bucket
           of
           water
           into
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Stove
           ,
           it
           will
           attract
           all
           the
           vapor
           which
           fil'd
           the
           chamber
           ,
           and
           no
           part
           of
           the
           wall
           will
           be
           wetted
           .
           If
           you
           dissolve
           Mercury
           ,
           which
           ,
           resolving
           into
           smoke
           ,
           
           passes
           into
           the
           recipient
           ,
           put
           into
           the
           head
           of
           the
           limbeck
           a
           little
           therof
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Mercury
           in
           the
           limbeck
           will
           gather
           there
           ,
           and
           nothing
           will
           passe
           into
           the
           recipient
           .
           If
           you
           distil
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Salt
           ,
           or
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           or
           the
           Baume
           of
           Sulpher
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           passage
           free
           betwixt
           the
           Spirit
           and
           the
           dead
           head
           ,
           whence
           it
           issued
           ;
           the
           Spirits
           will
           return
           to
           the
           dead
           head
           ,
           which
           ,
           being
           fixt
           and
           not
           able
           to
           mount
           up
           ,
           draws
           them
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           our
           Country
           ,
           ●
           (
           and
           I
           think
           it
           is
           so
           used
           here
           ,
           )
           they
           use
           to
           make
           provision
           for
           all
           the
           year
           of
           Venison
           ,
           at
           the
           season
           that
           their
           flesh
           is
           best
           and
           most
           savory
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           july
           ,
           and
           August
           ;
           they
           bake
           it
           in
           earthen
           pots
           ,
           or
           Ryecrust
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           well
           seasond
           it
           with
           salt
           and
           spices
           ;
           and
           being
           cold
           ,
           they
           cover
           it
           deep
           with
           fresh
           butter
           ,
           that
           the
           air
           may
           no●
           enter
           .
           Nevertheless
           t
           is
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           their
           diligence
           when
           the
           l●v●ng
           Beasts
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           and
           kind
           ,
           are
           in
           Rut
           ,
           the
           flesh
           in
           the
           pot
           smels
           very
           rank
           ,
           and
           is
           very
           much
           changed
           ,
           having
           a
           stronger
           taft
           ;
           because
           of
           the
           spirits
           which
           come
           at
           thi●
           season
           from
           the
           living
           Beasts
           ;
           which
           spirits
           are
           attracted
           na●urally
           by
           the
           dead
           flesh
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           one
           hath
           much
           to
           do
           〈◊〉
           preserve
           it
           from
           being
           quite
           spoil'd
           :
           but
           the
           said
           season
           be●ng
           passed
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           danger
           or
           difficulty
           to
           keep
           it
           gustful
           all
           the
           year
           long
           .
        
         
           The
           Wine
           Merchants
           (
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           and
           every
           where
           else
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           Wine
           ,
           )
           observe
           that
           ,
           during
           the
           season
           that
           the
           Vines
           are
           in
           flower
           ,
           the
           Wine
           ,
           in
           their
           Cellars
           ,
           makes
           a
           kind
           of
           fermentation
           ,
           and
           pushes
           forth
           a
           little
           white
           Lee
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           think
           they
           call
           the
           Mother
           )
           upon
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           wine
           :
           which
           continues
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           disorder
           ,
           till
           the
           flowers
           of
           the
           Vines
           be
           fall'n
           ;
           and
           then
           ,
           this
           agitation
           or
           fermentation
           being
           ceased
           ,
           all
           the
           wine
           returns
           to
           the
           same
           state
           it
           was
           in
           before
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           now
           that
           this
           observation
           hath
           been
           made
           ,
           but
           ,
           besides
           divers
           others
           ,
           who
           speak
           hereof
           ,
           
             St.
             Ephrem
          
           the
           
             Syri●n
             ▪
          
           (
           in
           his
           last
           Will
           and
           Testament
           ,
           some
           1300
           years
           ago
           ,
           )
           reports
           this
           very
           same
           circumstance
           of
           Wine
           ;
           sensibly
           suffering
           an
           ag●tation
           and
           fermentation
           within
           the
           vessel
           ,
           a●
           the
           same
           time
           t●at
           the
           Vines
           seem
           to
           exhale
           their
           Spirits
           in
           the
           Vineyards
           .
           He
           makes
           use
           of
           the
           same
           example
           in
           dry
           Onions
           ,
           which
           bud
           in
           
           the
           House
           ,
           when
           those
           in
           the
           Garden
           begin
           to
           come
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           fill
           the
           air
           with
           their
           Spirits
           ;
           shewing
           by
           these
           known
           examples
           of
           Nature
           ,
           the
           communication
           between
           Living
           Persons
           ,
           and
           the
           souls
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           Now
           those
           Viny
           Spirits
           that
           issue
           from
           the
           buds
           and
           flowers
           ,
           filling
           the
           air
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Spirits
           of
           Rosem●ry
           use
           to
           do
           in
           Spain
           )
           are
           drawn
           into
           the
           Vessels
           ,
           by
           the
           connatural
           and
           attractive
           vertue
           of
           the
           Wine
           within
           :
           and
           these
           new
           volatil
           Spirits
           ,
           entring
           ,
           excite
           the
           more
           fixed
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Wine
           ,
           and
           so
           cause
           a
           fermentation
           ;
           as
           if
           one
           should
           pour
           therin
           new
           or
           sweet
           wine
           ,
           for
           in
           all
           fermentations
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           separation
           made
           of
           the
           terrestial
           parts
           from
           the
           oily
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           lightest
           mount
           up
           to
           the
           Superficies
           ,
           the
           heaviest
           become
           Tartar
           lees
           ,
           which
           sink
           to
           the
           bottom
           .
           But
           ,
           in
           this
           Season
           ,
           if
           one
           be
           not
           very
           careful
           to
           keep
           the
           Wine
           in
           a
           proper
           and
           temperate
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           Cask
           full
           and
           well
           bung'd
           ;
           and
           to
           use
           other
           endeavours
           which
           are
           ordinary
           with
           Wine-Coopers
           ,
           one
           runs
           a
           h●z●rd
           to
           have
           his
           Wine
           impaird
           ,
           or
           quite
           spoil'd
           ;
           because
           volatil
           Spirits
           ,
           evaporating
           again
           ,
           carry
           away
           with
           them
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           wine
           that
           is
           barrel'd
           ,
           by
           exciting
           and
           mingling
           with
           them
           .
           As
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           the
           Oil
           of
           Tartar
           ,
           which
           
             Monsur
             ●errier
          
           made
           ,
           attracting
           to
           it self
           the
           volatil
           Spirits
           of
           Roses
           ,
           diffused
           in
           the
           air
           in
           their
           Season
           ,
           suffer'd
           such
           a
           fermentation
           :
           and
           made
           every
           year
           new
           attractions
           of
           the
           like
           Spirits
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           affinity
           which
           this
           oil
           had
           contracted
           with
           those
           Spirits
           at
           first
           ;
           which
           it
           lost
           again
           still
           as
           the
           Season
           passed
           .
           And
           t
           is
           for
           the
           very
           same
           reason
           ,
           that
           a
           Table-cloath
           ,
           or
           Napkin
           ,
           spoted
           with
           Mulberries
           ,
           or
           red
           Wine
           ,
           is
           eas●ly
           whitned
           again
           ,
           at
           the
           season
           that
           the
           Plants
           flower
           ;
           wheras
           at
           any
           other
           time
           ,
           these
           spots
           can
           hardly
           be
           washed
           out
           .
           But
           ,
           t
           is
           not
           only
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           where
           Vines
           are
           near
           Cellars
           of
           wine
           ,
           that
           this
           fermentation
           happens
           :
           in
           England
           ,
           where
           we
           have
           not
           Vines
           enough
           to
           make
           wine
           ,
           the
           same
           thing
           is
           observed
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           some
           particularities
           farther
           .
           Although
           they
           make
           no
           wine
           in
           our
           Country
           ,
           to
           any
           considerable
           proportion
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           wine
           there
           in
           great
           abundance
           ,
           brought
           over
           by
           the
           Merchants
           .
           It
           uses
           to
           come
           principally
           from
           three
           places
           ,
           viz.
           from
           the
           Canaries
           ,
           from
           Spain
           ,
           from
           Gascony
           .
           Now
           ,
           these
           Regions
           being
           under
           different
           Degrees
           and
           Climates
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Latitude
           ,
           and
           consequently
           one
           Country
           being
           hotter
           
           or
           colder
           ,
           than
           the
           other
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           same
           Vegetals
           grow
           to
           maturity
           sooner
           :
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           the
           foresaid
           fermentation
           of
           our
           differing
           Wines
           advances
           it self
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           Vines
           ,
           whence
           they
           proceed
           ,
           do
           bud
           and
           flower
           in
           the
           Region
           where
           they
           grow
           ;
           it
           being
           consentaneous
           to
           reason
           ,
           that
           every
           sort
           of
           wine
           attracts
           more
           willingly
           the
           Spirits
           of
           those
           Vines
           whence
           it
           comes
           ,
           than
           of
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           making
           some
           digression
           here
           ,
           to
           unfold
           some
           other
           effects
           of
           Nature
           ;
           which
           we
           see
           often
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           less
           curious
           ,
           than
           the
           most
           principal
           we
           treat
           of
           ,
           and
           wil
           seem
           to
           be
           derived
           from
           more
           obscure
           causes
           ;
           notwithstanding
           ,
           in
           many
           circumstances
           ,
           they
           depend
           on
           the
           same
           principles
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           many
           ,
           much
           differing
           .
           First
           ,
           touching
           M●les
           or
           marks
           ,
           which
           happen
           to
           Infants
           when
           their
           mothers
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           their
           pregnancy
           ,
           have
           long'd
           for
           some
           particular
           th●ngs
           .
           To
           proceed
           after
           my
           accustomed
           manner
           ;
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           an
           example
           .
           A
           Lady
           of
           high
           condition
           ,
           whom
           many
           of
           this
           Assembly
           know
           ,
           at
           least
           by
           reputation
           ,
           hath
           upon
           her
           N●ck
           the
           figure
           of
           a
           Mu●berry
           ;
           as
           exactly
           as
           any
           Painter
           or
           Sculp●or
           can
           possibly
           represent
           one
           :
           for
           it
           bears
           not
           only
           the
           colour
           ,
           but
           the
           just
           proportion
           of
           a
           Mulberry
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           it
           were
           emboss'd
           upon
           her
           flesh
           .
           The
           Mother
           of
           this
           Lady
           ,
           being
           w●th-child
           ,
           had
           a
           great
           mind
           to
           eat
           some
           Mul●erries
           ;
           and
           her
           fancy
           bein●
           satisfied
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           casually
           fell
           upon
           her
           neck
           ;
           the
           sanguin
           juice
           whereof
           was
           soon
           wiped
           off
           ,
           and
           she
           felt
           nothing
           at
           that
           time
           .
           But
           the
           Child
           being
           born
           ,
           the
           perfect
           figure
           of
           a
           Mulberry
           was
           seen
           upon
           her
           Neck
           ;
           in
           the
           same
           place
           where
           it
           fel
           upon
           the
           Mothers
           :
           and
           every
           year
           ,
           in
           Mulberpy
           season
           ,
           this
           impression
           ,
           or
           rather
           this
           excrescence
           of
           flesh
           sweld
           ,
           grew
           big
           ,
           and
           itch'd
           .
        
         
           Another
           Lady
           who
           had
           the
           like
           mark
           of
           a
           Stra●berry
           ,
           was
           more
           incommodated
           therwith
           ;
           for
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           grew
           inflamed
           and
           itch'd
           in
           Strawberry-season
           ,
           but
           broke
           ,
           like
           an
           Impostume
           ,
           whence
           iss●ed
           forth
           a
           sharp
           corrosive
           humor
           .
           But
           ,
           a
           skilful
           Surgeon
           took
           all
           away
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           roots
           ,
           by
           cauterizing
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           she
           never
           felt
           any
           pain
           or
           alteration
           in
           that
           place
           which
           incommodated
           her
           so
           much
           ;
           it
           being
           become
           a
           simple
           scar.
           
        
         
           Now
           then
           ,
           le
           ts
           endeavour
           to
           penetrate
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           ,
           the
           causes
           
           and
           reasons
           of
           these
           marvailous
           effects
           .
           But
           ,
           to
           go
           the
           more
           handsomly
           to
           work
           ,
           let
           us
           reflect
           .
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           actions
           of
           all
           our
           senses
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           material
           and
           corporal
           participation
           of
           the
           things
           we
           are
           sensible
           of
           ,
           viz.
           some
           atoms
           of
           the
           body
           operate
           upon
           our
           Senses
           ,
           and
           enter
           into
           their
           organs
           ;
           which
           serve
           them
           as
           funnels
           ,
           to
           conduct
           and
           carry
           them
           to
           the
           brain
           and
           the
           imagination
           .
           This
           appears
           evidently
           in
           Vapours
           and
           Savours
           .
           And
           for
           Hearing
           ,
           the
           exterior
           air
           ,
           being
           agitated
           ,
           causes
           a
           movement
           within
           the
           membrane
           or
           tympane
           of
           the
           Ear
           ,
           which
           gives
           the
           like
           shake
           to
           the
           hammer
           tyed
           thereto
           ;
           and
           that
           beating
           upon
           its
           anvil
           ,
           causes
           a
           reciprocal
           motion
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           which
           is
           shut
           within
           the
           crannies
           of
           the
           Ear
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           that
           which
           we
           usually
           call
           Sound
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Sight
           ,
           t
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           Light
           ,
           reflecting
           from
           the
           body
           that
           is
           seen
           ,
           enters
           into
           the
           eyes
           ;
           and
           cannot
           ,
           bu●bring
           with
           it
           some
           emanations
           of
           the
           body
           wheron
           it
           reflects
           ;
           as
           we
           have
           establish'd
           in
           our
           
             Second
             Principle
          
           .
        
         
           It
           remains
           now
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           like
           is
           done
           in
           the
           grossest
           of
           our
           senses
           ,
           the
           Touch
           or
           Feeling
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           shewn
           ,
           that
           every
           body
           sends
           forth
           a
           continual
           emanation
           of
           atoms
           out
           of
           it self
           :
           it
           makes
           much
           for
           the
           assertion
           of
           this
           truth
           .
           But
           to
           render
           it
           yet
           more
           manifest
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           all
           possibility
           of
           doubt
           ,
           I
           will
           demonstrate
           it
           evidently
           to
           the
           eye
           :
           wherof
           every
           one
           may
           make
           an
           experience
           in
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           so
           curious
           ,
           yea
           ,
           in
           a
           less
           compass
           of
           time
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           you
           all
           know
           the
           notable
           affinity
           betwixt
           Gold
           and
           Quick-silver
           .
           If
           Gold
           but
           touches
           Mercury
           ,
           that
           sticks
           close
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           whitens
           it
           so
           ,
           that
           it
           scarce
           appears
           Gold
           ,
           but
           silver
           only
           .
           If
           you
           cast
           this
           blanched
           Gold
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           the
           heat
           chases
           and
           drives
           away
           the
           Mercury
           ,
           and
           the
           Gold
           returns
           to
           its
           former
           colour
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           you
           repeat
           this
           often
           ,
           the
           Gold
           calcines
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           may
           pound
           ,
           and
           reduce
           it
           to
           powder
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           dissolvant
           in
           the
           World
           that
           can
           well
           calcine
           and
           burn
           the
           body
           of
           Gold
           ,
           but
           Quick-silver
           .
           I
           speak
           of
           that
           which
           is
           already
           formed
           by
           Nature
           ;
           without
           engaging
           my self
           to
           speak
           of
           that
           which
           is
           talked
           of
           among
           the
           Secrets
           of
           Philosophy
           .
           Take
           then
           ,
           a
           spoonful
           of
           Mercury
           in
           some
           porcelan
           or
           other
           dish
           ,
           and
           finger
           it
           with
           one
           hand
           :
           if
           you
           have
           a
           Gold-Ring
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           it
           will
           become
           white
           and
           covered
           
           with
           Mercury
           ;
           though
           it
           doth
           not
           any
           way
           touch
           it
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           if
           you
           take
           a
           leaf
           or
           a
           Crown
           of
           gold
           in
           your
           mouth
           ,
           and
           put
           but
           one
           of
           your
           toes
           in
           a
           Vessel
           where
           Mercury
           is
           ;
           the
           Gold
           in
           your
           mouth
           ,
           though
           you
           shut
           your
           lips
           never
           so
           close
           ,
           shall
           turn
           white
           and
           laden
           with
           Mercury
           :
           then
           ,
           if
           you
           put
           the
           Gold
           in
           the
           fire
           ,
           to
           make
           all
           the
           Mercury
           evaporate
           ,
           and
           re-iterate
           this
           thing
           often
           ,
           your
           Gold
           will
           be
           calcin'd
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           had
           ,
           by
           amalgation
           ,
           joyn'd
           Mercury
           therwith
           corporally
           .
           And
           all
           this
           will
           yet
           be
           done
           more
           speedily
           and
           effectually
           ,
           if
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           common
           Mercury
           ,
           you
           make
           use
           of
           Mercury
           of
           Antimony
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           hotter
           ,
           and
           more
           penetrating
           ;
           and
           ,
           though
           you
           drive
           it
           away
           by
           force
           of
           fire
           ,
           it
           will
           carry
           away
           with
           it
           a
           good
           quantity
           of
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Gold
           ;
           that
           ,
           re-iterating
           often
           this
           operation
           ,
           there
           will
           no
           more
           Gold
           remain
           for
           you
           to
           continue
           your
           experiments
           .
           If
           then
           ,
           cold
           Mercury
           doth
           so
           penetrate
           the
           whole
           body
           ;
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           think
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           subtil
           atoms
           of
           fruit
           composed
           of
           many
           fiery
           parts
           wil
           pass
           with
           more
           facility
           and
           quickness
           .
           I
           could
           further
           make
           you
           see
           how
           such
           Spirits
           &
           Emanations
           suddenly
           also
           penetrateev'n
           steel
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           a
           substance
           so
           compacted
           ,
           cold
           ,
           and
           hard
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           atoms
           keep
           there
           residence
           their
           many
           months
           and
           years
           .
           In
           a
           living
           body
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           Mans
           :
           the
           intern
           Spirits
           aid
           and
           contribute
           much
           facility
           to
           the
           Spirits
           that
           are
           without
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           those
           of
           Fruits
           are
           ,
           )
           to
           make
           their
           journy
           to
           the
           Brain
           .
           The
           great
           Architect
           of
           Nature
           in
           the
           fabrick
           of
           a
           Human
           Body
           ,
           the
           master
           piece
           of
           corporal
           nature
           ,
           hath
           placed
           there
           some
           intern
           Spirits
           ,
           to
           serve
           as
           Sentinels
           ,
           to
           bring
           their
           discoveries
           to
           their
           General
           ,
           the
           Imagination
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           Mistress
           of
           the
           whole
           family
           ,
           )
           wherby
           the
           man
           might
           know
           and
           understand
           ,
           what
           is
           done
           without
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           the
           great
           World
           ;
           and
           might
           shun
           what
           is
           noxious
           and
           seek
           after
           that
           which
           is
           profitable
           .
           For
           ,
           these
           Sentinels
           or
           intern
           Spirits
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           sensitive
           organs
           ,
           are
           not
           able
           to
           to
           judg
           alone
           :
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           the
           Imagination
           or
           thought
           ,
           be
           distracted
           strongly
           to
           some
           other
           object
           ,
           these
           intern
           Spirits
           do
           not
           know
           whether
           a
           man
           hath
           drunk
           the
           wine
           which
           he
           hath
           swa●low'd
           ;
           if
           perchance
           ,
           seeing
           a
           person
           who
           comes
           to
           salute
           him
           ,
           he
           fixes
           his
           eye
           upon
           him
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           or
           he
           listens
           attentively
           to
           the
           air
           of
           some
           melodious
           Song
           or
           musical
           Instrument
           .
           
           The
           inward
           Spirits
           the●efore
           bring
           all
           their
           acquisitions
           to
           the
           Imagination
           ;
           and
           if
           she
           be
           not
           more
           strongly
           bent
           upon
           another
           object
           ,
           she
           falls
           a
           forming
           certain
           Id●as
           and
           Images
           :
           for
           the
           atoms
           from
           without
           ,
           being
           convey'd
           by
           these
           intern
           Spirits
           to
           our
           imagination
           ,
           erect
           there
           the
           like
           edifice
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           model
           in
           short
           resembling
           the
           great
           body
           whence
           they
           come
           ,
           And
           if
           the
           Imagination
           hath
           no
           more
           use
           of
           those
           significative
           atoms
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           she
           ranges
           them
           in
           some
           proper
           place
           within
           her
           Magazin
           ,
           the
           Memory
           ;
           where
           she
           can
           recall
           ,
           and
           send
           them
           back
           when
           she
           pleases
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           any
           object
           which
           causes
           some
           emotions
           in
           the
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           touches
           her
           nearer
           ,
           than
           common
           objects
           use
           to
           do
           ;
           she
           sends
           back
           her
           Sentinels
           ,
           the
           internal
           Spirits
           ,
           upon
           the
           Confines
           ,
           to
           bring
           her
           more
           particular
           news
           .
           Hence
           it
           proceeds
           that
           being
           surprized
           by
           some
           particular
           person
           ,
           or
           other
           object
           ,
           that
           has
           already
           some
           eminent
           place
           in
           his
           Imagination
           ,
           be
           it
           with
           desire
           or
           aversion
           ,
           man
           suddenly
           changes
           colour
           ,
           and
           becomes
           now
           red
           ,
           then
           pale
           ,
           then
           red
           again
           at
           divers
           times
           :
           according
           as
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           which
           are
           those
           intern
           Spirits
           ,
           go
           quick
           or
           slow
           towards
           their
           object
           ,
           and
           return
           with
           their
           reports
           to
           their
           Mistress
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Imagination
           .
           But
           ,
           besides
           these
           passages
           we
           speak
           of
           ,
           from
           the
           brain
           to
           the
           external
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           by
           the
           ministry
           of
           the
           nerv's
           ;
           there
           is
           also
           a
           great
           road
           from
           the
           Brain
           to
           the
           Heart
           ;
           by
           which
           the
           vital
           spirits
           ascend
           from
           the
           Heart
           to
           the
           Brain
           ,
           to
           be
           animated
           :
           and
           hereby
           the
           Imagination
           sends
           to
           the
           Heart
           those
           atoms
           which
           she
           hath
           receiv'd
           from
           some
           external
           object
           .
           And
           there
           they
           make
           an
           ebullition
           among
           the
           vital
           Spirits
           ;
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           intervening
           atoms
           ,
           either
           cause
           a
           dilatation
           of
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           so
           gladden
           it
           ;
           or
           contract
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           sadden
           it
           :
           and
           these
           two
           differing
           and
           contrary
           actions
           are
           the
           first
           general
           effects
           ,
           whence
           proceed
           afterwards
           the
           particular
           Passions
           ;
           which
           require
           not
           that
           I
           pursue
           them
           too
           far
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           having
           done
           it
           more
           particularly
           else
           where
           ,
           and
           more
           expresly
           .
        
         
           Besides
           these
           passages
           ,
           which
           are
           common
           to
           all
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           there
           is
           another
           that
           's
           peculiar
           only
           to
           females
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           Brain
           to
           the
           Matrix
           :
           wherby
           it
           often
           falls
           out
           that
           such
           violent
           vapours
           mount
           up
           to
           the
           Brain
           ;
           and
           those
           
           in
           so
           great
           a
           number
           ,
           that
           they
           often
           hinder
           the
           operation
           of
           the
           Brain
           and
           Imagination
           ,
           causing
           convulsions
           and
           follies
           ,
           with
           other
           strange
           accidents
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           same
           channel
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           or
           atoms
           pass
           with
           a
           greater
           liberty
           and
           swiftness
           to
           the
           womb
           or
           Matrix
           ,
           when
           the
           case
           requires
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           le
           ts
           consider
           how
           the
           strong
           Imagination
           of
           one
           m●n
           doth
           marvailously
           act
           upon
           another
           man
           ,
           who
           hath
           it
           more
           feeble
           and
           passive
           .
           We
           see
           daily
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           a
           person
           gape
           ;
           those
           who
           see
           him
           gaping
           are
           excited
           to
           do
           the
           same
           .
           If
           one
           fall
           in
           company
           with
           persons
           that
           are
           in
           a
           fit
           of
           laughter
           ,
           he
           can
           hardly
           forbear
           laughing
           ,
           though
           he
           knows
           not
           ,
           why
           they
           laugh
           :
           or
           if
           one
           enters
           into
           an
           house
           where
           all
           the
           World
           is
           sad
           ;
           he
           becomes
           melancholy
           .
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           being
           very
           moist
           and
           passive
           ,
           are
           most
           susceptible
           of
           this
           unpleasing
           contagion
           of
           the
           Imagination
           .
           I
           have
           known
           a
           very
           melancholy
           woman
           ,
           which
           was
           subject
           to
           the
           disease
           called
           the
           Mother
           ;
           and
           while
           she
           continued
           in
           that
           mood
           ,
           she
           thought
           her self
           possessed
           ,
           and
           did
           strange
           things
           ,
           which
           among
           those
           that
           knew
           not
           the
           cause
           ,
           passed
           for
           supernatural
           effects
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           possessed
           by
           the
           ill
           spirit
           ,
           she
           was
           a
           person
           of
           quality
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           hap'ned
           through
           the
           deep
           resentment
           she
           had
           for
           the
           death
           of
           her
           Husband
           .
           She
           had
           attending
           her
           four
           or
           five
           young
           Gentlewomen
           ;
           wherof
           some
           were
           her
           Kinswomen
           ,
           and
           others
           serv'd
           her
           as
           Chamber-maids
           :
           All
           these
           came
           to
           be
           possessed
           as
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           did
           prodigious
           actions
           .
           These
           young
           Maids
           were
           separated
           from
           her
           sight
           and
           communication
           ;
           and
           not
           having
           yet
           contracted
           such
           profound
           roots
           of
           the
           evil
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           be
           all
           cured
           by
           their
           absence
           :
           and
           this
           Lady
           was
           also
           cured
           afterwards
           by
           a
           Physician
           ,
           who
           purg'd
           the
           atrabilious
           humors
           ,
           and
           restored
           her
           Matrix
           to
           its
           former
           estate
           .
           There
           was
           neither
           imposture
           ,
           or
           dissimulation
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           make
           a
           notable
           recital
           of
           such
           passions
           ,
           that
           hap'ned
           to
           the
           Nuns
           at
           Lodun
           :
           but
           ,
           having
           done
           it
           in
           a
           particular
           Discourse
           at
           my
           return
           from
           that
           Country
           ,
           where
           I
           ,
           as
           exactly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           discussed
           the
           point
           ,
           I
           will
           forbear
           speaking
           therof
           at
           this
           time
           .
           And
           only
           pray
           you
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           ,
           when
           two
           Lutes
           or
           Harps
           ,
           near
           one
           another
           are
           both
           set
           to
           the
           same
           ●une
           ;
           if
           you
           touch
           the
           strings
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           the
           other
           consonant
           Instrument
           will
           sound
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           though
           no
           
           body
           touch
           it
           ;
           whereof
           Galileo
           hath
           ingeniously
           rendred
           the
           reason
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           make
           application
           to
           our
           purpose
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           produced
           about
           it
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           that
           any
           two
           several
           persons
           should
           be
           so
           near
           one
           the
           other
           as
           the
           Mother
           and
           the
           Infant
           in
           her
           womb
           ;
           one
           may
           thence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           effects
           of
           a
           strong
           and
           vehement
           Imagination
           ,
           working
           upon
           another
           more
           feeble
           ,
           passive
           ,
           and
           tender
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           more
           efficacious
           in
           the
           Mother
           acting
           upon
           her
           Infant
           ,
           than
           when
           the
           Imaginations
           of
           other
           persons
           act
           upon
           those
           who
           are
           nothing
           to
           them
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           a
           Master
           of
           Musick
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           never
           so
           expert
           and
           exact
           ,
           to
           tune
           so
           perfectly
           any
           two
           Harps
           ,
           as
           the
           great
           Master
           of
           the
           Universe
           do●h
           the
           two
           bodies
           of
           the
           Mother
           and
           the
           Infant
           ;
           so
           by
           consequence
           ,
           the
           concussion
           of
           the
           principal
           strings
           of
           the
           Mother
           ,
           which
           is
           her
           Imagination
           ,
           must
           produce
           a
           greater
           shaking
           of
           the
           consonant
           string
           in
           the
           Infant
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           his
           Imagination
           ,
           than
           the
           string
           of
           one
           Lute
           being
           struck
           ,
           can
           of
           the
           Consonant
           strings
           of
           another
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           when
           the
           Mother
           sends
           Spirits
           to
           some
           parts
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           the
           like
           must
           be
           sent
           to
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           Childs
           body
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           le
           ts
           call
           to
           memory
           ,
           how
           the
           Imagination
           of
           the
           Mother
           is
           ful
           of
           corporeal
           atoms
           ,
           coming
           from
           the
           Mulberry
           or
           Strawberry
           ,
           that
           fel
           upon
           her
           Neck
           and
           Brest
           ;
           and
           her
           Imagination
           being
           then
           surprized
           with
           an
           emotion
           ,
           by
           the
           suddenness
           of
           the
           accident
           ,
           it
           follows
           necessarily
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           send
           some
           of
           these
           atoms
           also
           to
           the
           Brain
           of
           the
           Infant
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           the
           same
           part
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           where
           she
           took
           the
           stain
           at
           first
           ;
           twixt
           which
           and
           the
           brain
           ,
           there
           pass
           such
           frequent
           and
           speedy
           messengers
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           formerly
           set
           forth
           .
           The
           Infant
           also
           having
           his
           parts
           tuned
           in
           an
           harmonious
           consonance
           with
           the
           Mothers
           ,
           cannot
           fail
           to
           observe
           the
           same
           movement
           of
           spirits
           ,
           twixt
           his
           Imaginations
           and
           his
           neck
           and
           brest
           ,
           as
           the
           mother
           did
           'twixt
           hers
           :
           and
           ,
           these
           Spirits
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           with
           atoms
           of
           the
           Mulberry
           ,
           which
           the
           Mother
           convey'd
           to
           his
           Imagination
           ,
           make
           a
           deep
           impression
           and
           lasting
           mark
           upon
           his
           delicate
           skin
           ,
           wheras
           that
           of
           the
           mothers
           was
           more
           hard
           .
           As
           if
           one
           should
           let
           fly
           a
           Pistol
           charg'd
           with
           powder
           only
           ,
           
           against
           a
           Marble
           ,
           the
           powder
           would
           do
           nothing
           but
           ●ully
           it
           a
           little
           ,
           which
           may
           quickly
           be
           rub'd
           off
           ;
           but
           if
           one
           should
           discharge
           such
           a
           Pistol
           at
           a
           Man's
           face
           ,
           the
           grains
           of
           the
           powder
           would
           pierce
           the
           skin
           ,
           and
           stick
           and
           dwel
           there
           ,
           all
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           making
           themselvs
           known
           by
           their
           black-blewish
           colour
           ,
           which
           they
           always
           conserve
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           the
           smal
           grains
           or
           atoms
           of
           the
           Fruit
           ,
           which
           passed
           from
           the
           Mothers
           neck
           to
           the
           Imagination
           of
           the
           Infant
           ,
           and
           thence
           to
           the
           same
           place
           upon
           his
           skin
           ,
           do
           lodg
           and
           continually
           dwel
           there
           for
           the
           future
           ;
           and
           serve
           as
           a
           source
           to
           draw
           the
           atoms
           of
           the
           like
           fruit
           dispersed
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           in
           their
           season
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           wine
           in
           the
           Tun
           draws
           to
           it
           the
           volatil
           spirits
           of
           the
           Vines
           )
           and
           by
           drawing
           them
           ,
           the
           part
           of
           the
           skin
           ,
           where
           they
           reside
           ,
           ferments
           ,
           swels
           ,
           corrod's
           ,
           inflames
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           break●
           .
           But
           to
           render
           yet
           more
           considerable
           these
           marvailous
           marks
           of
           longing
           ,
           (
           since
           we
           are
           upon
           this
           subject
           )
           ,
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           to
           touch
           also
           another
           circumstance
           ,
           which
           might
           seem
           at
           first
           to
           be
           a
           miracle
           of
           Nature
           ,
           beyond
           the
           causes
           which
           I
           have
           alledg'd
           :
           but
           having
           well
           eventilated
           it
           ,
           we
           shall
           obsolutely
           find
           that
           it
           depends
           upon
           the
           same
           principles
           .
           T'
           is
           .
           that
           oftentimes
           it
           falls
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           impression
           of
           the
           thing
           desired
           or
           longed
           for
           by
           the
           Mother
           ,
           sticks
           on
           the
           Child
           ;
           though
           the
           thing
           it self
           ne'r
           toucht
           the
           mothers
           body
           .
           T'
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           that
           some
           other
           thing
           fal
           or
           inexpectedly
           beat
           upon
           some
           part
           of
           the
           woman
           with-child
           ,
           while
           such
           a
           longing
           predominates
           in
           her
           imagination
           ;
           and
           the
           figure
           of
           the
           thing
           so
           long'd
           for
           ,
           will
           be
           found
           at
           last
           imprinted
           on
           the
           same
           part
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Infant
           ,
           where
           the
           Mother
           receiv'd
           the
           stroke
           .
           The
           reason
           hereof
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           atoms
           of
           the
           thing
           long'd
           for
           ,
           being
           rais'd
           up
           by
           the
           Light
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           brain
           of
           the
           Mother
           ,
           through
           the
           channel
           of
           her
           eyes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           other
           more
           material
           atoms
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           the
           corporeal
           touch
           ,
           would
           go
           thither
           ,
           by
           the
           guidance
           of
           the
           nervs
           :
           And
           ,
           of
           these
           petty
           bodies
           ,
           the
           mother
           forms
           in
           her
           imagination
           a
           complete
           model
           of
           that
           whence
           they
           flow
           by
           way
           of
           emanation
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           her
           mind
           only
           run
           on
           it
           ,
           these
           atoms
           ,
           which
           are
           in
           her
           imagination
           ,
           make
           no
           other
           voyage
           ,
           than
           to
           her
           heart
           ,
           and
           thence
           to
           the
           imagination
           and
           heart
           of
           the
           Infant
           ;
           and
           so
           cause
           a
           reinforcement
           of
           the
           Passion
           in
           them
           both
           which
           may
           be
           moved
           
           to
           such
           a
           violent
           impetuosity
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           the
           Mother
           doth
           not
           enjoy
           her
           long'd-for
           object
           ,
           this
           passion
           may
           cause
           the
           destruction
           both
           of
           her
           and
           her
           Infant
           ,
           at
           least
           make
           so
           great
           a
           change
           in
           their
           bodies
           as
           may
           prejudice
           them
           both
           in
           their
           healths
           '
           But
           ,
           if
           some
           unlook'd-for
           blow
           surprize
           the
           mother
           in
           any
           part
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           it
           often
           happens
           that
           the
           spirits
           ,
           which
           reside
           in
           the
           brain
           ,
           are
           immediately
           sent
           to
           that
           part
           by
           her
           imagination
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           all
           such
           sudden
           surprisals
           ,
           either
           in
           women
           or
           men
           ,
           these
           spirits
           are
           transported
           with
           the
           more
           impetuosity
           ,
           the
           more
           the
           Passion
           is
           violent
           :
           As
           ,
           when
           one
           loves
           another
           passionately
           ,
           he
           runs
           suddenly
           to
           the
           door
           when
           any
           knocks
           ,
           or
           that
           —
           
             Hylax
             in
             limine
             latrat
          
           ,
           hoping
           always
           t'
           is
           the
           party
           that
           entirely
           occupies
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           (
           for
           
             qui
             amant
             ipsi
             sili
             s●mnia
             fingunt
             )
          
           who
           comes
           to
           give
           him
           a
           visit
           .
           These
           spirits
           then
           moved
           by
           this
           sudden
           assault
           ,
           being
           mingled
           with
           the
           petty
           bodies
           or
           atoms
           of
           the
           long'd-for
           thing
           which
           poss●sses
           so
           powerfully
           the
           fantasie
           ,
           carry
           them
           along
           with
           themselvs
           to
           the
           part
           of
           the
           body
           which
           is
           struck
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           the
           same
           part
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Infant
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           his
           Imagination
           :
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           all
           which
           haprens
           is
           but
           the
           same
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Mother
           and
           the
           child
           ;
           as
           when
           the
           Mu●berry
           or
           Strawberry
           fell
           upon
           the
           neck
           or
           breast
           of
           the
           Ladies
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           have
           entertain'd
           you
           .
        
         
           Permit
           me
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           to
           inlarge
           my
           digression
           a
           little
           further
           by
           re-accounting
           to
           you
           a
           marvailous
           accident
           ,
           known
           all
           over
           the
           Court
           of
           England
           ;
           in
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           activity
           and
           impression
           which
           the
           Imagination
           of
           the
           Mother
           makes
           upon
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Infant
           in
           her
           womb
           .
           A
           Lady
           that
           was
           my
           Kinswoman
           ,
           (
           she
           was
           the
           Neice
           of
           Fortescu
           ,
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Count
           Arundel
           )
           came
           to
           give
           me
           visits
           somtimes
           in
           London
           ;
           she
           was
           handsome
           and
           knew
           it
           well
           ;
           taking
           great
           complacency
           not
           only
           to
           keep
           her self
           so
           ,
           but
           to
           add
           that
           which
           she
           could
           further
           :
           wherefore
           being
           perswaded
           that
           black
           Patches
           which
           she
           used
           ,
           gave
           her
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           ornament
           ,
           she
           was
           careful
           to
           wear
           the
           most
           curious
           sort
           .
           But
           as
           it
           is
           very
           hard
           to
           keep
           a
           moderation
           ,
           in
           things
           which
           depend
           more
           upon
           Opinion
           ,
           than
           Nature
           ;
           she
           wore
           them
           in
           excess
           ,
           and
           patched
           most
           of
           her
           face
           with
           them
           ,
           Though
           that
           did
           not
           much
           add
           to
           her
           beauty
           ,
           and
           I
           took
           the
           liberty
           to
           tell
           her
           so
           
           yet
           I
           thought
           it
           no
           opportunity
           then
           ,
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           should
           give
           her
           the
           least
           diftast
           ;
           since
           with
           so
           much
           civility
           and
           sweetness
           she
           came
           to
           visit
           me
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           one
           day
           I
           thought
           good
           ,
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           drolling
           way
           so
           that
           she
           might
           not
           take
           any
           disgust
           ,
           (
           and
           
             Ridentem
             dicere
             verum
             quis
             vetat
             ?
             )
          
           to
           tell
           her
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           I
           let
           my
           discourse
           fall
           upon
           her
           great-belly
           ,
           advising
           her
           to
           have
           a
           care
           of
           her
           health
           ,
           wherof
           she
           was
           somewhat
           negligent
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           custom
           of
           young
           vigorous
           women
           ,
           which
           know
           not
           yet
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           indispositions
           ,
           She
           gently
           thank'd
           me
           for
           my
           care
           herein
           ;
           saying
           ,
           That
           she
           could
           do
           no
           more
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           her
           health
           ,
           than
           she
           did
           ,
           though
           she
           was
           in
           that
           case
           .
           You
           should
           at
           least
           ,
           I
           reply'd
           ,
           have
           a
           great
           care
           of
           your
           Child
           ,
           O!
           for
           that
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           can
           be
           contributed
           .
           Yet
           ,
           I
           told
           her
           ,
           see
           how
           many
           Patches
           you
           we●r
           upon
           your
           face
           :
           are
           you
           not
           afraid
           that
           the
           Infant
           in
           your
           womb
           may
           haply
           be
           born
           with
           such
           marks
           on
           his
           face
           ?
           But
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           What
           danger
           is
           there
           that
           my
           child
           should
           bear
           such
           marks
           ,
           though
           I
           put
           them
           on
           artificially
           ?
           Then
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           heard
           ,
           I
           reply'd
           ,
           the
           marvailous
           effects
           that
           the
           imaginations
           of
           Mothers
           work
           upon
           the
           bodies
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           yet
           big
           with
           them
           ;
           therfore
           I
           will
           reaccount
           to
           you
           some
           of
           them
           .
           So
           I
           related
           to
           her
           sundry
           stories
           upon
           this
           subject
           :
           as
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Queen
           of
           Ethiopia
           ,
           who
           was
           delivered
           of
           a
           white
           Boy
           ;
           which
           was
           attributed
           to
           a
           Pictu
           reof
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           she
           had
           near
           the
           teaster
           of
           her
           bed
           ,
           where
           bore
           she
           great
           devotion
           .
           I
           urged
           another
           ,
           of
           awoman
           who
           was
           brought
           to
           bed
           of
           a
           child
           all
           hairie
           ;
           because
           of
           a
           pourtrait
           of
           
             St.
             Iohn
             Baptist
          
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           when
           he
           wore
           a
           coat
           of
           Camels
           hair
           .
           I
           re-accounted
           to
           her
           also
           the
           strange
           Antipathy
           which
           the
           late
           
             King
             Iames
          
           had
           to
           a
           naked
           sword
           ;
           wherof
           the
           cause
           was
           ascribed
           to
           some
           Schotch
           Lords
           ,
           entring
           once
           violently
           into
           the
           Bed-chamber
           of
           the
           Queen
           his
           Mother
           ,
           while
           she
           was
           with
           child
           of
           him
           ,
           where
           her
           Secretary
           ,
           an
           Italian
           ,
           was
           dispatching
           some
           letters
           for
           her
           :
           whomthey
           hack'd
           and
           kill'd
           with
           naked
           S●ords
           ,
           before
           her
           face
           ,
           and
           threw
           him
           at
           her
           feet
           ;
           and
           they
           grew
           so
           barbarous
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           near
           hurt
           the
           Queen
           her self
           who
           endeavour'd
           to
           save
           her
           Secretary
           by
           interp●sing
           her self
           ,
           for
           her
           skin
           was
           rased
           in
           divers
           places
           .
           Bucanan
           makes
           mention
           of
           this
           Tragedy
           .
           Hence
           it
           came
           
           that
           her
           Son
           ,
           King
           Iames
           ,
           had
           such
           an
           aversion
           all
           his
           life
           time
           to
           a
           naked
           Sword
           ;
           that
           he
           could
           not
           see
           one
           ,
           without
           a
           great
           emotion
           of
           spirits
           :
           and
           ,
           though
           otherwise
           couragious
           enough
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           over-master
           his
           passions
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           I
           remember
           ,
           when
           he
           dub'd
           me
           Knight
           ;
           in
           the
           ceremony
           of
           putting
           a
           naked
           Sword
           upon
           my
           shoulder
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           but
           turned
           his
           face
           another
           way
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           touching
           my
           shoulder
           ,
           he
           had
           almost
           thrust
           the
           point
           into
           my
           eyes
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingingham
           guided
           his
           hand
           aright
           .
        
         
           I
           alledg'd
           to
           her
           divers
           such
           stories
           ;
           to
           make
           her
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           a
           strong
           Imagination
           of
           the
           Mother
           might
           cause
           some
           notable
           impression
           upon
           the
           body
           of
           her
           Child
           ,
           to
           his
           prejudice
           .
           And
           'pray
           consider
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           how
           attentive
           you
           are
           to
           your
           Patches
           ,
           how
           you
           have
           them
           continually
           in
           your
           imagination
           ;
           for
           ,
           I
           have
           observed
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           look'd
           on
           them
           ten
           times
           since
           you
           came
           to
           this
           room
           ,
           in
           the
           Looking-glass
           .
           Have
           you
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           no
           apprehension
           that
           your
           child
           may
           be
           born
           with
           half-moons
           upon
           his
           face
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           black
           ,
           which
           you
           spot
           in
           several
           places
           up
           and
           down
           may
           assemble
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           appear
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           his
           forehead
           ,
           the
           most
           apparant
           and
           remarkable
           part
           of
           the
           visage
           ,
           as
           broad
           as
           a
           Iacobus
           :
           and
           then
           ,
           what
           a
           grace
           would
           it
           be
           to
           the
           Child
           .
           O●mee
           !
           said
           she
           ,
           rather
           than
           that
           should
           happen
           ,
           I
           will
           wear
           no
           more
           Patches
           ,
           and
           while
           I
           am
           with-child
           :
           therupon
           instantly
           she
           pul'd
           them
           all
           off
           ,
           and
           threw
           them
           away
           .
           When
           her
           friends
           saw
           her
           afterwards
           without
           Patches
           ;
           they
           demanded
           how
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           she
           ,
           who
           was
           esteem'd
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           most
           curious
           Beauties
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Patches
           ,
           should
           so
           suddenly
           give
           over
           wearing
           them
           ?
           She
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           her
           Uncle
           ,
           in
           whom
           she
           had
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           belief
           ,
           assured
           her
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           she
           wore
           them
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           she
           was
           with-child
           ,
           the
           Infant
           would
           have
           a
           large
           black
           patch
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           forehead
           .
           Now
           ,
           this
           conceit
           was
           so
           lively
           engraven
           in
           her
           imagination
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           not
           thrust
           it
           out
           :
           And
           so
           this
           poor
           Lady
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           fearful
           that
           her
           child
           should
           bear
           some
           black
           mark
           in
           its
           face
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           prevent
           ,
           but
           
           it
           came
           so
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           spot
           as
           large
           as
           a
           Crown
           of
           Gold
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           forehead
           ;
           according
           as
           she
           had
           figured
           before
           in
           her
           imagination
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Daughter
           that
           she
           brought
           forth
           every
           way
           very
           beautiful
           ,
           this
           excepted
           :
           't
           is
           but
           few
           moneths
           since
           ,
           that
           I
           saw
           her
           bearing
           the
           said
           mole
           or
           spot
           ,
           which
           proceeded
           from
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Imagination
           of
           her
           Mother
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           tel
           you
           of
           your
           Neighbour
           of
           Carcassona
           ;
           who
           lately
           was
           brought
           to
           bed
           of
           a
           prodigious
           Monster
           ,
           exactly
           resembling
           an
           Ape
           ,
           which
           she
           took
           pleasure
           to
           look
           upon
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           she
           was
           with-child
           :
           for
           ,
           I
           conceive
           you
           know
           the
           story
           better
           than
           I.
           Nor
           of
           the
           woman
           of
           
             St.
             Maixent
          
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           forbear
           going
           to
           see
           an
           infortunate
           child
           of
           a
           poor
           passenger
           woman
           ,
           that
           was
           born
           without
           arms
           ;
           and
           she
           her self
           was
           deliver'd
           afterwards
           of
           such
           a
           Monster
           ;
           who
           yet
           had
           some
           smal
           excrescences
           of
           flesh
           upon
           the
           shoulders
           ,
           about
           the
           place
           whence
           the
           arms
           should
           have
           come
           forth
           .
           As
           also
           of
           her
           who
           was
           desirous
           to
           see
           the
           execution
           of
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           that
           had
           his
           head
           cut
           off
           according
           to
           the
           laws
           of
           France
           :
           wherof
           her
           affrightment
           made
           so
           deep
           a
           print
           upon
           her
           Imagination
           ,
           that
           presently
           falling
           in
           labour
           ,
           before
           they
           could
           carry
           her
           ,
           to
           her
           lodging
           ,
           she
           was
           brought
           to-bed
           ,
           before
           her
           time
           ,
           of
           a
           Child
           who
           had
           his
           head
           sever'd
           from
           his
           body
           ,
           both
           the
           parts
           yet
           shedding
           fresh
           blood
           ,
           besides
           that
           which
           was
           abundantly
           shed
           in
           the
           womb
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           heads-man
           had
           done
           an
           execution
           also
           upon
           the
           tender
           young
           body
           within
           the
           Mothers
           wombe
           .
           These
           three
           Examples
           ,
           manifestly
           enough
           prove
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Imagination
           :
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           as
           true
           I
           could
           produce
           ;
           which
           would
           engage
           me
           too
           far
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           undertake
           to
           clear
           the
           causes
           and
           unwrap
           the
           difficulties
           that
           would
           be
           found
           greater
           in
           them
           ,
           than
           in
           any
           of
           those
           wherwith
           I
           have
           entertain'd
           you
           .
           Because
           those
           spirits
           had
           the
           power
           to
           cause
           essential
           changes
           and
           fearful
           effects
           ,
           upon
           bodies
           that
           were
           already
           brought
           to
           their
           perfect
           shapes
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           well
           believ'd
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           of
           them
           there
           was
           a
           transmutation
           of
           one
           species
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           introduction
           of
           a
           new
           Form
           into
           the
           subject-Matter
           ,
           totally
           differing
           from
           that
           which
           had
           been
           introduced
           at
           first
           ;
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           that
           which
           most
           Naturalists
           tell
           us
           ,
           at
           the
           animation
           of
           the
           
           Embryo
           in
           the
           womb
           ,
           be
           true
           .
           But
           this
           digression
           hath
           been
           already
           too
           long
        
         
           To
           return
           then
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           channel
           and
           thrid
           of
           our
           Discourse
           .
           The
           examples
           and
           experiments
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           already
           insisted
           on
           in
           confirmation
           of
           the
           reasons
           I
           have
           aledg'd
           ,
           clearly
           demonstrate
           that
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           draw
           the
           atomes
           dispersed
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           attract
           themselvs
           such
           as
           are
           of
           their
           own
           nature
           ,
           with
           a
           greater
           force
           and
           energy
           ,
           than
           other
           heterogeneous
           and
           strange
           atoms
           ;
           as
           Wine
           doth
           the
           vinal
           spirits
           ;
           The
           oyl
           of
           Tartar
           perfum'd
           in
           the
           making
           ,
           with
           Roses
           ,
           drew
           the
           volatil
           spirits
           of
           the
           Rose
           ;
           The
           flesh
           of
           Deer
           ,
           or
           Venison
           buried
           in
           crust
           ,
           attracts
           the
           spirits
           of
           those
           Beasts
           ;
           and
           so
           all
           the
           other
           wherof
           I
           have
           spoken
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           of
           the
           Tarantula
           ,
           in
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Naples
           ,
           is
           very
           famous
           :
           you
           know
           how
           the
           venome
           of
           this
           Animal
           ,
           ascending
           from
           the
           part
           that
           was
           bitten
           ,
           towards
           the
           head
           and
           heart
           of
           the
           Par●ies
           ;
           excites
           in
           their
           Imagination
           an
           impetuous
           desire
           to
           hear
           some
           melodious
           airs
           ;
           and
           most
           commonly
           they
           are
           delighted
           with
           differing
           airs
           .
           Therfore
           ,
           when
           they
           hear
           an
           air
           that
           pleases
           them
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           dance
           incessantly
           ;
           and
           ,
           therby
           fall
           a
           sweating
           in
           such
           abundance
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           venome
           evaporates
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           musick
           raises
           a
           movement
           ,
           and
           causes
           an
           agitation
           among
           the
           aereal
           and
           vaporous
           Spirits
           in
           the
           brain
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           heart
           ;
           and
           diffused
           up
           and
           down
           through
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           proportionably
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           cadence
           of
           such
           Musick
           !
           as
           ,
           when
           Timotheus
           transported
           
             Alexander
             the
             great
          
           with
           such
           a
           vehemency
           ,
           to
           what
           Passions
           he
           pleas'd
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           when
           one
           Lute
           struck
           makes
           the
           consonant
           strings
           of
           the
           other
           to
           tremble
           ,
           by
           the
           motions
           and
           tremblings
           which
           it
           causes
           in
           the
           air
           ;
           though
           they
           be
           not
           touch'd
           otherwise
           at
           all
           .
           We
           find
           too
           ,
           oftentimes
           ,
           that
           Sounds
           (
           which
           are
           no
           other
           thing
           ,
           than
           Motions
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           )
           cause
           the
           like
           movement
           in
           the
           Water
           :
           as
           ,
           the
           harsh
           sound
           ,
           caus'd
           by
           rubbing
           hard
           with
           ones
           finger
           ,
           the
           brim
           of
           a
           〈◊〉
           full
           of
           water
           ,
           excites
           a
           noise
           ,
           a
           turning
           ,
           and
           boundings
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           danced
           according
           to
           the
           cadence
           of
           the
           Sound
           :
           The
           harmonious
           Sounds
           also
           of
           Bells
           ,
           in
           those
           Countries
           where
           they
           use
           to
           be
           rung
           to
           particular
           tunes
           ,
           makes
           the
           like
           impressions
           upon
           the
           superficies
           of
           the
           Rivers
           that
           are
           nigh
           the
           Steeple
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Air
           especially
           in
           the
           night
           time
           ,
           
           when
           there
           is
           no
           other
           movement
           ,
           to
           stop
           or
           choak
           the
           other
           supervenient
           one
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           air
           being
           contiguous
           ,
           or
           rather
           continuous
           ,
           with
           the
           water
           ;
           and
           the
           water
           being
           susceptible
           of
           movement
           ;
           ther
           's
           the
           like
           motion
           caused
           in
           the
           fluid
           parts
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           as
           began
           in
           the
           air
           .
           And
           ,
           the
           same
           contract
           ,
           which
           is
           betwixt
           the
           agitated
           air
           ,
           and
           the
           water
           by
           this
           means
           moved
           to
           ;
           happens
           also
           to
           be
           betwixt
           the
           agitated
           air
           ,
           and
           the
           vap'rous
           Spirits
           in
           those
           bodies
           that
           have
           been
           bitten
           by
           the
           Tarantula
           ;
           which
           Spirits
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           are
           moved
           by
           the
           agitated
           air
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           by
           the
           Sound
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           more
           efficaciously
           ,
           the
           more
           this
           agitation
           or
           Sound
           is
           proportion'd
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           temperature
           of
           the
           party
           hurt
           .
           And
           ,
           this
           intern
           agitation
           of
           the
           Spirits
           and
           vapours
           helps
           them
           to
           discharge
           the
           vaporous
           venom
           of
           the
           Tarantula
           ,
           which
           is
           mixt
           among
           all
           their
           humours
           :
           as
           standing
           puddle
           Waters
           and
           corrupted
           airs
           ,
           putrified
           by
           long
           repose
           ,
           and
           the
           mixture
           of
           other
           noisome
           substance●
           ,
           are
           refin'd
           and
           purifi'd
           by
           motion
           .
           Now
           ,
           winter
           appro●ching
           ,
           which
           destroys
           these
           Animals
           ,
           the
           persons
           are
           freed
           from
           this
           malady
           ;
           but
           ,
           at
           the
           return
           of
           that
           season
           when
           they
           use
           to
           be
           bitten
           ,
           the
           mischief
           returns
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           dance
           again
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           the
           year
           before
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           heat
           of
           Summer
           revives
           these
           Beasts
           ,
           so
           that
           their
           venom
           becomes
           as
           malignant
           and
           furious
           as
           before
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           being
           heated
           and
           evaporating
           it self
           ,
           and
           dispersing
           in
           the
           air
           the
           leven
           of
           the
           same
           poyson
           ,
           which
           remains
           in
           the
           bodies
           of
           them
           who
           have
           been
           hurt
           ,
           that
           draws
           it
           to
           it self
           ;
           wherby
           such
           a
           fermentation
           is
           wrought
           ,
           as
           infects
           the
           other
           humours
           ,
           and
           thence
           a
           kind
           of
           steam
           issuing
           and
           mounting
           to
           the
           brain
           ,
           uses
           to
           produce
           such
           strange
           effects
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           well
           known
           that
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           great
           dogs
           or
           Mastifs
           (
           as
           in
           England
           )
           if
           any
           be
           bitten
           perchance
           by
           them
           ,
           they
           commonly
           use
           to
           be
           kil'd
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           not
           mad
           ;
           for
           fear
           ,
           least
           the
           leven
           of
           the
           canine
           choler
           which
           remains
           within
           the
           body
           of
           the
           party
           bitten
           ,
           might
           draw
           to
           it
           the
           malignant
           spirits
           of
           the
           same
           dog
           ,
           (
           should
           he
           afterwards
           chance
           to
           be
           mad
           )
           which
           might
           come
           to
           distemper
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           person
           .
           And
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           only
           practised
           in
           England
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           such
           dangerous
           dogs
           ;
           but
           also
           in
           France
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           report
           of
           
             Father
             Cheron
             ,
             Provincial
          
           of
           the
           ●armelites
           in
           this
           Gountrey
           ;
           In
           his
           
             examen
             de
             la
             Theologie
             mystique
          
           ,
           newly
           imprinted
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           have
           lately
           read
           .
        
         
         
           I
           will
           say
           nothing
           of
           artificial
           Noses
           ,
           made
           of
           the
           flesh
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           to
           remedy
           the
           deformity
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           by
           an
           extreme
           excess
           of
           cold
           ,
           have
           lost
           their
           own
           :
           which
           new
           Noses
           putrifie
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           those
           persons
           ,
           out
           of
           whose
           substance
           they
           were
           taken
           ,
           come
           to
           die
           ;
           as
           if
           that
           small
           parcel
           of
           flesh
           ,
           engrafted
           on
           the
           face
           ,
           lived
           by
           the
           spirits
           it
           drew
           from
           it's
           first
           root
           and
           source
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           this
           be
           constantly
           avouch'd
           by
           considerable
           Authors
           ,
           yet
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           think
           that
           I
           offer
           you
           nothing
           which
           is
           not
           verified
           by
           solid
           tradition
           ;
           such
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           a
           weakness
           to
           doubt
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           it
           is
           high
           time
           that
           I
           come
           now
           to
           my
           Seventh
           and
           last
           Principle
           :
           it
           is
           the
           last
           turn
           of
           the
           engine
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           batter
           down
           quite
           the
           gate
           which
           hindred
           us
           an
           entrance
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           this
           so
           marvailous
           a
           mystery
           ;
           and
           imprint
           such
           a
           lawful
           mark
           upon
           the
           doctrine
           proposed
           ,
           that
           't
           will
           pass
           for
           current
           .
           This
           principle
           is
           ,
           that
           
             The
             source
             of
             those
             spirits
             or
             little
             bodies
             ,
             wh●ch
             attract
             them
             to
             it self
             ,
             draws
             likewise
             after
             them
             that
             which
             accompanies
             ,
             and
             whatever
             sticks
             and
             is
             united
             to
             them
             .
          
           This
           co●clusion
           needs
           not
           much
           proof
           ,
           being
           evident
           enough
           of
           it self
           .
           If
           there
           be
           nails
           ,
           pins
           ,
           or
           ribands
           ,
           tied
           to
           the
           end
           of
           a
           long
           chord
           or
           chain
           ,
           and
           withal
           a
           lump
           ,
           either
           of
           wax
           ,
           gum
           ,
           or
           glue
           ;
           and
           I
           take
           this
           chord
           or
           chain
           by
           one
           end
           ,
           and
           draw
           it
           to
           me
           ,
           till
           the
           other
           end
           come
           to
           my
           hand
           :
           it
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           but
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           the
           nails
           ,
           the
           pins
           ,
           the
           ribands
           ,
           the
           lump
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           all
           that
           hangs
           at
           it
           must
           come
           to
           my
           hand
           .
           I
           go
           therfore
           to
           relate
           to
           you
           ,
           only
           ,
           some
           experiments
           that
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           in
           consequence
           of
           this
           Principle
           ;
           which
           will
           most
           strongly
           confirm
           the
           others
           produced
           before
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           fertility
           and
           riches
           of
           England
           consists
           chiefly
           in
           pasturage
           for
           Cattle
           ;
           wherof
           we
           have
           the
           fairest
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           principally
           of
           Oxen
           and
           Kine
           .
           Ther
           's
           not
           the
           meanest
           Cottager
           ,
           but
           hath
           a
           Cow
           to
           furnish
           his
           Family
           with
           milk
           :
           't
           is
           the
           principal
           sustenance
           of
           the
           poorer
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           also
           in
           Switzerland
           ;
           which
           makes
           them
           very
           careful
           of
           the
           good
           keeping
           and
           health
           of
           their
           Cows
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           it
           happen
           that
           the
           Milk
           boil
           over
           ,
           and
           so
           comes
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           the
           good
           woman
           or
           maid
           presently
           gives
           over
           whatever
           she
           is
           adoing
           and
           runs
           to
           take
           the
           Vessel
           off
           the
           fire
           :
           and
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           she
           takes
           a
           handful
           of
           Salt
           ,
           which
           uses
           to
           be
           commonly
           in
           the
           corner
           of
           the
           Chimney
           to
           keep
           it
           dry
           ▪
           and
           throws
           it
           upon
           the
           cinders
           where
           the
           milk
           
           was
           shed
           .
           Ask
           her
           ,
           wherfore
           she
           doth
           so
           ?
           and
           she
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           prevent
           a
           mischief
           to
           the
           Cows
           Udder
           ,
           which
           gave
           this
           milk
           :
           for
           without
           this
           remedy
           ,
           it
           would
           grow
           hard
           and
           ulcerated
           ;
           and
           she
           would
           come
           to
           piss
           blood
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           in
           danger
           to
           die
           .
           Not
           that
           't
           would
           rise
           to
           this
           extremity
           the
           first
           time
           ;
           but
           she
           would
           grow
           ill-disposed
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           should
           happen
           often
           ,
           the
           Cow
           would
           soon
           miscarry
           .
           It
           might
           seem
           that
           there
           were
           some
           superstition
           or
           folly
           in
           this
           :
           but
           the
           infallibility
           of
           the
           effect
           warrants
           from
           the
           last
           ,
           and
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           ,
           many
           indeed
           believe
           that
           the
           malady
           of
           the
           Cow
           is
           supernatural
           ,
           or
           an
           effect
           of
           Sorcery
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           the
           remedy
           which
           I
           have
           alledg'd
           is
           superstitious
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           disabuse
           any
           man
           of
           this
           perswasion
           ,
           by
           declaring
           how
           the
           business
           goes
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           foundations
           I
           have
           laid
           .
           The
           milk
           falling
           upon
           the
           burning
           coals
           is
           converted
           to
           vapour
           ,
           which
           disperses
           and
           filtreth
           it self
           through
           the
           circumambient
           air
           ,
           where
           it
           encounters
           the
           Light
           and
           Solar
           rays
           which
           tran●port
           it
           further
           ;
           augmenting
           and
           extending
           still
           farther
           the
           Sphere
           of
           its
           activity
           .
           This
           vapour
           of
           the
           milk
           is
           not
           alone
           or
           simple
           ;
           but
           compos'd
           of
           fiery
           atoms
           ,
           which
           accompany
           the
           smoke
           and
           vapour
           of
           the
           milk
           ,
           mingling
           and
           uniting
           themselvs
           therwith
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           sphere
           of
           the
           said
           vapour
           extending
           it self
           to
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Cow
           is
           ;
           her
           Udder
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           source
           whence
           the
           milk
           proceeded
           ,
           attracts
           to
           it
           the
           said
           vapour
           ,
           and
           sucks
           it
           in
           together
           with
           the
           fiery
           atoms
           that
           accompanied
           it
           .
           The
           Udder
           is
           ,
           part
           ,
           glandulous
           and
           very
           tender
           ;
           and
           consequently
           very
           subject
           to
           inflammations
           :
           this
           fire
           then
           heats
           ,
           inflames
           ,
           and
           swells
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           makes
           it
           hard
           and
           ulcerated
           .
           The
           inflamed
           and
           ulcerated
           Udder
           is
           near
           the
           Bladder
           ;
           which
           comes
           likewise
           to
           be
           inflamed
           :
           making
           the
           anastomoses
           and
           communication
           'twixt
           the
           veins
           and
           arteries
           to
           open
           and
           cast
           forth
           blood
           ,
           and
           to
           regorge
           into
           the
           bladder
           ,
           whence
           the
           Urine
           empty's
           it self
           .
           But
           ,
           whence
           comes
           it
           ,
           you
           will
           ask
           ,
           that
           the
           Salt
           remedies
           all
           this
           ?
           'T
           is
           because
           that
           is
           of
           a
           nature
           clean
           contrary
           to
           the
           fire
           ;
           the
           one
           being
           hot
           and
           volatil
           ,
           the
           other
           cold
           and
           fixed
           :
           insomuch
           that
           ,
           where
           they
           use
           to
           encounter
           ,
           the
           Salt
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           knocks
           down
           the
           fire
           ,
           by
           precipitating
           and
           destroying
           its
           action
           ;
           as
           may
           be
           observ'd
           in
           a
           very
           ordinary
           accident
           .
           The
           chimneys
           which
           are
           full
           of
           Soot
           use
           to
           
           take
           fire
           very
           easily
           ;
           and
           ,
           the
           usual
           remedy
           for
           this
           is
           to
           discharge
           a
           Musket
           in
           the
           funnel
           of
           the
           Chimney
           ,
           which
           loosneth
           and
           brings
           down
           with
           it
           the
           fired
           Soot
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           disorder
           ceases
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Musket
           ,
           or
           Pistol
           ,
           or
           other
           Instrument
           to
           fetch
           down
           the
           Soot
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           cast
           a
           great
           quantity
           of
           Salt
           on
           the
           fire
           below
           ;
           and
           that
           chokes
           ,
           and
           hinders
           the
           atoms
           of
           fire
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           would
           incessantly
           mount
           up
           and
           joyn
           with
           them
           above
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           wanting
           nouriture
           ,
           consume
           themselvs
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           .
           The
           same
           thing
           befalls
           the
           atoms
           which
           are
           ready
           to
           accompany
           the
           vapour
           of
           the
           milk
           ;
           the
           salt
           precipitates
           and
           kills
           them
           on
           the
           very
           place
           :
           and
           if
           any
           chance
           to
           scape
           and
           save
           themselvs
           ,
           by
           the
           great
           strugglings
           they
           make
           ,
           and
           go
           along
           with
           the
           said
           vapour
           ,
           they
           are
           nevertheless
           accompanied
           with
           the
           atoms
           and
           spirit
           of
           the
           Salt
           sticking
           to
           them
           ;
           which
           ,
           like
           good
           wrestlers
           ,
           never
           leave
           their
           hold
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           got
           the
           better
           of
           their
           Adversary
           .
           And
           you
           may
           please
           to
           observe
           by
           the
           by
           ,
           that
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           more
           excellent
           balme
           for
           a
           burn
           ,
           than
           the
           spirit
           of
           salt
           ,
           in
           a
           moderate
           quantity
           .
           'T
           is
           then
           apparent
           ,
           that
           there
           cannot
           be
           employ'd
           any
           means
           more
           efficacious
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           ill
           effects
           of
           the
           fire
           upon
           the
           Udder
           of
           the
           Cow
           ;
           than
           to
           cast
           upon
           her
           milk
           ,
           that
           has
           boil'd
           over
           upon
           the
           Cinders
           ,
           a
           sufficient
           quantity
           of
           Salt.
           This
           effect
           ,
           of
           securing
           the
           Cows
           Udder
           upon
           the
           burning
           of
           her
           milk
           ,
           makes
           me
           call
           to
           mind
           ,
           what
           divers
           have
           told
           me
           they
           have
           seen
           both
           〈◊〉
           France
           and
           
             England
             ,
             viz.
          
           when
           the
           Physicians
           examine
           the
           milk
           of
           a
           Nurse
           ,
           for
           the
           Child
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           they
           use
           to
           make
           proofs
           several
           ways
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           to
           judg
           definitively
           of
           the
           goodness
           thereof
           ;
           as
           ,
           by
           the
           taste
           ,
           by
           the
           smell
           ,
           by
           the
           colour
           and
           consistence
           of
           it
           :
           and
           sometimes
           they
           cause
           it
           to
           be
           boil'd
           ,
           till
           it
           come
           to
           an
           evaporation
           and
           they
           see
           it's
           residence
           ,
           with
           other
           accidents
           and
           circumstances
           which
           may
           be
           learnt
           and
           discern'd
           by
           this
           means
           .
           But
           ,
           those
           ,
           of
           whose
           milk
           this
           last
           experiment
           hath
           been
           made
           ,
           have
           felt
           themselvs
           so
           tormented
           in
           their
           Paps
           ,
           while
           their
           milk
           was
           a
           boiling
           ▪
           that
           ,
           having
           once
           endured
           this
           pain
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           consent
           that
           their
           milk
           should
           be
           carried
           away
           out
           of
           their
           sight
           and
           presence
           :
           though
           they
           willingly
           submited
           to
           any
           other
           proof
           than
           that
           by
           fire
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           confirm
           this
           experiment
           of
           the
           attraction
           which
           the
           Cows
           Udder
           makes
           of
           the
           fire
           and
           vapour
           of
           the
           burnt
           milk
           ,
           I
           am
           going
           to
           recount
           to
           you
           another
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ;
           wherof
           I
           my self
           have
           seen
           the
           truth
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           and
           wherof
           any
           one
           may
           easily
           make
           trial
           .
           Take
           the
           excrement
           o●
           a
           Dog
           ,
           and
           throw
           it
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           more
           than
           once
           ;
           at
           first
           you
           shall
           find
           him
           heated
           and
           moved
           ,
           but
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           burnt
           all
           over
           ,
           panting
           and
           stretching
           out
           his
           tongue
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           run
           a
           long
           course
           .
           Now
           ,
           this
           alteration
           befalls
           him
           ,
           because
           his
           entrails
           ,
           drawing
           to
           them
           the
           vapour
           of
           the
           burn'd
           excrement
           ,
           and
           ,
           with
           that
           vapour
           ,
           the
           atoms
           of
           fire
           which
           accompanied
           it
           ,
           grow
           so
           chang'd
           and
           inflam'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Dog
           ,
           having
           always
           a
           Fever
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           take
           any
           nourishment
           ,
           his
           flancks
           cling
           together
           and
           he
           dies
           .
           'T
           were
           dangerous
           to
           divulge
           this
           experience
           among
           such
           persons
           ,
           as
           are
           subject
           to
           make
           use
           of
           any
           thing
           for
           doing
           of
           miscief
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           same
           effect
           ,
           would
           be
           wrought
           upon
           Mens
           Bodies
           ,
           if
           one
           should
           try
           the
           conclusion
           upon
           their
           excrements
           .
        
         
           There
           hap'ned
           a
           remarkable
           thing
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           to
           a
           neighbor
           of
           mine
           in
           England
           ,
           the
           last
           time
           I
           was
           there
           :
           He
           had
           a
           very
           pretty
           Child
           ,
           whom
           because
           he
           would
           have
           always
           in
           his
           eye
           ,
           he
           kept
           the
           Nurse
           in
           his
           House
           .
           I
           saw
           him
           often
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           a
           stirring
           man
           ,
           and
           of
           good
           address
           ;
           and
           I
           had
           occasion
           to
           use
           such
           a
           man.
           One
           day
           I
           found
           him
           very
           sad
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           a
           weeping
           :
           wherof
           demanding
           the
           reason
           ,
           they
           told
           me
           that
           that
           their
           little
           Child
           was
           very
           ill
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           a
           burning
           Fever
           ,
           which
           inflamed
           him
           all
           over
           ,
           as
           appear'd
           the
           redness
           of
           his
           face
           ;
           that
           he
           strove
           to
           go
           to
           Stool
           ,
           but
           could
           do
           little
           ,
           and
           that
           little
           he
           did
           was
           cover'd
           with
           blood
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           refused
           also
           to
           suck
           :
           And
           that
           which
           troubled
           them
           most
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           conjecture
           how
           this
           indisposition
           come
           ;
           for
           his
           Nurse
           was
           very
           well
           ,
           her
           milk
           was
           as
           good
           as
           could
           be
           wished
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           other
           things
           there
           was
           as
           much
           care
           had
           of
           him
           as
           could
           be
           .
           I
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           last
           time
           I
           was
           with
           them
           ,
           I
           observ'd
           one
           particularity
           ,
           wherof
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           them
           notice
           ;
           but
           somthing
           or
           other
           still
           diverted
           me
           ;
           't
           was
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Child
           ,
           making
           a
           sign
           that
           he
           was
           desirous
           to
           be
           set
           on
           his
           feet
           ,
           let
           fall
           his
           excrements
           on
           the
           ground
           ;
           
           and
           his
           Nurse
           presently
           took
           the
           Fire-shovel
           and
           cover'd
           them
           with
           embers
           ,
           and
           then
           threw
           all
           into
           the
           fire
           ▪
           The
           mother
           began
           to
           make
           her
           excuses
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           more
           careful
           to
           correct
           this
           ill
           habit
           of
           the
           child
           ;
           telling
           me
           that
           ,
           as
           he
           advanc'd
           in
           years
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           corrected
           for
           it
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           not
           for
           this
           consideration
           that
           I
           spake
           of
           it
           :
           but
           searching
           after
           the
           reason
           of
           her
           childs
           distemper
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           find
           some
           remedy
           .
           And
           thereupon
           ,
           I
           related
           to
           them
           the
           like
           accident
           which
           had
           hap'ned
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           three
           years
           before
           ,
           to
           a
           child
           of
           one
           of
           the
           most
           illustrious
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ;
           who
           was
           bred
           up
           in
           the
           House
           of
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           of
           great
           reputation
           in
           the
           same
           Town
           :
           I
           told
           them
           also
           what
           I
           have
           now
           related
           to
           you
           ,
           touching
           the
           excrements
           of
           Dogs
           .
           And
           I
           made
           reflections
           to
           them
           upon
           a
           thing
           they
           had
           often
           heard
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           often
           practised
           in
           our
           Country
           ;
           viz.
           that
           ,
           In
           the
           Villages
           ,
           which
           are
           always
           dirty
           in
           the
           winter
           ,
           if
           there
           happens
           to
           be
           a
           Farmer
           any
           thing
           more
           neat
           than
           others
           ,
           and
           that
           keeps
           the
           approaches
           to
           his
           House
           cleaner
           than
           his
           neighbours
           do
           ,
           the
           Boys
           use
           to
           come
           thither
           ,
           in
           the
           night
           time
           or
           when
           it
           begins
           to
           be
           dark
           ,
           to
           discharge
           their
           bellies
           there
           :
           because
           ,
           in
           such
           Villages
           there
           is
           not
           much
           commodity
           of
           easments
           ;
           besides
           that
           in
           such
           clean
           places
           the
           knaves
           are
           out
           of
           danger
           to
           sink
           into
           the
           dirt
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           might
           rise
           up
           higher
           than
           their
           shooes
           .
           The
           good
           houswives
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           when
           they
           open
           their
           doors
           ,
           and
           find
           such
           an
           ill-favour'd
           smell
           ,
           use
           to
           be
           transported
           with
           choller
           :
           But
           they
           ,
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           this
           trick
           ,
           go
           presently
           and
           make
           red
           hot
           a
           Spit
           ,
           or
           Fire-shovel
           ,
           and
           thrust
           it
           so
           into
           the
           excrements
           ,
           and
           when
           't
           is
           quencht
           ,
           they
           heat
           it
           again
           and
           again
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           Mean
           while
           the
           Boy
           ,
           that
           had
           plaid
           the
           sloven
           ,
           feels
           a
           kind
           of
           pain
           and
           collick
           in
           his
           bowels
           ,
           with
           an
           inflammation
           in
           his
           fundament
           and
           a
           continual
           desire
           to
           go
           to
           Stool
           :
           and
           he
           is
           hardly
           quit
           of
           it
           ,
           till
           he
           suffer
           a
           kind
           of
           Feaver
           all
           that
           day
           ;
           which
           makes
           him
           return
           thither
           no
           more
           .
           And
           these
           women
           ,
           to
           be
           freed
           from
           such
           affronts
           ,
           pass
           among
           the
           Ignorant
           for
           Sorceresses
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           made
           a
           compact
           with
           the
           Divel
           ;
           since
           they
           torment
           people
           in
           that
           fashion
           ,
           without
           seeing
           or
           touching
           them
           .
           This
           Gentleman
           did
           not
           disallow
           those
           
           things
           I
           have
           already
           told
           you
           ;
           but
           was
           confirm'd
           farther
           when
           I
           wish'd
           him
           to
           look
           farther
           into
           the
           fundament
           of
           his
           child
           ,
           for
           without
           doubt
           he
           should
           find
           it
           red
           and
           inflamed
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           full
           of
           pimples
           ,
           and
           excoriated
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           ,
           this
           poor
           chil●
           grew
           ill
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           pain
           and
           pitiful
           cries
           ,
           voided
           some
           small
           matter
           :
           which
           in
           lieu
           of
           casting
           into
           the
           fire
           or
           covering
           it
           with
           embers
           ,
           I
           caused
           to
           be
           put
           into
           a
           bason
           of
           cold
           water
           and
           set
           in
           a
           cool
           place
           .
           This
           was
           continued
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           every
           time
           the
           child
           gave
           occasion
           ;
           and
           he
           began
           to
           amend
           the
           very
           same
           hour
           ,
           and
           ,
           within
           four
           or
           five
           daies
           became
           perfectly
           well
           recover'd
           .
           But
           ,
           least
           I
           trespass
           too
           much
           upon
           your
           patience
           ,
           I
           'le
           hold
           you
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           with
           one
           experiment
           more
           ,
           very
           familiar
           in
           our
           Countrey
           :
           and
           then
           I
           will
           summ
           up
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           ;
           to
           make
           you
           see
           the
           force
           and
           import
           of
           this
           whole
           D●scourse
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           I
           touch'd
           before
           ,
           excellent
           Pasturage
           for
           the
           feeding
           and
           fatting
           of
           Ca●tle
           ;
           so
           abundant
           ,
           th●●
           ,
           it
           falls
           out
           often
           ,
           the
           Oxen
           come
           to
           acquire
           such
           excess
           of
           ●at
           that
           it
           extends
           it self
           in
           a
           great
           quantity
           to
           their
           legs
           and
           feet
           and
           even
           hoofs
           ;
           which
           many
           times
           causes
           impostumes
           in
           the
           of
           their
           feet
           that
           comes
           to
           swel
           and
           get
           a
           core
           full
           of
           putrified
           matter
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Beast
           is
           not
           able
           to
           go
           .
           The
           Owners
           observing
           that
           ,
           though
           the
           Beef
           be
           never
           the
           worse
           for
           the
           Shambles
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           damnified
           therby
           ;
           because
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           London
           ,
           (
           where
           the
           grand
           market
           is
           for
           fat
           Beefs
           through
           all
           England
           ,
           as
           Paris
           is
           for
           
             Auuergne
             ,
             Normandy
          
           ,
           and
           other
           provinces
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           )
           they
           are
           constrain'd
           to
           kill
           them
           up
           on
           the
           place
           ,
           where
           their
           flesh
           is
           not
           worth
           half
           the
           price
           they
           might
           have
           got
           in
           London
           :
           the
           Owners
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           have
           recourse
           to
           this
           remedy
           viz.
           Observing
           where
           the
           Oxe
           ,
           Cow
           ,
           or
           Heifer
           ,
           fix
           upon
           the
           Ground
           the
           sick
           foot
           ,
           at
           first
           rising
           up
           in
           the
           morning
           ;
           that
           very
           turf
           with
           the
           print
           of
           the
           foot
           on
           it
           ,
           they
           cut
           up
           ,
           and
           hang
           upon
           a
           tree
           or
           hedg
           lying
           open
           to
           the
           North
           wind
           :
           And
           ,
           that
           wind
           blowing
           upon
           the
           turf
           ,
           the
           Beast
           comes
           to
           be
           cured
           ,
           within
           three
           or
           four
           daies
           ▪
           very
           perfectly
           ,
           but
           if
           one
           should
           p●t
           that
           turf
           towards
           the
           South
           or
           South
           west
           wind
           the
           foot
           would
           grow
           worse
           .
           These
           circumstances
           wil
           not
           seem
           superstitio●s
           to
           you
           when
           you
           shall
           have
           consider'd
           ,
           how
           ,
           that
           ,
           by
           the
           repose
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           the
           corrupt
           matter
           or
           core
           uses
           to
           gather
           ,
           in
           a
           
           great
           quantity
           under
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Beast
           ;
           which
           being
           set
           on
           the
           ground
           in
           the
           morning
           presses
           forth
           the
           impostume
           :
           the
           matter
           wherof
           sticks
           to
           the
           place
           .
           Now
           ,
           this
           turf
           of
           Earth
           being
           exposed
           in
           some
           proper
           place
           ,
           to
           receive
           the
           dry
           cold
           blasts
           of
           the
           Northern
           winds
           ;
           those
           blasts
           intermingle
           with
           the
           said
           corrupt
           impostumated
           matter
           :
           which
           spreading
           its
           Spirits
           about
           through
           all
           the
           air
           ,
           the
           ulcerated
           foot
           of
           the
           Animal
           ,
           (
           being
           their
           sourse
           )
           draws
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           the
           cold
           dry
           atoms
           which
           cure
           it
           ;
           the
           malady
           requiring
           no
           other
           help
           than
           to
           be
           wel
           dry'd
           ,
           and
           refreshed
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           one
           should
           expose
           this
           turf
           to
           a
           moist
           hottish
           wind
           ,
           it
           weuld
           produce
           contrary
           effects
           .
        
         
           Behold
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           all
           my
           wheels
           formed
           ;
           I
           confess
           they
           are
           ill
           filed
           and
           polished
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           try
           whether
           ,
           being
           put
           together
           and
           mounted
           ,
           they
           wil
           make
           the
           engin
           go
           :
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           and
           fairly
           draw
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           you
           will
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           have
           the
           goodness
           to
           pardon
           the
           gr●ssness
           of
           my
           language
           ;
           and
           ,
           passing
           by
           the
           words
           ,
           content
           your
           selvs
           with
           the
           naked
           truth
           of
           the
           things
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           apply
           what
           ha's
           been
           said
           ,
           to
           that
           which
           is
           practic'd
           ,
           when
           a
           hurt
           person
           is
           cured
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           
             Mr●
             Ho●el
          
           wounded
           in
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           inflammation
           following
           upon
           his
           hurt
           ;
           his
           Garter
           is
           taken
           ,
           cover'd
           with
           the
           blood
           that
           issued
           from
           the
           wound
           ,
           and
           is
           steep'd
           in
           a
           bason
           of
           water
           where
           V●triol
           was
           dissolv'd
           ,
           one
           keeps
           the
           Bason
           in
           a
           closet
           moderately
           warm'd
           by
           the
           Sun
           all
           day
           ,
           and
           at
           night
           in
           the
           chimney
           corner
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           blood
           upon
           the
           Garter
           be
           always
           in
           a
           good
           natural
           temperament
           ,
           neither
           colder
           nor
           hotter
           than
           the
           degree
           required
           in
           a
           healthful
           body
           :
           What
           now
           must
           result
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           the
           doctrine
           that
           we
           endeavour
           to
           establish
           ,
           )
           from
           all
           this
           ?
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           the
           Sun
           and
           Light
           will
           attract
           ,
           a
           great
           extent
           and
           distance
           off
           ,
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           blood
           upon
           the
           Garter
           :
           and
           the
           moderate
           heat
           of
           the
           chimney
           ,
           acting
           gently
           upon
           the
           composition
           ,
           (
           which
           comes
           to
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           should
           carry
           it
           dry
           in
           his
           pocket
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           feel
           the
           temperate
           heat
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           )
           will
           push
           out
           and
           thrust
           forward
           still
           the
           said
           atoms
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           march
           of
           themselvs
           a
           good
           way
           in
           the
           air
           round
           about
           ,
           to
           help
           therby
           the
           attraction
           of
           the
           Sun
           and
           Light.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           being
           incorporated
           with
           the
           
           blood
           cannot
           choose
           but
           make
           the
           same
           voyage
           together
           with
           the
           atoms
           of
           the
           blood
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           wounded
           hand
           expires
           and
           exhales
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           continually
           abundance
           of
           hot
           fiery
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           stream
           as
           a
           river
           out
           of
           the
           inflamed
           hurt
           :
           nor
           can
           this
           be
           ,
           but
           the
           wound
           must
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           draw
           to
           it
           the
           air
           which
           is
           next
           it
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           this
           air
           must
           draw
           to
           it
           the
           other
           air
           next
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           next
           to
           it
           also
           ;
           and
           so
           there
           will
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           current
           of
           air
           drawn
           round
           about
           the
           wound
           .
           Fiftly
           ,
           with
           this
           air
           will
           come
           to
           incorporate
           at
           last
           the
           atoms
           and
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Blood
           and
           Vitriol
           ,
           which
           were
           d●ffused
           a
           good
           way
           off
           in
           the
           air
           ,
           by
           the
           attractions
           of
           the
           Light
           and
           the
           Sun
           :
           Besides
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           be
           ,
           that
           ,
           from
           the
           begining
           ,
           the
           orb
           and
           sphere
           of
           these
           atomes
           and
           Spirits
           extended
           it self
           to
           so
           great
           a
           distance
           ;
           without
           having
           need
           of
           the
           attractions
           of
           the
           air
           ,
           or
           light
           to
           make
           them
           come
           thither
           .
           Sixthly
           ,
           the
           atoms
           of
           blood
           ,
           finding
           the
           proper
           source
           and
           original
           root
           whence
           they
           issued
           ,
           will
           stay
           there
           ,
           re-entering
           into
           their
           natural
           beds
           and
           prim●tive
           receptacles
           :
           wheras
           the
           other
           air
           ,
           being
           but
           a
           passenger
           ,
           will
           evaporate
           away
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           comes
           ;
           as
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           carried
           away
           through
           the
           funnel
           of
           the
           chimney
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           is
           drawn
           into
           the
           chamber
           by
           the
           door
           .
           Seventhly
           ,
           the
           atoms
           of
           the
           blood
           being
           inseparable
           from
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           ,
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           will
           joyntly
           be
           imbibed
           together
           within
           all
           the
           corners
           ,
           fibres
           ,
           and
           orifices
           of
           the
           Veins
           which
           lye
           open
           about
           the
           wound
           ;
           whence
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           refresh●
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           imperceptibly
           cured
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           know
           in
           virtue
           of
           what
           such
           an
           effect
           and
           cure
           is
           so
           happily
           performed
           ,
           we
           must
           examine
           the
           nature
           of
           Vitriol
           :
           which
           is
           composed
           of
           two
           parts
           ;
           the
           one
           fixed
           ,
           the
           other
           volatil
           .
           The
           fixed
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Salt
           ,
           is
           sharp
           and
           biting
           ,
           and
           cauftique
           in
           some
           degree
           .
           The
           volatil
           is
           smooth
           ,
           soft
           ,
           balsamical
           ,
           and
           astringent
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           for
           that
           reason
           that
           Vitriol
           is
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           as
           a
           sovereign
           remedy
           for
           the
           inflammations
           of
           the
           eyes
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           corroded
           and
           parched
           by
           some
           sharp
           and
           burning
           humor
           or
           defluction
           ;
           as
           also
           in
           injections
           ,
           where
           excoriations
           require
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           best
           plaisters
           to
           stanch
           the
           blood
           and
           incarnate
           hurts
           .
           But
           ,
           they
           who
           well
           know
           how
           to
           draw
           the
           sweet
           oyl
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           pure
           volatil
           part
           therof
           ,
           know
           also
           that
           in
           the
           whole
           closet
           of
           Nature
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           balm
           like
           this
           oyl
           :
           
           For
           ,
           it
           heals
           in
           a
           very
           short
           time
           ,
           all
           kind
           of
           hurts
           which
           are
           not
           mortal
           ,
           it
           cures
           and
           consolidates
           the
           broken
           veins
           of
           the
           breast
           ;
           ev'n
           to
           the
           Ulcers
           in
           the
           lungs
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           incurable
           malady
           without
           this
           balm
           .
           Now
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           volatil
           part
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           ,
           which
           is
           transported
           by
           the
           Sun
           (
           the
           great
           Distiller
           of
           Nature
           )
           and
           which
           by
           that
           means
           dilates
           it self
           in
           the
           air
           :
           and
           that
           the
           wound
           or
           part
           which
           receiv'd
           the
           hurt
           ,
           draws
           and
           incorporates
           with
           the
           blood
           and
           its
           humours
           and
           spirits
           .
           Which
           being
           true
           ,
           we
           cannot
           expect
           a
           less
           effect
           of
           the
           volatil
           Vitriol
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           should
           shut
           the
           veins
           ,
           stanch
           the
           blood
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           heal
           the
           wound
           .
        
         
           The
           method
           and
           primitive
           manner
           how
           to
           make
           use
           of
           this
           Sympathetical
           remedy
           was
           ,
           To
           take
           only
           some
           Vitriol
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           common
           sort
           ,
           as
           it
           came
           from
           the
           Druggists
           ,
           without
           any
           preparation
           or
           addition
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           it
           dissolve
           in
           fountain
           (
           or
           rather
           in
           rain-water
           ,
           )
           to
           such
           a
           proportion
           ,
           that
           ,
           putting
           therin
           a
           knife
           or
           some
           polished
           iron
           ,
           it
           should
           come
           out
           chang'd
           into
           the
           colour
           of
           copper
           :
           and
           ,
           into
           this
           water
           ,
           they
           used
           to
           put
           a
           clowt
           or
           rag
           embrued
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           party
           hurt
           ;
           if
           the
           rag
           were
           dry
           :
           But
           ,
           if
           the
           rag
           was
           yet
           fresh
           ,
           and
           moist
           with
           the
           reaking
           blood
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           need
           but
           to
           sprinkle
           it
           with
           the
           smal
           powder
           of
           the
           same
           Vitriol
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           powder
           might
           incorporate
           it self
           with
           ,
           and
           imbibe
           the
           blood
           remaining
           yet
           humid
           .
           In
           both
           cases
           the
           rag
           was
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           a
           temperate
           heat
           or
           place
           ;
           viz.
           the
           powder
           in
           ones
           pocket
           ,
           and
           the
           water
           (
           which
           admits
           not
           of
           this
           commodity
           )
           within
           a
           chamber
           where
           the
           heat
           should
           be
           temperate
           ,
           and
           ,
           every
           time
           that
           one
           should
           put
           new
           water
           of
           Vitriol
           or
           fresh
           powder
           to
           new
           cloth
           or
           other
           bloodied
           stuff
           ,
           the
           patient
           would
           feel
           new
           ease
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           wound
           had
           been
           then
           drest
           with
           some
           sovereign
           medicament
           .
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           they
           used
           to
           reiterate
           this
           manner
           of
           dressing
           both
           Evening
           and
           Morning
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           ,
           the
           most
           part
           of
           those
           who
           serve
           themselvs
           with
           the
           
             Powder
             of
             Sympathy
          
           endeavour
           to
           have
           Vitriol
           of
           Rome
           ,
           or
           of
           Cyprus
           ;
           which
           they
           calcine
           at
           the
           rayes
           of
           the
           Sun
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           some
           use
           to
           add
           the
           Gum
           of
           Tragagantha
           ;
           it
           being
           easy
           to
           add
           to
           things
           already
           invented
           .
        
         
           For
           mine
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           as
           great
           and
           admirable
           effects
           of
           simple
           Vitriol
           ,
           of
           eighteen
           pence
           the
           pound
           ;
           as
           of
           that
           
           Powder
           which
           is
           us'd
           to
           be
           prepared
           now
           at
           a
           greater
           price
           :
           yet
           I
           blame
           not
           the
           present
           practice
           ;
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           commend
           it
           ,
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           founded
           upon
           reason
           .
           For
        
         
           First
           ,
           it
           seems
           that
           the
           purest
           and
           best
           sort
           of
           Vitriol
           operates
           the
           best
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           seems
           also
           ,
           that
           the
           moderate
           calcining
           therof
           at
           the
           rays
           of
           the
           Sun
           takes
           away
           the
           superfluous
           humidity
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           ;
           and
           operates
           on
           no
           part
           therof
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           good
           :
           as
           if
           one
           should
           boil
           broth
           so
           clear
           that
           it
           would
           come
           to
           be
           gelly
           ,
           which
           certainly
           would
           render
           it
           more
           nourishing
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           that
           the
           exposing
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           to
           the
           Sun
           ,
           to
           receive
           calcination
           ,
           renders
           its
           spirits
           more
           fitly
           disposed
           to
           be
           transported
           through
           the
           air
           by
           the
           Sun
           ,
           when
           need
           requires
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           doubted
           but
           some
           pa●●
           of
           the
           aethereal
           fire
           or
           Solar
           rays
           incorporates
           with
           the
           Vitriol
           ;
           (
           as
           is
           plainly
           discover'd
           in
           calcining
           Antimony
           by
           a
           Burning-glass
           ;
           for
           it
           much
           augments
           the
           weight
           of
           it
           ,
           almost
           half
           in
           half
           :
           )
           both
           are
           near-a-kin
           :
           those
           therefore
           ,
           easily
           obeying
           the
           Motion
           of
           their
           brother-beams
           ,
           must
           needs
           make
           the
           grosser
           matter
           ,
           they
           are
           united
           with
           less
           refractory
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           these
           Solar
           rays
           ,
           being
           embodied
           with
           the
           Vitriol
           are
           in
           a
           posture
           to
           communicate
           to
           it
           a
           more
           excellent
           virtue
           ,
           than
           it
           hath
           of
           it self
           ;
           as
           we
           find
           that
           Antimony
           ,
           calcin'd
           in
           the
           Sun
           becomes
           (
           of
           rank
           poison
           that
           it
           was
           before
           )
           a
           most
           sovereign
           and
           balsamical
           medicament
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           excellent
           Corroborative
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           the
           Gum
           of
           Tragagantha
           ,
           having
           a
           glutinous
           faculty
           ,
           and
           being
           ,
           in
           other
           respects
           very
           innocent
           ,
           may
           contribute
           somthing
           towards
           the
           consolidation
           of
           the
           wound
           .
        
         
           My
           Lords
           ,
           I
           could
           add
           many
           most
           important
           considerations
           touching
           the
           Form
           and
           essence
           of
           Vitriol
           ;
           wherof
           the
           substance
           is
           so
           noble
           ,
           and
           the
           origin
           is
           so
           admirable
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           avouch
           it
           ,
           with
           good
           reason
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           excellent
           bodies
           which
           Nature
           hath
           produced
           .
        
         
           The
           Chymists
           assure
           us
           that
           it
           is
           no
           other
           than
           ,
           a
           corporification
           of
           the
           Vniversal
           Spirit
           ▪
           which
           animates
           and
           perfects
           all
           that
           hath
           existence
           in
           this
           sublunary
           World
           :
           which
           it
           draws
           in
           that
           abundance
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           my self
           have
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           by
           
           exposing
           some
           only
           to
           the
           open
           air
           ,
           made
           an
           attraction
           of
           a
           celestial
           Vitriol
           ten
           times
           more
           in
           weight
           ,
           of
           a
           marvailous
           pureness
           and
           virtue
           ;
           a
           priviledge
           given
           to
           none
           but
           It
           ,
           and
           pure
           virgin
           Salt-peter
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           anatomise
           ,
           as
           we
           ought
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           transcendent
           Individual
           ,
           (
           which
           nevertheless
           in
           some
           respect
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           Vniversal
           ,
           and
           fundamental
           to
           all
           bodies
           ,
           )
           would
           require
           a
           Discourse
           ,
           far
           more
           ample
           ,
           than
           I
           have
           yet
           made
           :
           And
           I
           have
           already
           entertain'd
           you
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           very
           great
           indiscretion
           to
           entrench
           further
           upon
           your
           goodness
           ,
           who
           have
           hitherto
           listned
           to
           me
           with
           so
           much
           attention
           and
           patience
           ;
           if
           I
           should
           go
           about
           to
           enter
           into
           any
           new
           matter
           ,
           and
           embark
           my self
           for
           a
           further
           voyage
           .
           Wherefore
           remiting
           several
           things
           to
           some
           other
           time
           ,
           when
           you
           shall
           please
           to
           command
           me
           ,
           and
           returning
           to
           the
           general
           consideration
           of
           this
           Sympathetical
           cure
           I
           will
           put
           a
           Period
           to
           this
           Discourse
           :
           after
           I
           shall
           have
           said
           two
           or
           three
           words
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           be
           of
           smal
           importance
           ,
           for
           the
           confirmation
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           alledg'd
           by
           me
           hitherto
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           deduced
           to
           you
           the
           admirable
           causes
           of
           the
           operations
           ,
           and
           strange
           effects
           of
           
             the
             Powder
             of
             Sympathy
          
           ,
           from
           their
           first
           root
           .
           These
           fundamental
           causes
           are
           so
           linked
           one
           within
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           there
           can
           be
           no
           default
           ,
           stop
           ,
           or
           interruption
           ,
           in
           their
           proceedings
           .
           But
           we
           shall
           be
           the
           better
           fortified
           in
           the
           belief
           of
           their
           virtue
           and
           efficacy
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           come
           to
           produce
           the
           effects
           of
           so
           many
           rare
           Cures
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           that
           when
           any
           jugling
           is
           practiced
           in
           some
           one
           of
           these
           causes
           ,
           or
           in
           all
           of
           them
           together
           ,
           we
           may
           perceive
           immediately
           an
           effect
           altogether
           differing
           from
           the
           former
           .
           If
           I
           had
           not
           formerly
           seen
           a
           Watch
           or
           Clock
           ,
           I
           should
           be
           justly
           surprized
           and
           remain
           astonish'd
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           hand
           or
           needle
           so
           regularly
           mark
           the
           journal
           hours
           and
           motion
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           upon
           the
           flat
           of
           a
           Quadrant
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           should
           turn
           and
           make
           its
           round
           every
           four
           and
           twenty
           hours
           ;
           there
           being
           nothing
           seen
           that
           should
           push
           on
           the
           said
           needle
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           I
           look
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           I
           see
           wheels
           ,
           ressorts
           ,
           and
           counterpoises
           in
           perpetual
           movement
           ;
           which
           having
           well
           considered
           ,
           I
           presently
           suspect
           ,
           that
           those
           Wheels
           are
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           movement
           and
           turnings
           of
           the
           said
           Needle
           ;
           though
           I
           cannot
           presently
           discern
           or
           know
           how
           they
           effect
           it
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           plate
           that
           lies
           interposed
           
           betwixt
           them
           .
           Therupon
           ,
           I
           reason
           thus
           with
           my
           ●elf
           ,
           Every
           effect
           whatever
           must
           of
           necessity
           have
           some
           cause
           ;
           therfore
           the
           body
           moved
           there
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           receive
           its
           movement
           from
           some
           other
           body
           contiguous
           to
           it
           :
           Now
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           other
           body
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           needle
           of
           the
           quadrant
           move
           and
           turn
           ,
           but
           the
           said
           wheels
           ;
           Therefore
           ,
           I
           must
           of
           force
           be
           perswaded
           to
           attribute
           the
           movement
           to
           them
           .
           But
           ,
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           I
           〈◊〉
           have
           stop'd
           the
           motion
           of
           those
           wheels
           and
           taken
           away
           the
           Counterpoise
           ,
           and
           observed
           that
           suddenly
           the
           needle
           ceases
           to
           move
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           applying
           again
           the
           Counterpoise
           ,
           and
           giving
           liberty
           for
           the
           wheels
           to
           turn
           ,
           the
           needle
           re●urns
           to
           her
           ordinary
           course
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           make
           one
           wheel
           go
           faster
           ,
           by
           putting
           my
           finger
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           by
           adding
           more
           weight
           to
           the
           counterpoise
           ,
           the
           needle
           hastens
           and
           advances
           its
           motions
           proportion●bly
           :
           then
           I
           grow
           to
           be
           convinced
           and
           entirely
           satisfied
           ;
           and
           so
           absolutely
           conclude
           that
           these
           Wheels
           and
           Counterpoises
           are
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           the
           motion
           of
           the
           Needle
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           if
           ,
           interrupting
           the
           action
           of
           any
           of
           those
           causes
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           established
           for
           the
           true
           foundation
           of
           the
           Sympathetical
           Powders
           virtue
           ,
           I
           alter
           ,
           retard
           or
           hinder
           the
           Cure
           of
           the
           Wound
           :
           I
           may
           boldly
           conclude
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           legitimate
           and
           genuine
           true
           causes
           of
           the
           Cure
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           need
           not
           amuse
           our
           selvs
           to
           search
           after
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           examine
           the
           matter
           by
           this
           rule
           .
           I
           have
           affirm'd
           that
           ,
           the
           Light
           transporting
           the
           atoms
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           and
           Blood
           ,
           and
           dilating
           them
           to
           a
           great
           extent
           in
           the
           air
           :
           the
           wound
           or
           place
           hurt
           attracts
           them
           ,
           and
           therby
           is
           immediately
           refresht
           and
           eas'd
           ;
           and
           consequently
           comes
           to
           be
           heal'd
           ;
           by
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           a
           balsamical
           virtue
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           you
           put
           the
           Bason
           or
           Powder
           with
           the
           cloth-imbrued
           with
           blood
           into
           a
           Cup-boord
           or
           a
           corner
           of
           some
           cold
           room
           ,
           or
           into
           a
           Cellar
           ,
           where
           the
           Light
           or
           fresh
           Air
           never
           comes
           (
           whence
           the
           place
           is
           corrupted
           and
           full
           of
           ill
           smell●
           ,
           )
           in
           that
           case
           the
           wound
           can
           receive
           no
           amendment
           ,
           nor
           any
           good
           effect
           from
           the
           said
           Powder
           .
           And
           ,
           it
           will
           fall
           out
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           if
           ,
           having
           put
           the
           bason
           or
           Powder
           in
           some
           By-corner
           ,
           you
           cover
           them
           with
           some
           thick
           cloth
           ,
           stuffing
           and
           spongie
           ,
           which
           may
           imbibe
           the
           atoms
           coming
           forth
           ,
           and
           retain
           the
           light
           and
           rays
           that
           ener
           there
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           are
           thereby
           stop'd
           and
           quite
           lost
           .
           Moreover
           
           Morover
           ,
           if
           you
           suffer
           the
           water
           of
           Vitriol
           to
           congeal
           into
           ice
           ;
           or
           the
           cloth
           dip't
           in
           it
           ;
           the
           party
           hurt
           shall
           be
           sensible
           ,
           at
           the
           begining
           ,
           of
           a
           very
           great
           cold
           in
           his
           wound
           :
           but
           when
           it
           is
           iced
           all
           over
           ,
           he
           shall
           feel
           neither
           heat
           nor
           cold
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           congealed
           cold
           constipates
           the
           pores
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           ceases
           to
           transpire
           and
           send
           forth
           Spirits
           .
           If
           one
           wash
           the
           bloody
           Cloth
           in
           Vinegar
           or
           Lye
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           by
           their
           penetrating
           acrimony
           ,
           transport
           all
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           blood
           )
           ,
           before
           the
           Vitriol
           be
           applied
           ;
           it
           will
           produce
           no
           effect
           .
           Yet
           ,
           if
           the
           Cloth
           be
           wash'd
           but
           with
           pure
           simple
           water
           ,
           it
           will
           nevertheless
           do
           something
           ;
           for
           ,
           that
           water
           carries
           not
           away
           so
           much
           ;
           but
           ,
           the
           effect
           will
           not
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Cloth
           had
           not
           been
           washed
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           then
           it
           would
           remain
           full
           of
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           blood
           .
           The
           same
           cure
           is
           performed
           ,
           by
           applying
           the
           remedy
           to
           the
           Blade
           of
           a
           Sword
           which
           ha's
           wounded
           a
           body
           ;
           so
           the
           Sword
           be
           not
           too
           much
           heated
           by
           the
           fire
           :
           for
           that
           will
           make
           all
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           blood
           to
           evaporate
           ;
           and
           consequently
           the
           Sword
           will
           contribute
           but
           little
           to
           the
           cure
           .
           Now
           ,
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Sword
           may
           be
           dressed
           in
           order
           to
           the
           cure
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           the
           subtile
           spirits
           of
           blood
           penetrate
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           blade
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           it
           went
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           wounded
           party
           ;
           and
           ,
           there
           keep
           their
           residence
           ,
           unless
           the
           fire
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           chase
           them
           away
           .
           For
           experiment
           wherof
           ,
           hold
           the
           Blade
           over
           a
           chasing
           dish
           of
           moderate
           fire
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           discern
           ,
           on
           the
           side
           opposite
           to
           the
           fire
           ,
           a
           little
           humidity
           ;
           which
           resembles
           the
           spots
           that
           ones
           breath
           makes
           upon
           looking-glasses
           ;
           or
           upon
           the
           burnished
           blade
           of
           a
           sword
           .
           If
           you
           look
           upon
           it
           through
           a
           magnifying-glass
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           this
           soft
           dew
           of
           the
           Spirits
           consists
           in
           l●ttle
           bubles
           ,
           or
           blown
           bladders
           :
           and
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           are
           entirely
           evaporated
           ,
           you
           shall
           discern
           no
           more
           upon
           the
           weapon
           ;
           unless
           it
           were
           thrust
           a
           new
           into
           the
           body
           of
           a
           〈…〉
           nor
           ,
           from
           the
           begining
           shall
           you
           discover
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           precisely
           upon
           the
           part
           of
           the
           blade
           ,
           which
           had
           entred
           the
           wound
           .
        
         
           This
           subtile
           penetration
           of
           the
           Spirits
           into
           hard
           steel
           ,
           may
           confirm
           the
           belief
           of
           such
           Spirits
           piercing
           through
           the
           skin
           of
           a
           woman
           big
           with
           child
           :
           as
           I
           remind
           ,
           to
           have
           proposed
           to
           you
           in
           my
           
             sixth
             Principle
          
           .
        
         
           To
           confirm
           all
           these
           particulars
           ,
           I
           could
           add
           ,
           to
           those
           I
           have
           
           already
           recounted
           many
           notable
           examples
           more
           ;
           but
           ,
           I
           fear
           I
           have
           already
           too
           much
           exercised
           your
           patience
           ;
           I
           will
           therfore
           suspend
           any
           mention
           of
           them
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           but
           I
           offer
           to
           entertain
           any
           of
           this
           Honourable
           Assembly
           therwith
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           have
           the
           curiosity
           .
        
         
           I
           conclude
           then
           ,
           my
           Lords
           ,
           with
           representing
           to
           you
           that
           all
           this
           mystery
           is
           carry'd
           and
           guided
           throughout
           ,
           by
           true
           natural
           ways
           and
           circumstances
           ;
           although
           ,
           by
           the
           agency
           and
           resorts
           of
           very
           subtile
           spirits
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           perswaded
           my
           Discourse
           hath
           convincingly
           shew'd
           you
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           this
           Sympathetical
           cure
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           to
           admit
           of
           an
           action
           distant
           from
           the
           Patient
           :
           I
           have
           traced
           to
           you
           a
           real
           Communication
           'twixt
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ;
           viz.
           of
           a
           Balsamical
           substance
           ,
           which
           corporally
           mingles
           with
           the
           wound
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           poor
           kind
           of
           pusillanimity
           and
           faint-heartedness
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           gross
           weakness
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           to
           pretend
           any
           effects
           of
           charm
           or
           magick
           herin
           ;
           or
           to
           confine
           all
           the
           actions
           of
           Nature
           to
           the
           grossness
           of
           our
           Senses
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           not
           sufficiently
           consider'd
           nor
           examined
           the
           true
           causes
           and
           principles
           wheron
           t
           is
           fitting
           we
           should
           ground
           our
           judgment
           :
           we
           need
           not
           have
           recourse
           to
           a
           Demon
           or
           Angel
           in
           such
           difficulties
           ,
           
             
               Nec
               Deus
               intersit
               ,
               nisi
               dignus
               vindice
               nodus
            
             
               Inciderit
               .
               —
            
          
        
         
           
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