The history of generation examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his discourse of bodies : with a general relation of the manner of generation, as well in plants as animals : with some figures delineating the first originals of some creatures ... : to which is joyned, A discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy, or without any real applycation of medicines to the part affected, but especially by that powder, known chiefly by the name of Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / by Nath. Highmore ...
         Highmore, Nathaniel, 1613-1685.
      
       
         
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             The history of generation examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his discourse of bodies : with a general relation of the manner of generation, as well in plants as animals : with some figures delineating the first originals of some creatures ... : to which is joyned, A discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy, or without any real applycation of medicines to the part affected, but especially by that powder, known chiefly by the name of Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / by Nath. Highmore ...
             Highmore, Nathaniel, 1613-1685.
             Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. Discours fait en une célèbre assemblée, touchant la guérison des playes par la poudre de sympathie. English.
          
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               THE
               〈◊〉
               OF
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             
               Examining
               The
               several
               Opinions
               of
               divers
               Authors
               ,
               especially
               that
               of
               Sir
               〈…〉
               in
               his
               〈…〉
               .
            
             
               With
               A
               general
               Relation
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               Generation
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               〈…〉
               as
               〈…〉
               :
               With
               some
               Figures
               delineating
               the
               first
               Originals
               of
               some
               Creatures
               ,
               evidently
               demonstrating
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               is
               joyned
               a
               Discourse
               of
               the
               
               .
            
             
               Or
               without
               any
               real
               applycation
               of
               Medicines
               to
               the
               part
               affected
               ,
               but
               especially
               by
               that
               Powder
               ,
               known
               chiefly
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Sir
               〈…〉
               Powder
               .
            
             
               By
               〈…〉
               lately
               of
               
                 Trinity
                 Colledge
              
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 R.
                 N.
              
               for
               〈…〉
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               at
               the
               Bell
               in
               S.
               〈…〉
               1651.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Honourable
               ,
               Mr.
               ROBERT
               BOYLE
               ,
               Son
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               CORK
               ,
               my
               much
               Honoured
               Friend
               .
            
             
               
                 Noble
                 Sir
                 ,
              
            
             
               WHere
               Virtue
               shall
               bee
               found
               in
               conjunction
               with
               Noblity
               in
               such
               black
               ,
               the
               last
               and
               worst
               times
               ,
               it
               no
               lesse
               invites
               and
               amazes
               the
               eyes
               and
               hearts
               of
               beholders
               ,
            
             
             
               holders
               ,
               then
               some
               new
               Star
               or
               blazing
               Comet
               :
               but
               with
               this
               difference
               ;
               the
               one
               is
               cause
               of
               their
               fear
               ,
               the
               other
               gives
               life
               to
               their
               hopes
               and
               joy
               .
               You
               have
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               so
               inricht
               your
               tender
               years
               with
               such
               choice
               principles
               of
               the
               best
               sorts
               ,
               and
               even
               to
               admiration
               managed
               them
               to
               the
               greatest
               advantage
               ;
               that
               you
               stand
               both
               a
               pattern
               and
               wonder
               to
               our
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               :
               who
               in
               these
               past
               times
               many
               of
               them
               have
               so
               spent
               their
               precious
               Minutes
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               scarce
               able
               to
               account
               for
               one
               ,
               or
               spend
               an
               hour
               but
               in
               vice
               :
               that
               cannot
               brook
               Virtue
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               born
               with
               them
               ;
               that
               
               hate
               all
               things
               that
               must
               be
               obtained
               by
               industry
               .
               Who
               most
               degenerately
               intrusting
               their
               wits
               as
               well
               as
               fortunes
               with
               their
               inferiours
               ,
               have
               made
               them
               Master
               of
               both
               ;
               a
               sad
               forerunner
               (
               I
               will
               not
               say
               Author
               )
               of
               these
               sadder
               times
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               have
               made
               a
               better
               and
               far
               nobler
               choice
               ,
               you
               have
               not
               thought
               your
               blood
               and
               descent
               debased
               ,
               because
               married
               to
               the
               Arts.
               You
               stick
               not
               to
               trace
               Nature
               in
               her
               most
               intricate
               paths
               ,
               to
               torture
               her
               to
               a
               confession
               ;
               though
               with
               your
               own
               sweat
               and
               treasure
               obtained
               .
               Being
               ravisht
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               with
               these
               considerations
               of
               your
               worth
               and
               candor
               ,
               I
               
               shall
               not
               fear
               to
               throw
               these
               Papers
               into
               the
               bosom
               of
               your
               protection
               ;
               from
               whom
               as
               I
               cannot
               misse
               a
               judicious
               censure
               ,
               so
               I
               shall
               hope
               for
               a
               candid
               reception
               .
               They
               are
               Discourses
               which
               have
               busied
               the
               Heads
               and
               Pens
               of
               many
               judicious
               and
               learned
               ,
               amongst
               whom
               our
               noble
               Author
               hath
               not
               deserved
               the
               lowest
               esteem
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               presume
               to
               these
               phansies
               with
               their
               maturer
               births
               .
               Yet
               perhaps
               something
               may
               here
               be
               found
               ,
               that
               may
               encourage
               others
               to
               a
               farther
               search
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               despair
               of
               your
               own
               ,
               which
               may
               give
               a
               better
               account
               and
               a
               plenary
               satisfaction
               ,
               if
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               
               in
               these
               so
               labyrinthean
               works
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               I
               have
               laboured
               for
               ,
               and
               shall
               still
               be
               ,
               (
               as
               likewise
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               your
               health
               )
               the
               prayer
               of
            
             
               
                 Sherborne
                 ,
                 
                   May
                   15.
                   1651
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 humble
                 Servant
                 ,
                 NATH
                 .
                 HIGHMORE
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
             
               An
               Explanation
               of
               the
               following
               Figures
               in
               both
               Tables
               .
            
             
               THe
               first
               Figure
               ,
               of
               the
               first
               Table
               ,
               shews
               the
               Kidny
               Bean
               opened
               ;
               in
               which
               is
               a
               little
               crooked
               leaf
               ●olded
               up
               ,
               which
               being
               displayed
               ,
               shews
               it self
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               second
               ;
               and
               when
               ,
               being
               set
               ,
               it
               arises
               above
               ground
               ,
               it
               is
               such
               a
               Plant
               as
               the
               third
               shews
               ;
               with
               the
               very
               same
               leaves
               and
               no
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               Figure
               shews
               a
               Colewort
               seed
               :
               the
               first
               shews
               both
               leaves
               ,
               with
               the
               stalk
               folded
               up
               ,
               as
               they
               lie
               in
               the
               husk
               of
               the
               seed
               :
               the
               second
               shews
               it
               come
               up
               out
               of
               the
               ground
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               Figure
               hath
               the
               small
               germen
               of
               an
               Ash
               ;
               lying
               with
               his
               two
               leaves
               in
               the
               kernel
               of
               an
               Ash
               ,
               both
               
               in
               the
               husk
               inclosing
               them
               .
               The
               second
               shews
               him
               sprung
               up
               above
               the
               Earth
               ,
               at
               his
               ●irst
               coming
               abroad
               .
            
             
               The
               fourth
               delineates
               the
               young
               germen
               of
               the
               Pease
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               grain
               ,
               and
               its
               breaking
               forth
               .
            
             
               The
               fifth
               shews
               the
               young
               Plant
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Bean
               :
               with
               the
               manner
               of
               his
               putting
               forth
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               leaves
               displayed
               in
               the
               third
               ,
               which
               are
               wrapt
               up
               in
               the
               first
               and
               second
               .
            
             
               The
               fixth
               Figure
               displayes
               the
               young
               Maple
               wrapt
               up
               in
               his
               husk
               ;
               and
               how
               he
               lies
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               first
               :
               The
               second
               shews
               him
               a
               little
               unfolded
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               husk
               .
               The
               third
               shews
               him
               gotten
               from
               his
               shell
               ,
               and
               the
               surface
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               The
               seventh
               Figure
               shews
               what
               progress
               the
               Chick
               hath
               made
               in
               his
               formation
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               day
               after
               incubation
               .
            
             
               The
               eighth
               shews
               the
               Chick
               perfectly
               formed
               in
               his
               shell
               not
               long
               before
               his
               exclusion
               ▪
               with
               the
               Yolk
               almost
               whole
               ;
               describing
               the
               manner
               of
               his
               lying
               in
               the
               shell
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               second
               Table
               shews
               the
               growth
               of
               the
               Chick
               in
               the
               first
               dayes
               Incubation
               .
            
             
               THe
               first
               Figure
               demonstrates
               the
               Eggs
               taken
               from
               their
               shels
               in
               a
               dish
               ,
               with
               the
               Chalazae
               ,
               and
               Cicatricula
               :
               which
               in
               A
               that
               was
               never
               sat
               on
               ,
               is
               but
               small
               .
               In
               B
               that
               hath
               endured
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               Hen
               one
               whole
               day
               ,
               something
               dilated
               .
               In
               some
               new
               layed
               Eggs
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               it
               no
               more
               altered
               the
               third
               day
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               Figure
               delineates
               the
               second
               dayes
               observations
               and
               change
               in
               the
               Egg
               ;
               the
               large
               dilation
               of
               the
               Cicatricula
               ,
               with
               all
               its
               Circles
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               Figure
               shews
               the
               growth
               of
               the
               Chick
               ,
               and
               alteration
               in
               the
               Egg
               ,
               the
               fourth
               day
               .
            
             
             
               The
               fourth
               and
               fifth
               Figures
               ,
               shew
               the
               fifth
               dayes
               addition
               to
               the
               former
               growths
               .
            
             
               The
               fifth
               shews
               him
               taken
               from
               the
               Yolk
               ,
               and
               White
               ,
               with
               a
               delineatior
               of
               all
               his
               parts
               ,
               as
               they
               appear
               lying
               round
               together
               in
               the
               Egg.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               An
               INDEX
               of
               the
               Chapters
               contained
               in
               this
               History
               of
               Generation
               .
            
             
               THe
               opinion
               of
               Philosophers
               touching
               Generation
               .
               
                 Chap.
                 1.
              
               
            
             
               The
               Conceipt
               of
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digby
              
               ,
               ●ching
               the
               generation
               of
               Creatures
               ,
               ●ap
               ,
               2.
               
            
             
               A
               short
               censure
               of
               the
               former
               con●pt
               ,
               
                 Chap.
                 3.
              
               
            
             
               The
               true
               way
               of
               Generation
               set
               down
               general
               ,
               with
               the
               examination
               of
               some
               ●gning
               Arguments
               of
               several
               Authors
               ,
               ●p
               .
               4.
               
            
             
             
               A
               more
               particular
               narration
               of
               the
               way
               of
               Generation
               ,
               
                 Chap.
                 5.
              
               
            
             
               How
               Plants
               are
               generated
               ,
               
                 Chap.
                 6.
              
               
            
             
               How
               Animals
               are
               generated
               ,
               especial
               ly
               Insects
               ,
               
                 Chap.
                 7.
              
               
            
             
               How
               those
               Creatures
               are
               generated
               that
               are
               bred
               from
               Eggs.
               
                 Chap.
                 8.
              
               
            
             
               The
               generation
               of
               Animals
               brough
               forth
               alive
               ,
               Chap.
               9.
               
            
             
               How
               difference
               of
               Sexes
               and
               Simil●tude
               with
               the
               generators
               is
               caused
               ,
               
                 Chap
                 ter
                 10.
              
               
            
             
               Several
               Arguments
               against
               this
               opin●on
               proposed
               ,
               and
               answered
               ,
               
                 Chap.
                 11.
              
               
            
             
             
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               HISTORIE
               OF
               GENERATION
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Opinion
                   of
                   Philosophers
                   concerning
                   Generation
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 First
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 ancient
                 Philosophers
                 have
                 taught
                 us
                 that
                 all
                 subsisting
                 Bodies
                 consist
                 of
                 two
                 parts
                 ,
                 Matter
                 and
                 Form
                 :
                 the
                 first
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 us
                 believe
                 to
                 be
                 compos'd
                 of
                 four
                 jarring
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 call
                 Elements
                 ,
                 indued
                 with
                 as
                 many
                 proper
                 qualities
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 called
                 Prime
                 :
                 as
                 if
                 from
                 the
                 various
                 mixture
                 of
                 these
                 did
                 arise
                 all
                 other
                 qualities
                 .
              
               
               
                 Some
                 later
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 seeing
                 themselves
                 begirt
                 within
                 so
                 straight
                 and
                 narrow
                 bounds
                 ;
                 and
                 ●inding
                 some
                 effects
                 much
                 out-stripping
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 slender
                 mixture
                 ,
                 have
                 told
                 us
                 of
                 occult
                 Qualities
                 ;
                 which
                 arise
                 from
                 some
                 other
                 Bodies
                 not
                 yet
                 known
                 or
                 discerned
                 in
                 the
                 composure
                 .
              
               
                 Our
                 Chymists
                 assure
                 us
                 for
                 certain
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 dissolution
                 of
                 all
                 mixt
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 they
                 ●inde
                 other
                 Elements
                 besides
                 those
                 four
                 ,
                 we
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 Ancients
                 .
                 And
                 perhaps
                 could
                 their
                 separations
                 and
                 putrefactions
                 be
                 as
                 accurate
                 to
                 distinguish
                 ,
                 as
                 Nature
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 mixing
                 ,
                 wee
                 might
                 ●inde
                 many
                 more
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 these
                 strange
                 effects
                 in
                 several
                 Bodies
                 should
                 arise
                 .
                 For
                 indeed
                 how
                 can
                 we
                 imagine
                 that
                 the
                 complicated
                 and
                 reiterated
                 mixture
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 &
                 cold
                 ,
                 moisture
                 and
                 drought
                 ,
                 should
                 ever
                 produce
                 those
                 ridling
                 effects
                 of
                 Mercury
                 ,
                 the
                 Loadstone
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 others
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 discourse
                 I
                 shall
                 leave
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 largely
                 handled
                 it
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 second
                 part
                 which
                 they
                 call
                 
                   Form
                   ,
                   ab
                   informando
                
                 ,
                 they
                 scarce
                 tell
                 us
                 whence
                 it
                 comes
                 ;
                 onely
                 magisterially
                 they
                 teach
                 us
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 we
                 must
                 believe
                 them
                 )
                 that
                 it
                 ariseth
                 from
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 how
                 this
                 ,
                 if
                 rightly
                 considered
                 ,
                 doth
                 agree
                 with
                 their
                 own
                 principles
                 ,
                 seems
                 somewhat
                 difficult
                 to
                 unriddle
                 ,
                 viz.
                 How
                 a
                 Substance
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 grant
                 all
                 Forms
                 to
                 be
                 )
                 can
                 subsist
                 in
                 an
                 accident
                 ,
                 which
                 hath
                 no
                 being
                 of
                 it self
                 ,
                 is
                 no
                 less
                 a
                 Riddle
                 ,
                 then
                 repugnant
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 grounds
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 later
                 Philosophers
                 have
                 very
                 well
                 discovered
                 ;
                 and
                 shewed
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 Forms
                 w
                 ch
                 they
                 thought
                 and
                 taught
                 to
                 bee
                 but
                 potentially
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 are
                 there
                 actually
                 subsisting
                 ;
                 though
                 till
                 they
                 have
                 acquired
                 fitting
                 Organs
                 ,
                 they
                 manifest
                 not
                 themselves
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 the
                 effects
                 which
                 are
                 done
                 before
                 their
                 manifestation
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 forming
                 and
                 fashioning
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 operate
                 )
                 can
                 rise
                 from
                 
                 nothing
                 else
                 but
                 from
                 the
                 Soul
                 it self
                 .
                 This
                 likewise
                 I
                 shall
                 leave
                 to
                 the
                 Readers
                 enquiry
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 follow
                 that
                 other
                 way
                 of
                 introducing
                 Forms
                 ,
                 and
                 Generation
                 of
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 well
                 Animals
                 ,
                 as
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 )
                 which
                 gives
                 Fortune
                 and
                 Chance
                 the
                 preheminency
                 in
                 that
                 work
                 .
                 A
                 conceipt
                 lately
                 vented
                 by
                 the
                 noble
                 Author
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 Treatises
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 Mans
                 Soul
                 :
                 Where
                 he
                 describes
                 the
                 motions
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 Plants
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 are
                 Nutrition
                 and
                 Generation
                 ;
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 by
                 one
                 part
                 transmitting
                 unto
                 the
                 next
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 juice
                 which
                 it
                 received
                 from
                 that
                 immediately
                 before
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 one
                 constant
                 course
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 (
                 that
                 sucketh
                 this
                 juice
                 from
                 the
                 Earth
                 )
                 unto
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 highest
                 sprig
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 passage
                 of
                 this
                 moisture
                 from
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 manner
                 but
                 like
                 the
                 rising
                 of
                 Water
                 in
                 a
                 Still
                 :
                 w
                 ch
                 by
                 heat
                 is
                 made
                 to
                 creep
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Glass
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 by
                 the
                 external
                 cold
                 is
                 fashioned
                 into
                 that
                 Body
                 which
                 at
                 last
                 it
                 is
                 .
                 Let
                 us
                 hear
                 him
                 describing
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 it
                 himself
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Conceipt
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Kenelm
                     Digby
                  
                   concerning
                   the
                   Generation
                   of
                   Creatures
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Second
                 .
              
               
                 LEt
                 us
                 frame
                 (
                 saies
                 he
                 )
                 a
                 
                 conception
                 ;
                 that
                 not
                 far
                 under
                 the
                 superficies
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ;
                 there
                 were
                 gathered
                 together
                 diverse
                 parts
                 of
                 little
                 mixed
                 Bodies
                 ;
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 sum
                 were
                 yet
                 but
                 little
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 little
                 Mass
                 had
                 some
                 excess
                 of
                 fire
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 in
                 wet
                 Hay
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 must
                 of
                 Wine
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 wort
                 of
                 Beer
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 withall
                 the
                 drought
                 of
                 it
                 were
                 in
                 so
                 high
                 a
                 degree
                 as
                 this
                 heat
                 should
                 finde
                 no
                 means
                 ,
                 (
                 being
                 too
                 much
                 compressed
                 )
                 to
                 play
                 his
                 game
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 ,
                 lying
                 there
                 in
                 the
                 bosome
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 after
                 some
                 little
                 time
                 ,
                 receive
                 its
                 expected
                 and
                 desired
                 drink
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 benevolence
                 of
                 the
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 being
                 moistned
                 ,
                 and
                 thereby
                 
                 made
                 more
                 pliable
                 ,
                 tender
                 ,
                 and
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 wrought
                 upon
                 ,
                 the
                 little
                 parts
                 of
                 ●ire
                 should
                 break
                 loose
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 finding
                 this
                 moisture
                 a
                 sit
                 subject
                 to
                 work
                 upon
                 ,
                 should
                 drive
                 it
                 into
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 little
                 Mass
                 ,
                 and
                 digesting
                 it
                 there
                 ,
                 should
                 make
                 the
                 Mass
                 swell
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 increase
                 (
                 saies
                 he
                 )
                 of
                 bulk
                 ,
                 and
                 swelling
                 of
                 the
                 little
                 Mass
                 ,
                 wil
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 be
                 towards
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 whose
                 motion
                 is
                 on
                 every
                 side
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 center
                 to
                 the
                 circumference
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 most
                 efficacious
                 upwards
                 towards
                 the
                 Air
                 ;
                 because
                 the
                 resistance
                 is
                 least
                 that
                 way
                 ,
                 both
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 little
                 thickness
                 of
                 earth
                 over
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 by
                 reason
                 that
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 lieth
                 very
                 loose
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 exceeding
                 porous
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 continual
                 operation
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 of
                 rain
                 upon
                 it
                 .
                 It
                 cannot
                 choose
                 therefore
                 but
                 mount
                 to
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 cause
                 that
                 maketh
                 it
                 do
                 so
                 ,
                 presseth
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 the
                 lower
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Mass
                 downw●rds
                 .
                 But
                 what
                 ascendeth
                 to
                 the
                 
                 Air
                 must
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 hotter
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 moist
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 fermenting
                 Mass
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 goeth
                 downwards
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 of
                 his
                 harder
                 and
                 drier
                 parts
                 ;
                 proportionate
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 motions
                 of
                 Fire
                 and
                 of
                 Earth
                 ,
                 which
                 predominate
                 in
                 these
                 two
                 kindes
                 of
                 parts
                 .
                 Now
                 this
                 that
                 is
                 pushed
                 upwards
                 ,
                 coming
                 above
                 ground
                 ,
                 being
                 expos'd
                 to
                 Sun
                 and
                 wind
                 ,
                 contracteth
                 thereby
                 a
                 hard
                 and
                 tough
                 skin
                 on
                 its
                 outside
                 but
                 within
                 is
                 more
                 tender
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 sort
                 it
                 defendeth
                 it self
                 from
                 outward
                 injuries
                 of
                 weather
                 ,
                 whiles
                 it
                 mounteth
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 thrusting
                 other
                 parts
                 down
                 into
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 it
                 holdeth
                 it self
                 stedfast
                 ,
                 that
                 although
                 the
                 winde
                 may
                 shake
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 cannot
                 overthrow
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 greater
                 this
                 Plant
                 groweth
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 juice
                 is
                 daily
                 accrewed
                 unto
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 heat
                 is
                 encreased
                 ,
                 and
                 consequently
                 ,
                 the
                 greater
                 abundance
                 of
                 humors
                 is
                 continually
                 sent
                 up
                 ;
                 which
                 when
                 it
                 beginneth
                 to
                 clog
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 new
                 humor
                 pressing
                 upwards
                 ,
                 forceth
                 a
                 breach
                 in
                 the
                 skin
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 a
                 new
                 piece
                 like
                 the
                 
                 main
                 stem
                 ,
                 is
                 thrust
                 out
                 and
                 beginneth
                 on
                 the
                 sides
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 a
                 branch
                 .
                 Thus
                 is
                 our
                 Plant
                 amplified
                 ,
                 till
                 Nature
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 still
                 to
                 breed
                 such
                 strong
                 issues
                 ,
                 falleth
                 to
                 works
                 of
                 lesse
                 labour
                 ,
                 and
                 pusheth
                 forth
                 the
                 most
                 elaborate
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Plants
                 juice
                 ,
                 into
                 more
                 tender
                 substances
                 :
                 but
                 especially
                 at
                 the
                 ends
                 of
                 the
                 branches
                 ;
                 where
                 abundant
                 humor
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 not
                 well
                 concocted
                 ,
                 groweth
                 into
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Button
                 ;
                 and
                 more
                 and
                 better
                 concocted
                 humor
                 succeeding
                 ,
                 it
                 groweth
                 softer
                 and
                 softer
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Sun
                 drawing
                 the
                 subtilest
                 parts
                 outwards
                 )
                 excepting
                 what
                 the
                 coldness
                 of
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 roughness
                 of
                 the
                 Winde
                 ,
                 do
                 harden
                 into
                 an
                 outward
                 skin
                 .
                 So
                 then
                 the
                 next
                 parts
                 to
                 the
                 skin
                 are
                 tender
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 very
                 middle
                 of
                 this
                 Button
                 must
                 be
                 hard
                 and
                 dry
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 that
                 the
                 Sun
                 from
                 without
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 natural
                 heat
                 within
                 ,
                 drawing
                 and
                 driving
                 out
                 the
                 moisture
                 ,
                 and
                 extending
                 it
                 from
                 the
                 Center
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 leave
                 the
                 more
                 earthy
                 parts
                 much
                 
                 shrunk
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 hardned
                 by
                 their
                 evaporating
                 out
                 from
                 them
                 .
                 This
                 Button
                 thus
                 dilated
                 and
                 brought
                 to
                 this
                 passe
                 ,
                 we
                 call
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 ;
                 whose
                 harder
                 part
                 encloseth
                 oftentimes
                 another
                 ,
                 not
                 so
                 hard
                 as
                 dry
                 .
                 This
                 drought
                 maketh
                 these
                 inner
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 like
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 dust
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 such
                 as
                 may
                 easily
                 be
                 dried
                 into
                 dust
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 bruised
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 husk
                 that
                 encloseth
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 every
                 parcell
                 of
                 this
                 dust
                 ,
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 resideth
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 contracted
                 into
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 juice
                 which
                 was
                 first
                 in
                 the
                 Button
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 passed
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 through
                 the
                 manifold
                 varieties
                 of
                 the
                 diverse
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 suffered
                 much
                 concoction
                 ,
                 partly
                 from
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 and
                 partly
                 from
                 the
                 inward
                 heat
                 ,
                 imprisoned
                 in
                 that
                 harder
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 fruit
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 these
                 passages
                 ,
                 strainings
                 ,
                 and
                 concoctions
                 ,
                 become
                 at
                 length
                 to
                 be
                 like
                 a
                 tincture
                 extracted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Plant
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 at
                 last
                 dried
                 up
                 into
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 magistery
                 .
                 This
                 
                 we
                 call
                 the
                 Seed
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 fit
                 nature
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 buried
                 in
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 dissolved
                 with
                 humor
                 ,
                 to
                 renew
                 and
                 reciprocate
                 the
                 operation
                 described
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 a
                 sensitive
                 Creature
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 being
                 compared
                 to
                 a
                 Plant
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Plant
                 is
                 to
                 a
                 mixed
                 Body
                 ;
                 you
                 cannot
                 but
                 conceive
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 must
                 be
                 compounded
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 of
                 many
                 Plants
                 ,
                 in
                 like
                 sort
                 as
                 a
                 Plant
                 is
                 of
                 many
                 mixed
                 Bodies
                 :
                 But
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 Plants
                 ,
                 which
                 concur
                 to
                 make
                 one
                 Animal
                 ,
                 are
                 of
                 one
                 kinde
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 cognation
                 .
                 And
                 besides
                 ,
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 such
                 diversity
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 must
                 of
                 necessity
                 be
                 more
                 humid
                 ,
                 and
                 figurable
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 of
                 an
                 ordinary
                 Plant
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Artisicer
                 ,
                 which
                 worketh
                 &
                 mouldeth
                 it
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 more
                 active
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 we
                 must
                 suppose
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Mass
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 an
                 Animal
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 actually
                 liquid
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Fire
                 that
                 worketh
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 so
                 powerful
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 convert
                 this
                 liquid
                 matter
                 ,
                 into
                 such
                 breaths
                 and
                 steams
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 do
                 arise
                 from
                 Water
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Sun
                 or
                 Fire
                 worketh
                 upon
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 lest
                 this
                 moisture
                 being
                 wrought
                 on
                 by
                 such
                 an
                 active
                 heat
                 ,
                 should
                 vanish
                 quite
                 away
                 ;
                 we
                 must
                 suppose
                 it
                 to
                 have
                 such
                 unctuous
                 parts
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 hold
                 them
                 together
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 heat
                 imprisoned
                 in
                 this
                 viscous
                 liquid
                 matter
                 ,
                 riseth
                 in
                 bubbles
                 :
                 and
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 solid
                 unctuousness
                 cannot
                 break
                 forth
                 ,
                 but
                 stretch
                 themselves
                 longer
                 and
                 longer
                 ;
                 and
                 every
                 one
                 would
                 be
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 a
                 little
                 Brook
                 ,
                 whereof
                 the
                 chanel
                 would
                 be
                 the
                 enclosing
                 viscous
                 substance
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 inward
                 smoak
                 that
                 extendeth
                 it
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 compared
                 to
                 the
                 Water
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 liquid
                 smoak-like
                 substance
                 ,
                 the
                 Fire
                 works
                 on
                 in
                 these
                 Chanels
                 ,
                 he
                 makes
                 to
                 be
                 three-fold
                 ;
                 First
                 ,
                 Watry
                 streams
                 ,
                 which
                 first
                 flie
                 out
                 ,
                 settle
                 in
                 the
                 remotest
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 fittest
                 for
                 figuration
                 .
                 Secondly
                 Oily
                 ,
                 which
                 give
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 continuance
                 ,
                 and
                 solidity
                 .
                 
                 Thirdly
                 Fiery
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 grosser
                 ,
                 more
                 fixt
                 parts
                 incorporated
                 with
                 Fire
                 ,
                 having
                 sufficient
                 moisture
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 flowing
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 like
                 a
                 Cauldron
                 of
                 fire
                 ;
                 and
                 these
                 last
                 vapours
                 are
                 for
                 the
                 continuance
                 of
                 heat
                 .
                 These
                 three
                 Brooks
                 in
                 a
                 sens●ive
                 Creature
                 ,
                 arise
                 from
                 three
                 Sources
                 or
                 Fountains
                 ,
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 the
                 Brain
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 conveighed
                 in
                 three
                 severall
                 Chanels
                 ;
                 the
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 Nerves
                 ,
                 and
                 Veins
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 unto
                 the
                 Animal
                 ,
                 heat
                 ,
                 sense
                 ,
                 and
                 nourishment
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Short
                   Censure
                   of
                   the
                   former
                   Conceipt
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Third
                 .
              
               
                 HOw
                 much
                 this
                 Conceipt
                 subverts
                 the
                 antique
                 principles
                 of
                 Philosophy
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 here
                 undertake
                 to
                 demonstrate
                 :
                 How
                 far
                 it
                 shoulders
                 out
                 Truth
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 blots
                 out
                 those
                 indeleble
                 Characters
                 ,
                 fixt
                 by
                 the
                 finger
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Creator
                 on
                 every
                 species
                 ;
                 those
                 inscriptions
                 on
                 all
                 his
                 works
                 ,
                 the
                 distinct
                 constitutions
                 ,
                 parts
                 ,
                 operations
                 ,
                 and
                 figures
                 (
                 which
                 are
                 as
                 so
                 many
                 Bushes
                 ,
                 or
                 Signes
                 hung
                 out
                 ,
                 to
                 discover
                 what
                 are
                 the
                 inhabitants
                 within
                 )
                 will
                 easily
                 shew
                 us
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 heat
                 rarifying
                 a
                 substance
                 ,
                 making
                 it
                 thrust
                 it self
                 into
                 a
                 larger
                 space
                 were
                 the
                 sole
                 author
                 of
                 all
                 generation
                 ;
                 and
                 were
                 the
                 cause
                 why
                 Plants
                 grow
                 up
                 in
                 stalk
                 and
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 downwards
                 in
                 root
                 :
                 we
                 must
                 either
                 admit
                 those
                 differing
                 Characters
                 to
                 be
                 vain
                 accidental
                 chances
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 look
                 out
                 some
                 other
                 agent
                 ,
                 from
                 whose
                 fruitful
                 womb
                 ,
                 this
                 variety
                 might
                 spring
                 forth
                 .
                 If
                 we
                 but
                 muster
                 over
                 the
                 numerous
                 Regiments
                 or
                 several
                 species
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 and
                 consider
                 how
                 this
                 grows
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 square
                 stalk
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 a
                 round
                 ;
                 some
                 start
                 up
                 hexangular
                 ,
                 others
                 triangular
                 ;
                 some
                 bear
                 a
                 fruit
                 of
                 one
                 form
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 another
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 them
                 fashion
                 seeds
                 ,
                 of
                 as
                 differing
                 figures
                 as
                 themselves
                 ▪
                 How
                 the
                 
                 leaves
                 also
                 and
                 flowers
                 shew
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 variety
                 ,
                 as
                 skill
                 in
                 the
                 Workman
                 ;
                 every
                 Plant
                 being
                 by
                 them
                 as
                 soon
                 discern'd
                 ,
                 as
                 seen
                 .
                 Let
                 us
                 call
                 over
                 likewise
                 the
                 differing
                 numbers
                 of
                 Animals
                 ,
                 Insects
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ;
                 and
                 examine
                 all
                 the
                 starting
                 holes
                 ,
                 that
                 Fire
                 can
                 breathe
                 forth
                 a
                 stream
                 by
                 ;
                 all
                 the
                 casual
                 compressures
                 of
                 cold
                 ,
                 or
                 external
                 accidents
                 ;
                 and
                 compare
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 whether
                 such
                 a
                 fruitful
                 stock
                 of
                 variety
                 in
                 colours
                 ,
                 shape
                 form
                 ,
                 vertue
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 differing
                 signatures
                 ,
                 can
                 be
                 the
                 issue
                 of
                 such
                 accidental
                 ,
                 and
                 equivocal
                 parents
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 this
                 formation
                 of
                 Creatures
                 arise
                 from
                 heat
                 extending
                 ,
                 and
                 enlarging
                 a
                 small
                 moistned
                 lump
                 ;
                 without
                 any
                 other
                 consideration
                 ,
                 why
                 are
                 not
                 these
                 Atomes
                 extended
                 circularly
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 all
                 Bodies
                 should
                 be
                 cast
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 Mould
                 with
                 the
                 Heavens
                 ;
                 and
                 should
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 seem
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 be
                 all
                 sphericall
                 .
                 But
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 of
                 some
                 light
                 parts
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 enforcing
                 ,
                 
                 naturally
                 climb
                 upwards
                 :
                 and
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 their
                 natural
                 weight
                 ,
                 are
                 perswaded
                 to
                 sink
                 into
                 the
                 Farth
                 ,
                 to
                 hold
                 the
                 mounting
                 parts
                 stedfast
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 overthrown
                 by
                 Windes
                 .
                 But
                 were
                 there
                 nothing
                 else
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 figure
                 to
                 Plants
                 ,
                 but
                 ascending
                 and
                 descending
                 ,
                 of
                 light
                 and
                 heavy
                 parts
                 ;
                 whence
                 should
                 that
                 variety
                 arise
                 in
                 the
                 fashion
                 of
                 those
                 ascending
                 and
                 descending
                 parts
                 :
                 the
                 weight
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 should
                 carry
                 them
                 directly
                 downwards
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 lightness
                 doth
                 upwards
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 all
                 roots
                 should
                 descend
                 in
                 one
                 continued
                 round
                 ,
                 but
                 long
                 ,
                 lump
                 :
                 what
                 then
                 makes
                 some
                 spherical
                 ,
                 others
                 stretching
                 out
                 infinite
                 numbers
                 of
                 hairy
                 threds
                 ;
                 some
                 directly
                 downwards
                 ,
                 others
                 parallel
                 to
                 the
                 superficies
                 .
                 The
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 the
                 figures
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 the
                 ascending
                 parts
                 ,
                 are
                 caused
                 by
                 some
                 external
                 accidents
                 :
                 As
                 when
                 the
                 more
                 hot
                 and
                 moist
                 parts
                 are
                 ascended
                 ,
                 and
                 broken
                 from
                 the
                 prison
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 the
                 cold
                 air
                 compresseth
                 and
                 hardneth
                 
                 the
                 external
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 enricheth
                 this
                 sprouting
                 upstart
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 hard
                 tough
                 skin
                 ;
                 both
                 armour
                 and
                 clothes
                 to
                 protect
                 the
                 interior
                 softer
                 parts
                 .
                 The
                 hardness
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 likewise
                 compresseth
                 the
                 descending
                 parts
                 ,
                 into
                 such
                 forms
                 as
                 we
                 finde
                 them
                 of
                 .
                 But
                 may
                 not
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 this
                 be
                 vehemently
                 suspected
                 ;
                 when
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 examine
                 the
                 coat
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 more
                 penetrable
                 then
                 the
                 Body
                 :
                 and
                 more
                 subject
                 to
                 external
                 injuries
                 ,
                 then
                 that
                 inclosed
                 ?
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 Trees
                 and
                 Plants
                 ,
                 the
                 Bark
                 and
                 Rinde
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 flexible
                 ,
                 tender
                 ,
                 and
                 soft
                 composure
                 then
                 the
                 invested
                 Trunk
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 hard
                 solid
                 shell
                 of
                 Walnuts
                 ,
                 Almonds
                 ,
                 stones
                 of
                 Plumbs
                 ,
                 &c.
                 are
                 invironed
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 tender
                 substance
                 .
                 Besides
                 this
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 yet
                 a
                 greater
                 doubt
                 ,
                 how
                 this
                 external
                 cold
                 air
                 should
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 instant
                 of
                 time
                 ,
                 fashion
                 these
                 mounting
                 Atoms
                 into
                 a
                 round
                 stem
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 long
                 ,
                 sharp
                 leaf
                 :
                 and
                 close
                 by
                 that
                 ,
                 compress
                 others
                 into
                 a
                 square
                 ,
                 hexangular
                 ,
                 or
                 triangular
                 
                 shape
                 ;
                 with
                 leaves
                 round
                 ,
                 jagged
                 ,
                 indented
                 ,
                 scollopt
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 ?
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 seen
                 in
                 several
                 Plants
                 ,
                 inhabitants
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 piece
                 of
                 ground
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 same
                 Heavens
                 ,
                 inviron
                 ▪
                 d
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Air
                 ,
                 and
                 heavenly
                 influences
                 .
                 These
                 distinct
                 figures
                 cannot
                 spring
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 circumstant
                 Air
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 applying
                 it self
                 alike
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 side
                 of
                 these
                 ascending
                 parts
                 ,
                 should
                 equally
                 compresse
                 every
                 part
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 all
                 Plants
                 should
                 sprout
                 up
                 cylindrical
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Trunks
                 of
                 Trees
                 do
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Fruit
                 also
                 and
                 Seed
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 a
                 Button
                 ,
                 or
                 greater
                 quantity
                 of
                 those
                 hot
                 and
                 moist
                 parts
                 collected
                 ,
                 and
                 dust
                 or
                 parts
                 dried
                 into
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 dust
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 external
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 and
                 innate
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 ;
                 are
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 orderly
                 method
                 framed
                 and
                 repos'd
                 .
                 For
                 not
                 onely
                 in
                 qualities
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 figure
                 ,
                 they
                 much
                 vary
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 .
                 One
                 producing
                 a
                 seed
                 inclos'd
                 onely
                 in
                 a
                 husk
                 ;
                 another
                 a
                 seed
                 of
                 differing
                 figure
                 inclos'd
                 in
                 a
                 fruit
                 ,
                 and
                 hard
                 
                 shell
                 .
                 Is
                 cold
                 Air
                 the
                 fruitful
                 Mothe●
                 of
                 this
                 variety
                 too
                 ?
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 bu
                 more
                 seriously
                 examine
                 this
                 dust
                 ,
                 w●
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 orderly
                 set
                 ,
                 with
                 nave
                 strings
                 ,
                 affixt
                 to
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 their
                 in
                 closing
                 Matrix
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 nourishmen
                 is
                 conveighed
                 for
                 their
                 growth
                 ,
                 an●
                 subsistance
                 .
                 And
                 if
                 we
                 shall
                 further
                 anatomize
                 these
                 dusts
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 find●
                 laid
                 up
                 in
                 them
                 Plants
                 ;
                 the
                 very
                 sam●
                 Identical
                 Plants
                 ,
                 which
                 first
                 grow
                 up
                 after
                 the
                 seeds
                 are
                 committed
                 to
                 th●
                 ground
                 .
                 In
                 which
                 indeed
                 resides
                 th●
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 And
                 this
                 youn●
                 seminal
                 Plant
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 truly
                 call
                 th●
                 extracted
                 tincture
                 ,
                 or
                 Magistery
                 of
                 th●
                 whole
                 Plant
                 ;
                 as
                 shall
                 more
                 largely
                 appear
                 hereafter
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 doth
                 his
                 25
                 Chapter
                 (
                 wher●
                 he
                 endeavours
                 to
                 shew
                 how
                 this
                 wonderful
                 effect
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 calls
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 performed
                 how
                 a
                 Plant
                 or
                 Animal
                 comes
                 by
                 tha●
                 figure
                 it
                 hath
                 )
                 afford
                 us
                 any
                 greate●
                 satisfaction
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 we
                 examine
                 his
                 firs●
                 principle
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 the
                 several
                 figure●
                 
                 of
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 proceed
                 from
                 a
                 defect
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 three
                 dimensions
                 ;
                 caused
                 by
                 the
                 concurrence
                 of
                 accidental
                 causes
                 ;
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 extreamly
                 straightning
                 the
                 most
                 delightful
                 variety
                 of
                 the
                 Creation
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 infinite
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Creator
                 .
                 For
                 upon
                 these
                 grounds
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 supposed
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 most
                 perfect
                 figure
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 cubical
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Bodies
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 cast
                 into
                 that
                 mould
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 some
                 external
                 causes
                 stepping
                 in
                 ,
                 hinder
                 almost
                 all
                 from
                 obtaining
                 that
                 perfection
                 :
                 the
                 Creator
                 not
                 being
                 able
                 to
                 withstand
                 their
                 prevalency
                 ;
                 or
                 by
                 patching
                 up
                 that
                 defect
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 give
                 perfection
                 to
                 all
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 own
                 mouth
                 assures
                 us
                 was
                 good
                 .
                 The
                 examples
                 also
                 which
                 he
                 produceth
                 ,
                 teach
                 us
                 there
                 is
                 but
                 little
                 truth
                 in
                 this
                 position
                 ;
                 for
                 how
                 can
                 we
                 conceive
                 the
                 watry
                 drops
                 of
                 rain
                 falling
                 ,
                 should
                 suffer
                 violence
                 (
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 pared
                 round
                 )
                 by
                 the
                 softer
                 Air
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 able
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 hinder
                 it
                 from
                 falling
                 ?
                 The
                 fashioning
                 of
                 Salts
                 
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 relates
                 )
                 doth
                 as
                 little
                 satisfie
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 Alume
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 such
                 unctuous
                 parts
                 as
                 he
                 reports
                 ;
                 for
                 how
                 then
                 could
                 it
                 so
                 indiscernably
                 be
                 dissolved
                 in
                 Water
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 much
                 resist
                 Fire
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 proper
                 to
                 unctuous
                 Bodies
                 ?
                 Besides
                 ,
                 being
                 dissolved
                 and
                 falling
                 again
                 ,
                 what
                 should
                 hinder
                 the
                 parts
                 from
                 meeting
                 all
                 in
                 a
                 lump
                 ,
                 and
                 conforming
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 fashion
                 of
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 contained
                 ;
                 as
                 we
                 see
                 all
                 unctuous
                 Bodies
                 do
                 ?
                 As
                 for
                 Salt
                 ,
                 if
                 that
                 should
                 acquire
                 his
                 figure
                 on
                 the
                 superficies
                 of
                 the
                 Water
                 as
                 he
                 informes
                 us
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 only
                 long
                 and
                 broad
                 ,
                 without
                 thicknesse
                 :
                 whence
                 then
                 come
                 those
                 exact
                 cubical
                 forms
                 in
                 Salts
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 suffered
                 to
                 coagulate
                 of
                 themselvs
                 .
                 Where
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 the
                 most
                 exact
                 Mathematician
                 out-gone
                 by
                 this
                 natural
                 Art.
                 Neither
                 is
                 this
                 caused
                 by
                 the
                 falling
                 of
                 parts
                 one
                 upon
                 another
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 hee
                 speaks
                 be●ore
                 of
                 Alume
                 )
                 ere
                 the
                 former
                 are
                 throughly
                 hardned
                 :
                 for
                 then
                 
                 why
                 should
                 it
                 not
                 arise
                 still
                 in
                 height
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 continual
                 addition
                 of
                 descending
                 parts
                 ,
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 there
                 are
                 any
                 Attoms
                 to
                 fall
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 meanes
                 it
                 should
                 not
                 become
                 cubical
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 long
                 square
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 finde
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 while
                 it
                 most
                 exactly
                 casts
                 it self
                 into
                 cubes
                 ;
                 the
                 angles
                 sometimes
                 looking
                 upwards
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 transversly
                 ;
                 which
                 were
                 impossible
                 ,
                 if
                 those
                 squares
                 were
                 made
                 ,
                 by
                 long
                 and
                 broad
                 Bodies
                 falling
                 one
                 upon
                 another
                 .
                 And
                 vitriol
                 ,
                 though
                 calcined
                 to
                 perfect
                 redness
                 ,
                 if
                 dissolv'd
                 and
                 fixt
                 again
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 recovers
                 his
                 bright
                 shining
                 greenness
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 squared
                 out
                 into
                 various
                 angles
                 ,
                 looking
                 every
                 way
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 fashioned
                 by
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 the
                 Artificer
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 figure
                 of
                 Saltpeeter
                 is
                 almost
                 neglected
                 by
                 him
                 ;
                 onely
                 he
                 tels
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 drinesse
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 more
                 difficultly
                 figured
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 is
                 not
                 equally
                 increased
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 we
                 examine
                 it
                 well
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 more
                 unctuous
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 more
                 
                 readily
                 cast
                 into
                 that
                 figure
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 other
                 .
                 For
                 it
                 doth
                 not
                 onely
                 shoot
                 forth
                 presently
                 almost
                 in
                 water
                 ,
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 removed
                 from
                 the
                 heat
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 oftentimes
                 upon
                 new
                 Wals
                 shot
                 forth
                 to
                 a
                 great
                 length
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Water
                 to
                 fashion
                 it
                 in
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 there
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 some
                 more
                 particular
                 agent
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 immediately
                 imprinteth
                 these
                 determinable
                 figures
                 ;
                 which
                 should
                 rather
                 work
                 by
                 a
                 conceived
                 designe
                 of
                 producing
                 such
                 a
                 figure
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 Body
                 .
                 How
                 else
                 could
                 such
                 effects
                 continually
                 be
                 wrought
                 ,
                 (
                 accidental
                 causes
                 working
                 not
                 still
                 alike
                 )
                 and
                 therefore
                 it
                 were
                 impossible
                 to
                 expect
                 ●arce
                 a
                 similitude
                 in
                 the
                 works
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 formation
                 of
                 Animals
                 affords
                 us
                 little
                 lesse
                 perplexity
                 .
                 How
                 heat
                 sending
                 forth
                 ,
                 or
                 how
                 those
                 vapours
                 emitted
                 should
                 settle
                 themselves
                 in
                 such
                 and
                 such
                 method
                 ▪
                 and
                 form
                 ;
                 such
                 variety
                 of
                 parts
                 without
                 some
                 other
                 di●ector
                 cannot
                 appear
                 .
                 That
                 there
                 are
                 
                 in
                 all
                 Animals
                 three
                 sorts
                 of
                 chanels
                 ,
                 is
                 an
                 unquestionable
                 truth
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 distinct
                 Bodies
                 conveighed
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 though
                 taught
                 us
                 by
                 our
                 Masters
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 granted
                 ,
                 nor
                 by
                 him
                 received
                 for
                 a
                 truth
                 .
                 For
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 Chapter
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 him
                 applauding
                 the
                 circulation
                 of
                 the
                 blood
                 ;
                 and
                 describing
                 its
                 motion
                 through
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 Arteries
                 to
                 the
                 Veins
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Arteries
                 again
                 .
                 Both
                 of
                 these
                 chanels
                 then
                 must
                 be
                 filled
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 liquor
                 ;
                 onely
                 perhaps
                 in
                 the
                 Veins
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 something
                 cooler
                 ,
                 and
                 thicker
                 ;
                 as
                 our
                 Bath
                 waters
                 are
                 lesse
                 hot
                 in
                 the
                 gutters
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 spring
                 .
                 That
                 which
                 is
                 conveighed
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 chanel
                 ,
                 the
                 Nerves
                 ,
                 we
                 can
                 scarce
                 afford
                 it
                 the
                 distinction
                 of
                 another
                 Body
                 ;
                 it
                 being
                 only
                 the
                 pure
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 subtile
                 selected
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 conveighed
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 chanels
                 .
                 Neither
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 granted
                 that
                 three
                 distinct
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 were
                 continually
                 traversing
                 those
                 three
                 several
                 
                 chanels
                 into
                 the
                 Bodies
                 of
                 all
                 Animals
                 ;
                 doth
                 he
                 shew
                 us
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 put
                 themselves
                 into
                 such
                 various
                 shapes
                 and
                 figures
                 ,
                 (
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 escaped
                 this
                 conquering
                 expelling
                 heat
                 )
                 as
                 we
                 finde
                 them
                 wonderfully
                 exprest
                 in
                 every
                 creature
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 things
                 arising
                 in
                 fumes
                 &
                 steams
                 ,
                 as
                 moist
                 Bodies
                 wrought
                 on
                 by
                 heat
                 will
                 do
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 freed
                 from
                 that
                 which
                 rarified
                 them
                 ,
                 return
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 nature
                 and
                 forms
                 again
                 .
                 As
                 Water
                 rarified
                 ,
                 (
                 when
                 those
                 minute
                 particles
                 of
                 heat
                 that
                 divides
                 it
                 into
                 such
                 small
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 and
                 mixed
                 themselves
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 are
                 either
                 lost
                 or
                 overcome
                 by
                 the
                 watery
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 )
                 returns
                 again
                 to
                 water
                 .
                 Or
                 if
                 those
                 particles
                 remain
                 still
                 active
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 but
                 further
                 divide
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 it
                 becomes
                 more
                 like
                 Fire
                 ,
                 by
                 having
                 a
                 greater
                 number
                 of
                 fiery
                 Atomes
                 mixed
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 is
                 not
                 made
                 another
                 thing
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 substance
                 or
                 figure
                 .
                 But
                 in
                 the
                 generation
                 of
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 far
                 otherwise
                 ;
                 where
                 the
                 
                 product
                 or
                 effect
                 is
                 much
                 differing
                 from
                 what
                 the
                 matter
                 or
                 the
                 agent
                 were
                 .
                 Now
                 how
                 this
                 difference
                 doth
                 arise
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 this
                 change
                 is
                 wrought
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 enquire
                 a
                 little
                 further
                 ,
                 then
                 what
                 heat
                 and
                 moisture
                 will
                 lead
                 us
                 unto
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   true
                   way
                   of
                   Generation
                   set
                   down
                   in
                   general
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   examination
                   of
                   some
                   repugning
                   Arguments
                   ,
                   of
                   several
                   Authors
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Fourth
                 .
              
               
                 HAving
                 thus
                 far
                 wandered
                 in
                 the
                 search
                 of
                 a
                 truth
                 ,
                 examining
                 those
                 opinions
                 which
                 have
                 endeavoured
                 its
                 discovery
                 ;
                 and
                 finding
                 them
                 much
                 failing
                 in
                 their
                 labours
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 the
                 more
                 boldly
                 attempt
                 the
                 same
                 enterprize
                 :
                 hoping
                 if
                 I
                 fail
                 in
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 businesse
                 ,
                 to
                 passe
                 along
                 in
                 the
                 crowd
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 undiscern'd
                 ,
                 yet
                 favourably
                 censured
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 production
                 of
                 all
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 first
                 Omnipotent
                 Fiat
                 was
                 executed
                 ;
                 is
                 by
                 Philosophers
                 called
                 Generation
                 .
                 Which
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 parts
                 selected
                 from
                 the
                 generators
                 ,
                 retaining
                 in
                 them
                 the
                 substance
                 ,
                 forms
                 ,
                 properties
                 ,
                 and
                 operations
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 generators
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 were
                 extracted
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 
                   Quintessence
                   or
                   Magistery
                
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 seed
                 .
                 By
                 which
                 the
                 Individuals
                 of
                 every
                 Species
                 are
                 multiplied
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 the
                 Almighty
                 for
                 its
                 transgression
                 ,
                 made
                 to
                 have
                 an
                 end
                 ;
                 by
                 the
                 fertility
                 of
                 this
                 Sperm
                 ,
                 is
                 continued
                 to
                 immortality
                 .
              
               
                 From
                 this
                 all
                 Creatures
                 take
                 their
                 beginning
                 ;
                 some
                 laying
                 up
                 the
                 like
                 matter
                 ,
                 for
                 further
                 procreation
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Species
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 others
                 ,
                 some
                 diffus'd
                 Atomes
                 of
                 this
                 extract
                 ,
                 shrinking
                 themselves
                 into
                 some
                 retired
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Matter
                 ;
                 become
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 lost
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 wilderness
                 of
                 other
                 confused
                 seeds
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 sleep
                 ,
                 till
                 by
                 a
                 discerning
                 corruption
                 
                 they
                 are
                 set
                 at
                 liberty
                 ,
                 to
                 execute
                 their
                 own
                 functions
                 .
                 Hence
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 many
                 swarms
                 of
                 living
                 Creatures
                 are
                 from
                 the
                 corruption
                 of
                 others
                 brought
                 forth
                 :
                 From
                 our
                 own
                 flesh
                 ,
                 from
                 other
                 Animals
                 ,
                 from
                 Wood
                 ,
                 nay
                 ,
                 from
                 every
                 thing
                 putrified
                 ,
                 these
                 imprisoned
                 ,
                 seminal
                 principles
                 are
                 muster'd
                 forth
                 ,
                 and
                 oftentimes
                 having
                 obtained
                 their
                 freedom
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 revenge
                 feed
                 on
                 their
                 prison
                 ;
                 and
                 devour
                 that
                 which
                 preserv'd
                 them
                 from
                 being
                 scatter'd
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 are
                 these
                 without
                 their
                 subordinate
                 forms
                 ;
                 for
                 from
                 the
                 walls
                 of
                 their
                 bodies
                 frequently
                 ,
                 broken
                 by
                 corruption
                 ,
                 issue
                 forth
                 other
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 differing
                 in
                 specie
                 from
                 themselves
                 ;
                 as
                 whosoever
                 will
                 but
                 examine
                 the
                 production
                 of
                 Insects
                 ,
                 shall
                 easily
                 finde
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 seed
                 consists
                 of
                 two
                 parts
                 ,
                 
                   Material
                   Atomes
                
                 ,
                 animated
                 and
                 directed
                 by
                 a
                 spiritual
                 form
                 ,
                 proper
                 to
                 that
                 species
                 whose
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ;
                 and
                 given
                 to
                 such
                 matter
                 at
                 the
                 creation
                 ,
                 to
                 distinguish
                 it
                 from
                 other
                 matters
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 
                 make
                 it
                 such
                 a
                 Creature
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 .
                 Both
                 which
                 are
                 separated
                 ,
                 the
                 Material
                 Atomes
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 ;
                 the
                 form
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 the
                 generator
                 .
                 Which
                 in
                 Vegetables
                 .
                 and
                 sensitive
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 forms
                 are
                 composed
                 of
                 material
                 substances
                 ,
                 our
                 Philosophers
                 are
                 easily
                 perswaded
                 to
                 believe
                 .
                 But
                 how
                 the
                 immortal
                 soul
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 communicated
                 to
                 these
                 corruptible
                 material
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 without
                 prejudice
                 to
                 its
                 most
                 pure
                 nature
                 ,
                 seems
                 a
                 Riddle
                 to
                 our
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 and
                 impiety
                 to
                 our
                 Divines
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 undertake
                 those
                 large
                 disputes
                 pro
                 and
                 con
                 about
                 this
                 argument
                 ,
                 but
                 do
                 believe
                 the
                 Soul
                 of
                 Man
                 may
                 be
                 traduced
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 generated
                 ;
                 may
                 spread
                 and
                 multiply
                 it self
                 into
                 many
                 ,
                 without
                 fear
                 of
                 corruption
                 .
                 It
                 being
                 a
                 substance
                 incorruptible
                 ,
                 immortal
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 Creator
                 ,
                 the
                 breath
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 mouth
                 ,
                 which
                 still
                 retains
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 breathed
                 ;
                 that
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 diminution
                 ,
                 it
                 
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 communicate
                 ,
                 and
                 dilate
                 it self
                 into
                 many
                 Millions
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 still
                 remain
                 the
                 same
                 entire
                 substance
                 that
                 at
                 first
                 it
                 was
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 material
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 seed
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 large
                 dispute
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 
                   à
                   toto
                   vel
                   à
                   parte
                   decisum
                   .
                
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 Patrons
                 of
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 :
                 nor
                 rehearse
                 their
                 Arguments
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 examine
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 theirs
                 most
                 rational
                 ,
                 that
                 affirm
                 the
                 decision
                 from
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 ;
                 what
                 we
                 finde
                 more
                 particularly
                 discours't
                 of
                 by
                 our
                 forementioned
                 Author
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 24
                 Chapter
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 take
                 up
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 review
                 .
                 Where
                 he
                 hath
                 truly
                 and
                 fully
                 evicted
                 the
                 wandring
                 phancies
                 of
                 some
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 this
                 compound
                 of
                 severall
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 collected
                 from
                 every
                 particle
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 passing
                 by
                 ,
                 or
                 through
                 every
                 little
                 Atome
                 of
                 the
                 Parents
                 body
                 ,
                 in
                 its
                 passage
                 ;
                 should
                 be
                 impregnated
                 ,
                 and
                 imbued
                 with
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 retire
                 to
                 the
                 reserve
                 
                 where
                 it
                 is
                 kept
                 for
                 generation
                 .
                 And
                 afterwards
                 these
                 particles
                 being
                 fermented
                 by
                 convenient
                 heat
                 ,
                 do
                 take
                 their
                 posture
                 and
                 scituation
                 ;
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 posture
                 and
                 dispositions
                 of
                 those
                 Atomes
                 they
                 visited
                 in
                 their
                 passage
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 whom
                 they
                 received
                 those
                 imbibed
                 natures
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 circulating
                 our
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 is
                 impossible
                 .
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 wrong
                 him
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 to
                 rank
                 his
                 more
                 solid
                 reasons
                 with
                 mine
                 own
                 .
                 Could
                 we
                 finde
                 these
                 chanels
                 and
                 conveighances
                 in
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 this
                 matter
                 should
                 passe
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 might
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 unquestionable
                 verity
                 of
                 this
                 doctrine
                 .
                 For
                 what
                 should
                 hinder
                 this
                 matter
                 circulating
                 about
                 the
                 Body
                 ,
                 from
                 receiving
                 qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 likewise
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 every
                 part
                 it
                 passeth
                 by
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 every
                 particle
                 of
                 this
                 matter
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 impregnated
                 with
                 the
                 natures
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 ;
                 and
                 every
                 small
                 Atome
                 should
                 become
                 a
                 living
                 Creature
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 Subsequent
                 should
                 blot
                 out
                 the
                 Antecedent
                 
                 Character
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 impression
                 should
                 be
                 onely
                 from
                 the
                 last
                 part
                 .
                 We
                 may
                 likewise
                 as
                 truly
                 ,
                 as
                 safely
                 conclude
                 with
                 our
                 Author
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 for
                 every
                 little
                 part
                 to
                 remit
                 some
                 parts
                 impregnated
                 with
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 that
                 whole
                 part
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 fell
                 .
                 This
                 by
                 some
                 is
                 thought
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 that
                 
                   Quasi
                   epilepsia
                   in
                   coitu
                
                 ,
                 that
                 kinde
                 of
                 convulsion
                 or
                 concussion
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 is
                 shook
                 off
                 from
                 them
                 somewhat
                 retaining
                 the
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 property
                 of
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 being
                 joyned
                 ,
                 make
                 up
                 the
                 Seed
                 .
                 This
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 very
                 much
                 befriended
                 by
                 our
                 Authors
                 relation
                 of
                 the
                 Cats
                 kitned
                 without
                 tails
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 Womans
                 daughters
                 with
                 six
                 fingers
                 upon
                 a
                 hand
                 .
                 My self
                 also
                 have
                 seen
                 a
                 kinde
                 of
                 Poultry
                 without
                 rumps
                 :
                 which
                 breeding
                 with
                 their
                 own
                 kinde
                 ,
                 still
                 brought
                 forth
                 Chicken
                 wanting
                 that
                 part
                 :
                 If
                 with
                 others
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 they
                 had
                 rumps
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 but
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 rump
                 .
                 And
                 not
                 long
                 since
                 I
                 saw
                 a
                 Mungril
                 Bitch
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 her
                 
                 tail
                 cut
                 close
                 to
                 her
                 body
                 almost
                 ,
                 whose
                 Whelps
                 were
                 half
                 without
                 tails
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 with
                 tails
                 :
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 following
                 ,
                 she
                 brought
                 them
                 forth
                 all
                 with
                 long
                 tails
                 ,
                 as
                 she
                 had
                 before
                 the
                 cutting
                 off
                 .
                 Which
                 though
                 it
                 seems
                 to
                 favour
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 )
                 this
                 opinion
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 no
                 way
                 confirm
                 it
                 ;
                 as
                 may
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 more
                 frequent
                 perfect
                 generations
                 of
                 mutilated
                 creatures
                 ;
                 which
                 beget
                 children
                 or
                 issue
                 with
                 two
                 legs
                 or
                 arms
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 had
                 but
                 one
                 ;
                 Spaigniels
                 ,
                 whose
                 tails
                 are
                 always
                 cut
                 ,
                 bring
                 forth
                 Whelps
                 whose
                 tails
                 need
                 as
                 much
                 cutting
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 Dams
                 or
                 Sires
                 did
                 .
                 Wee
                 must
                 therefore
                 look
                 out
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ,
                 how
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 parts
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 others
                 have
                 supposed
                 this
                 decision
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 from
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 
                   tantum
                   non
                   assimilatus
                
                 ;
                 a●ter
                 it
                 hath
                 undergone
                 all
                 its
                 concoctions
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 all
                 its
                 names
                 christned
                 by
                 the
                 Arabians
                 ,
                 of
                 
                   Humoris
                   in
                   nominati
                   ,
                   Roris
                   ,
                   Glutinis
                   ,
                   &
                   Cambii
                   :
                
                 and
                 is
                 fastned
                 
                 to
                 the
                 part
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 perfectly
                 assimilated
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 being
                 selected
                 ,
                 and
                 reposited
                 in
                 convenient
                 vessels
                 ,
                 receiving
                 some
                 kinde
                 of
                 impression
                 from
                 the
                 part
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 divided
                 ;
                 it
                 retains
                 still
                 an
                 imperfect
                 signature
                 ,
                 and
                 delineation
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 makes
                 up
                 that
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 the
                 sperm
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 shall
                 here
                 want
                 Anatomie
                 to
                 instruct
                 me
                 ,
                 how
                 this
                 Cambium
                 ,
                 this
                 thinner
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 yet
                 consirmed
                 ,
                 or
                 hardned
                 substance
                 of
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 should
                 desert
                 its
                 hold
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 shaken
                 off
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 conveighed
                 into
                 the
                 seminal
                 Vessels
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 ,
                 returns
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 opinion
                 confuted
                 by
                 our
                 Author
                 .
                 Who
                 hath
                 likewise
                 fairly
                 cleer'd
                 the
                 other
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 doubt
                 ,
                 whether
                 this
                 matter
                 be
                 divided
                 ,
                 or
                 taken
                 only
                 from
                 similar
                 parts
                 alone
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 bone
                 ,
                 should
                 accordingly
                 to
                 the
                 conveniency
                 of
                 place
                 and
                 use
                 ,
                 become
                 round
                 ,
                 blady
                 ,
                 circular
                 ,
                 or
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 flesh
                 likewise
                 ,
                 only
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 fermenting
                 heat
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 our
                 noble
                 Author
                 hath
                 so
                 strenuously
                 
                 confuted
                 these
                 phansies
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 him
                 laying
                 down
                 his
                 own
                 opinion
                 ,
                 and
                 seeking
                 some
                 other
                 means
                 and
                 course
                 of
                 Generation
                 :
                 He
                 tels
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 superfluous
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 drained
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 and
                 reserv'd
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 ,
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 through
                 digestion
                 gaineth
                 vigour
                 ,
                 and
                 spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 becomes
                 a
                 homogeneal
                 body
                 ,
                 like
                 to
                 other
                 simple
                 compounds
                 ;
                 which
                 by
                 other
                 degrees
                 of
                 heat
                 and
                 moisture
                 ,
                 is
                 changed
                 into
                 another
                 substance
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 again
                 by
                 other
                 temperaments
                 into
                 another
                 .
                 And
                 thus
                 by
                 the
                 c●urse
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 pa●ing
                 successively
                 many
                 degrees
                 of
                 temper
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 receiving
                 a
                 totall
                 change
                 in
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 at
                 length
                 an
                 Animal
                 is
                 made
                 of
                 such
                 juice
                 as
                 afterwards
                 serves
                 to
                 nourish
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 we
                 more
                 seriously
                 examine
                 this
                 assertion
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 to
                 leave
                 the
                 truth
                 very
                 much
                 behinde
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 first
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 but
                 look
                 on
                 the
                 Body
                 to
                 be
                 nourished
                 ;
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 compos'd
                 
                 of
                 many
                 several
                 parts
                 ,
                 of
                 differing
                 natures
                 ,
                 which
                 would
                 sufficiently
                 instruct
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 disagreeing
                 and
                 heterogeneal
                 particles
                 of
                 that
                 which
                 nouri●heth
                 this
                 heterogeneal
                 Body
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 we
                 more
                 curiously
                 anatomize
                 this
                 juice
                 or
                 blood
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 abundantly
                 shew
                 us
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 homogeneal
                 Body
                 ;
                 neither
                 therefore
                 can
                 that
                 superfluous
                 part
                 selected
                 and
                 drained
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 claim
                 that
                 priviledge
                 .
              
               
                 Should
                 we
                 grant
                 this
                 ,
                 it
                 cannot
                 appear
                 how
                 heat
                 working
                 upon
                 this
                 homogeneal
                 body
                 ,
                 should
                 make
                 in
                 it
                 a
                 total
                 change
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 or
                 create
                 it
                 an
                 other
                 substance
                 quite
                 different
                 from
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 making
                 it
                 lesse
                 homogeneal
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 every
                 digestion
                 or
                 operation
                 of
                 heat
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 become
                 still
                 lesse
                 homogeneal
                 ,
                 until
                 that
                 substance
                 be
                 produced
                 which
                 wee
                 see
                 compos'd
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 heterogeneall
                 parts
                 .
                 If
                 we
                 examine
                 the
                 workes
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 penetrating
                 ,
                 dividing
                 ,
                 and
                 mixing
                 of
                 small
                 particles
                 of
                 
                 it self
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 bodies
                 it
                 works
                 upon
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 progress
                 of
                 time
                 ,
                 divides
                 the
                 body
                 into
                 such
                 small
                 indivisible
                 parts
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 becomes
                 like
                 it self
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 rarity
                 .
                 As
                 Fire
                 working
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 mixing
                 it self
                 with
                 Water
                 ,
                 divides
                 it
                 into
                 small
                 indiscernable
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 which
                 now
                 attains
                 unto
                 the
                 same
                 rarity
                 ,
                 and
                 lightnesse
                 with
                 the
                 Fire
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 accompanied
                 and
                 intermixt
                 with
                 those
                 fiery
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 flies
                 alo●t
                 ,
                 till
                 at
                 last
                 disliking
                 one
                 anothers
                 society
                 ,
                 being
                 far
                 removed
                 from
                 the
                 Agent
                 rarifying
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 part
                 companies
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 those
                 unseen
                 Atomes
                 of
                 Water
                 ,
                 collect
                 themselves
                 again
                 to
                 their
                 former
                 temper
                 ,
                 and
                 bulk
                 ,
                 no
                 whit
                 changed
                 or
                 altered
                 either
                 in
                 qualities
                 or
                 substance
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 impossible
                 ,
                 were
                 this
                 change
                 total
                 ,
                 or
                 could
                 this
                 action
                 of
                 heat
                 create
                 heterogeneall
                 parts
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 homogeneal
                 substance
                 .
                 If
                 we
                 further
                 consider
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 (
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 qualities
                 )
                 wee
                 shall
                 surely
                 finde
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 no
                 action
                 there
                 can
                 any
                 
                 substantial
                 thing
                 be
                 given
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 originally
                 in
                 the
                 agent
                 ,
                 or
                 giver
                 .
                 Fire
                 could
                 not
                 give
                 heat
                 ,
                 nor
                 Water
                 ,
                 moisture
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 it
                 were
                 inherent
                 in
                 those
                 Bodies
                 .
                 Neither
                 can
                 heat
                 or
                 Fire
                 working
                 on
                 an
                 homogeneal
                 body
                 ,
                 give
                 it
                 any
                 other
                 heterogeneal
                 parts
                 then
                 fiery
                 ones
                 ;
                 nor
                 moisture
                 ,
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 then
                 moist
                 ones
                 ,
                 which
                 indeed
                 accidentally
                 may
                 give
                 hardnesse
                 to
                 bones
                 ,
                 and
                 softnesse
                 to
                 flesh
                 ;
                 but
                 how
                 comes
                 this
                 bony
                 substance
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 blady
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 round
                 ,
                 in
                 another
                 long
                 ?
                 this
                 Muscle
                 round
                 ,
                 that
                 triangular
                 ?
                 this
                 Plant
                 of
                 one
                 form
                 and
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 another
                 ?
                 We
                 must
                 seek
                 out
                 some
                 other
                 agent
                 to
                 fashion
                 these
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 compose
                 this
                 difficulty
                 ;
                 and
                 confidently
                 conclude
                 ,
                 this
                 way
                 to
                 be
                 lame
                 ,
                 and
                 imperfect
                 ;
                 of
                 which
                 our
                 Author
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 conscious
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 makes
                 him
                 so
                 staggering
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 falling
                 upon
                 an
                 opinion
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 before
                 in
                 part
                 rejected
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 the
                 blood
                 in
                 its
                 circulation
                 visiting
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 is
                 impregnated
                 
                 with
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 purest
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 blood
                 being
                 extracted
                 like
                 a
                 quintessence
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Mass
                 ,
                 is
                 reserved
                 in
                 convenient
                 receptacles
                 till
                 there
                 be
                 use
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 a
                 new
                 Animal
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 .
                 This
                 imbuition
                 of
                 specifique
                 qualities
                 from
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 will
                 appear
                 as
                 impossible
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 .
                 For
                 first
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 parts
                 from
                 which
                 the
                 blood
                 doth
                 not
                 again
                 return
                 ,
                 as
                 from
                 all
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 have
                 attracted
                 their
                 specifick
                 nourishment
                 from
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 vessels
                 ;
                 from
                 them
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 return
                 made
                 .
                 Besides
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 in
                 its
                 circulation
                 ,
                 is
                 carried
                 in
                 vessels
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 one
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 those
                 vessels
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 least
                 motion
                 in
                 the
                 blood
                 .
                 How
                 these
                 qualities
                 should
                 be
                 communicated
                 from
                 every
                 particle
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 thi●k
                 skins
                 of
                 the
                 vessels
                 ,
                 seems
                 somewhat
                 strange
                 .
                 Besides
                 all
                 this
                 ,
                 should
                 we
                 grant
                 this
                 circulation
                 through
                 every
                 particle
                 ,
                 how
                 
                 comes
                 it
                 to
                 passe
                 that
                 receiving
                 so
                 many
                 differing
                 qualities
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 doth
                 not
                 confound
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 last
                 imprest
                 doth
                 not
                 blot
                 out
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 ?
                 These
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 difficulties
                 being
                 kenn'd
                 by
                 our
                 Author
                 ,
                 makes
                 him
                 flye
                 to
                 another
                 refuge
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 every
                 perfect
                 Animal
                 ,
                 containeth
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 specifick
                 vertues
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 body
                 ;
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 bloods
                 continual
                 resorting
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 circle
                 from
                 all
                 parts
                 of
                 its
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 its
                 being
                 nourished
                 by
                 that
                 juice
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Heart
                 is
                 the
                 abridgement
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 ,
                 and
                 imbueth
                 the
                 blood
                 with
                 those
                 specifick
                 qualities
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 is
                 extracted
                 the
                 seed
                 .
                 But
                 neither
                 can
                 this
                 cleer
                 all
                 the
                 former
                 difficulties
                 .
                 For
                 how
                 shall
                 we
                 suppose
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 distinct
                 qualities
                 to
                 be
                 imprest
                 in
                 so
                 narrow
                 a
                 compasse
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 without
                 confusion
                 ;
                 or
                 how
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 stay
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 could
                 implant
                 such
                 a
                 numerous
                 Regiment
                 of
                 qualities
                 in
                 the
                 blood
                 ;
                 or
                 why
                 not
                 differing
                 
                 faculties
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 particle
                 of
                 blood
                 ;
                 all
                 sliding
                 (
                 without
                 distinction
                 )
                 through
                 the
                 ventricles
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ?
                 we
                 shall
                 be
                 forc'd
                 therefore
                 to
                 seek
                 out
                 some
                 other
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 indeed
                 our
                 Author
                 hath
                 chalkt
                 out
                 unto
                 us
                 ,
                 though
                 himself
                 hath
                 not
                 trod
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   A
                   more
                   particular
                   Narration
                   of
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   Generation
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Fifth
                 .
              
               
                 OUr
                 noble
                 Author
                 hath
                 laid
                 this
                 ground
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 hope
                 will
                 easily
                 lead
                 us
                 to
                 the
                 truth
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 necessary
                 the
                 parts
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 in
                 generation
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 matter
                 like
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 maketh
                 them
                 in
                 nutrition
                 .
                 Now
                 what
                 that
                 is
                 from
                 whence
                 every
                 part
                 receiveth
                 his
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 wee
                 must
                 search
                 for
                 in
                 the
                 blood
                 :
                 Which
                 is
                 a
                 tincture
                 extracted
                 from
                 those
                 things
                 we
                 eat
                 ,
                 concocted
                 and
                 separated
                 in
                 the
                 
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 Liver
                 ,
                 and
                 Heart
                 ;
                 and
                 afterwards
                 by
                 its
                 circulating
                 in
                 the
                 Arteries
                 and
                 Veins
                 ,
                 is
                 pellicanized
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Chymists
                 term
                 it
                 )
                 and
                 becomes
                 most
                 pure
                 ,
                 and
                 defaecated
                 from
                 all
                 its
                 excrements
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 made
                 a
                 fit
                 nourishment
                 for
                 every
                 part
                 .
                 The
                 things
                 we
                 eat
                 are
                 not
                 simple
                 ,
                 but
                 compounded
                 of
                 as
                 great
                 a
                 variety
                 as
                 the
                 parts
                 to
                 be
                 nourished
                 can
                 expresse
                 .
                 What
                 variety
                 of
                 Plants
                 goes
                 to
                 the
                 making
                 up
                 of
                 one
                 piece
                 of
                 flesh
                 we
                 eat
                 ?
                 What
                 multitudes
                 of
                 differing
                 Atomes
                 are
                 conjoyned
                 in
                 one
                 piece
                 of
                 bread
                 ,
                 or
                 draught
                 of
                 drink
                 ,
                 or
                 Wine
                 ?
                 The
                 extract
                 then
                 sure
                 must
                 be
                 furnisht
                 with
                 as
                 great
                 a
                 swarm
                 of
                 differing
                 parts
                 ;
                 onely
                 here
                 they
                 are
                 more
                 refin'd
                 ,
                 more
                 subtiliz'd
                 ,
                 and
                 separated
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 .
                 But
                 how
                 doth
                 this
                 variety
                 of
                 parts
                 in
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 make
                 it
                 the
                 fitter
                 for
                 nourishment
                 ?
                 by
                 comprehending
                 in
                 it
                 small
                 indivisible
                 particles
                 ,
                 cognate
                 or
                 similar
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 substance
                 ,
                 essence
                 ,
                 and
                 nature
                 with
                 the
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 adjoyned
                 ,
                 and
                 assimilated
                 :
                 and
                 want
                 nothing
                 but
                 separation
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 union
                 and
                 conjunction
                 with
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 part
                 of
                 those
                 particles
                 ,
                 for
                 whose
                 nutriment
                 they
                 were
                 provided
                 ;
                 which
                 operation
                 is
                 called
                 assimilation
                 .
                 For
                 then
                 these
                 similar
                 ,
                 or
                 cognate
                 parts
                 ,
                 are
                 become
                 like
                 to
                 those
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 joyned
                 .
                 
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 matter
                 and
                 manner
                 of
                 our
                 nutrition
                 ,
                 w
                 ch
                 if
                 slightly
                 considered
                 ,
                 may
                 perhaps
                 go
                 amongst
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 falsities
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 we
                 examine
                 from
                 the
                 Creation
                 ,
                 the
                 product
                 of
                 Creatures
                 from
                 the
                 confused
                 first
                 created
                 Chaos
                 ;
                 or
                 since
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 the
                 continual
                 hourly
                 decay
                 ,
                 or
                 expiration
                 of
                 every
                 part
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 (
                 in
                 so
                 much
                 that
                 Physitians
                 allow
                 us
                 clearly
                 a
                 new
                 Body
                 every
                 seven
                 years
                 ,
                 )
                 we
                 shall
                 soon
                 discover
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 this
                 position
                 .
                 How
                 the
                 great
                 Architect
                 fetcht
                 from
                 the
                 bowels
                 of
                 this
                 Lump
                 ,
                 precreated
                 particles
                 ,
                 to
                 supply
                 him
                 with
                 fit
                 matter
                 for
                 such
                 bodies
                 ;
                 and
                 appropriated
                 
                 forms
                 for
                 such
                 matter
                 ,
                 will
                 instruct
                 us
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 such
                 particles
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 brought
                 together
                 constitute
                 such
                 bodies
                 .
                 The
                 continual
                 expiration
                 of
                 particles
                 from
                 all
                 bodies
                 will
                 more
                 cleerly
                 illustrate
                 it
                 .
                 The
                 hourly
                 decay
                 is
                 by
                 expiration
                 of
                 material
                 ,
                 the
                 last
                 dissolution
                 is
                 both
                 of
                 material
                 and
                 formal
                 Atomes
                 .
                 Now
                 as
                 all
                 agree
                 that
                 material
                 parts
                 throughout
                 multitudes
                 of
                 (
                 nay
                 all
                 )
                 mutations
                 ,
                 remain
                 incorrupted
                 ;
                 so
                 also
                 according
                 to
                 ,
                 not
                 onely
                 the
                 judgement
                 ,
                 but
                 several
                 experiments
                 of
                 knowing
                 men
                 ,
                 diligent
                 inquirers
                 into
                 the
                 various
                 works
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 mutations
                 of
                 natural
                 compounds
                 ▪
                 natural
                 forms
                 themselves
                 also
                 do
                 not
                 perish
                 at
                 their
                 parting
                 from
                 their
                 matters
                 ;
                 but
                 onely
                 are
                 dissolved
                 and
                 dissipated
                 ,
                 lying
                 after
                 that
                 in
                 their
                 scatter'd
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 confused
                 and
                 mixt
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 ;
                 constituting
                 perhaps
                 a
                 quite
                 differing
                 bo●y
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 entity
                 of
                 the
                 form
                 ,
                 continues
                 after
                 corruption
                 ;
                 though
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 formality
                 of
                 
                 such
                 a
                 form
                 .
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 so
                 then
                 that
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 every
                 particle
                 in
                 every
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Atomes
                 of
                 their
                 forms
                 likewise
                 ,
                 still
                 remain
                 ,
                 though
                 scatter'd
                 into
                 millions
                 of
                 several
                 bodies
                 ;
                 what
                 should
                 hinder
                 ,
                 (
                 when
                 these
                 Atomes
                 are
                 again
                 rallied
                 ,
                 )
                 an
                 easie
                 union
                 with
                 particles
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 nature
                 ?
                 and
                 why
                 should
                 not
                 then
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 made
                 up
                 of
                 many
                 and
                 distinct
                 bodies
                 ,
                 be
                 furnisht
                 with
                 the
                 several
                 Atomes
                 comprehended
                 in
                 those
                 bodies
                 :
                 and
                 those
                 Atomes
                 being
                 agreeable
                 to
                 our
                 parts
                 ,
                 be
                 as
                 easily
                 united
                 to
                 them
                 ?
              
               
                 The
                 way
                 of
                 nutrition
                 being
                 cleared
                 ;
                 let
                 us
                 see
                 now
                 ,
                 how
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 matter
                 generation
                 is
                 performed
                 .
                 This
                 blood
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 parts
                 might
                 be
                 irrigated
                 with
                 its
                 benigne
                 moisture
                 ,
                 is
                 forc'd
                 by
                 several
                 chanels
                 ,
                 to
                 run
                 through
                 every
                 re
                 ▪
                 gion
                 and
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 every
                 part
                 out
                 of
                 that
                 stream
                 ,
                 selects
                 those
                 Atomes
                 which
                 they
                 finde
                 to
                 be
                 cognate
                 to
                 themselves
                 .
                 Amongst
                 
                 which
                 the
                 Testicles
                 (
                 destined
                 to
                 that
                 office
                 from
                 their
                 first
                 creation
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Stomack
                 and
                 Liver
                 were
                 to
                 digest
                 )
                 abstract
                 some
                 spiritual
                 Atomes
                 belonging
                 to
                 every
                 part
                 ;
                 which
                 had
                 they
                 not
                 here
                 been
                 anticipated
                 ,
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 attracted
                 to
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 properly
                 they
                 did
                 belong
                 for
                 nourishment
                 .
                 As
                 the
                 parts
                 belonging
                 to
                 every
                 particle
                 of
                 the
                 Eye
                 ,
                 the
                 Ear
                 ,
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 Stomack
                 ,
                 Guts
                 ,
                 the
                 Hand
                 ,
                 every
                 particular
                 bone
                 ,
                 and
                 muscle
                 ,
                 &c.
                 which
                 should
                 in
                 nutrition
                 ,
                 have
                 been
                 added
                 (
                 to
                 repair
                 the
                 continual
                 deperdition
                 )
                 to
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 parts
                 ,
                 are
                 compendiously
                 ,
                 and
                 exactly
                 extracted
                 from
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 passing
                 through
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Testicles
                 ;
                 and
                 being
                 in
                 this
                 Athanor
                 cohobated
                 and
                 reposited
                 in
                 a
                 tenacious
                 matter
                 (
                 lest
                 being
                 spiritual
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 fine
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 lose
                 their
                 vigor
                 )
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 passe
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Testicles
                 ,
                 by
                 certain
                 vessels
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 through
                 infinite
                 Meanders
                 ,
                 it
                 undergoes
                 another
                 digestion
                 and
                 pellicanizing
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 as
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 I
                 have
                 shown
                 .
                 )
                 And
                 from
                 thence
                 ,
                 being
                 now
                 delivered
                 from
                 all
                 its
                 ex●rements
                 ,
                 and
                 furnisht
                 with
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 every
                 part
                 and
                 particle
                 of
                 an
                 other
                 Individuall
                 ;
                 is
                 treasured
                 up
                 in
                 certain
                 Granaries
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 seed
                 time
                 comes
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 nature
                 ,
                 substance
                 ,
                 and
                 manner
                 of
                 collecting
                 the
                 Seed
                 .
                 This
                 shall
                 be
                 further
                 illustrated
                 by
                 the
                 several
                 wayes
                 of
                 Generation
                 in
                 severall
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 and
                 ●irst
                 in
                 Plants
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   How
                   Plants
                   are
                   generated
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Sixth
                 .
              
               
                 THese
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 separated
                 by
                 all
                 Vegetables
                 ,
                 w
                 ch
                 are
                 watered
                 in
                 every
                 Region
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 juice
                 ,
                 or
                 blood
                 which
                 they
                 attract
                 &
                 suck
                 from
                 their
                 Mother
                 Earth
                 :
                 which
                 is
                 nothing
                 else
                 
                 but
                 a
                 confus'd
                 Mass
                 of
                 multitudes
                 of
                 forms
                 ,
                 and
                 substances
                 ,
                 
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 nourishment
                 and
                 reparation
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 In
                 which
                 a
                 Plant
                 being
                 ●ixt
                 ,
                 presently
                 sends
                 forth
                 his
                 Purveighers
                 on
                 every
                 side
                 ,
                 his
                 roots
                 ,
                 w
                 ch
                 supply
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 hands
                 and
                 mouth
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 in
                 its
                 provision
                 ;
                 who
                 are
                 finely
                 palated
                 too
                 ,
                 &
                 able
                 to
                 make
                 choice
                 of
                 that
                 tincture
                 ,
                 which
                 most
                 delights
                 their
                 palats
                 ,
                 best
                 fits
                 their
                 own
                 diet
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 most
                 proper
                 to
                 repair
                 their
                 decaying
                 selves
                 in
                 every
                 part
                 .
                 This
                 juice
                 or
                 blood
                 they
                 concoct
                 ,
                 &
                 strain
                 through
                 their
                 finer
                 parts
                 ;
                 and
                 separate
                 them
                 from
                 other
                 earthly
                 excrementitious
                 particles
                 ,
                 (
                 or
                 such
                 as
                 belong
                 to
                 another
                 species
                 )
                 till
                 it
                 becomes
                 fit
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 repairing
                 of
                 that
                 Plant
                 ,
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 selected
                 ,
                 and
                 suckt
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 From
                 this
                 quintescence
                 ,
                 this
                 juice
                 ,
                 are
                 selected
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 substance
                 ,
                 nature
                 ,
                 qualities
                 ,
                 and
                 form
                 with
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 and
                 agreeing
                 with
                 every
                 particle
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 whose
                 blood
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 species
                 propagated
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 method
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 ,
                 for
                 
                 in
                 some
                 ,
                 propagation
                 is
                 made
                 by
                 this
                 juice
                 residing
                 in
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 pulled
                 from
                 the
                 Trunk
                 ,
                 and
                 fixt
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 :
                 In
                 others
                 ,
                 by
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 transfer'd
                 :
                 In
                 others
                 ,
                 by
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 is
                 done
                 by
                 that
                 juice
                 which
                 is
                 retained
                 in
                 the
                 part
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 which
                 reserving
                 parts
                 sit
                 for
                 the
                 nourishment
                 of
                 
                 every
                 particle
                 in
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 hath
                 now
                 some
                 parts
                 which
                 are
                 vessels
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 Sprig
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 propagated
                 .
                 For
                 those
                 Atomes
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 juice
                 were
                 to
                 augment
                 and
                 repair
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 Tree
                 ,
                 being
                 rapt
                 from
                 the
                 Tree
                 ,
                 are
                 of
                 no
                 use
                 ,
                 not
                 having
                 a
                 root
                 to
                 adjoyn
                 themselves
                 unto
                 .
                 Being
                 therefore
                 not
                 attracted
                 by
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Sprig
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 cognate
                 and
                 sit
                 nourishment
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 often
                 circulation
                 about
                 this
                 beginning
                 Plant
                 ,
                 are
                 at
                 last
                 united
                 ,
                 (
                 other
                 parts
                 being
                 drawn
                 from
                 them
                 )
                 and
                 by
                 their
                 freedom
                 from
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 union
                 ,
                 
                 become
                 more
                 vigorous
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 idle
                 ;
                 but
                 since
                 they
                 cannot
                 be
                 imployed
                 ,
                 drawn
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 adjoyned
                 to
                 other
                 parts
                 ;
                 they
                 will
                 set
                 themselves
                 to
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 falling
                 to
                 their
                 proper
                 place
                 ,
                 the
                 lowest
                 region
                 of
                 the
                 Sprig
                 ,
                 collect
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 method
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 adjoyned
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 finding
                 the
                 bark
                 softned
                 by
                 the
                 external
                 moisture
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 fitted
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 being
                 thus
                 setled
                 ,
                 they
                 thrust
                 forth
                 themselves
                 into
                 the
                 Earth
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 extract
                 cognate
                 juice
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Atomes
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 augmentation
                 and
                 nourishment
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 &
                 the
                 whole
                 Plant.
                 And
                 thus
                 grows
                 up
                 a
                 Plant
                 of
                 the
                 sine
                 kind
                 w
                 th
                 the
                 old
                 stock
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 2
                 d
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 residing
                 in
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ;
                 w
                 ch
                 part
                 being
                 separated
                 ,
                 acts
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 as
                 it
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 Plant.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 last
                 sort
                 is
                 by
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 selected
                 from
                 this
                 juice
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Plant
                 is
                 
                 grown
                 to
                 his
                 full
                 bigness
                 ,
                 and
                 wants
                 no
                 more
                 for
                 his
                 further
                 growth
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 laid
                 up
                 together
                 in
                 convenient
                 〈◊〉
                 :
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 more
                 perfect
                 operation
                 of
                 Nature
                 then
                 the
                 two
                 former
                 are
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 former
                 wayes
                 ,
                 these
                 Atomes
                 lye
                 confused
                 in
                 the
                 juice
                 ;
                 and
                 are
                 not
                 separated
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 parts
                 to
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 adjoyned
                 .
                 ●ut
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 these
                 A●omes
                 are
                 methodically
                 reposed
                 ,
                 and
                 laid
                 up
                 in
                 such
                 leaves
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 appear
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 very
                 Plant
                 ,
                 inclosed
                 within
                 a
                 skin
                 ,
                 with
                 such
                 leaves
                 as
                 they
                 discover
                 themselves
                 with
                 ,
                 at
                 their
                 first
                 breaking
                 the
                 〈◊〉
                 .
                 The
                 Atomes
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 the
                 leaf
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 laid
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 their
                 right
                 〈◊〉
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 perfect
                 Plant
                 ,
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 which
                 first
                 comes
                 up
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Seed
                 be
                 great
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 easily
                 discovered
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Ash
                 ,
                 the
                 skins
                 being
                 removed
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 kernel
                 ye
                 ●hall
                 finde
                 two
                 white
                 tender
                 leaves
                 
                 lying
                 one
                 upon
                 another
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 reaching
                 to
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 (
                 not
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 fastned
                 to
                 the
                 tree
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 other
                 )
                 to
                 which
                 is
                 loosely
                 adjoyned
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 a
                 navel
                 string
                 from
                 the
                 stem
                 ,
                 conveighing
                 nourishment
                 to
                 this
                 young
                 Plant
                 ,
                 while
                 it
                 is
                 upon
                 the
                 Tree
                 :
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Table
                 is
                 delineated
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Maple
                 ,
                 both
                 greater
                 and
                 lesser
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 seeds
                 be
                 winged
                 as
                 the
                 Ash
                 ,
                 yet
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 or
                 this
                 young
                 Tree
                 ,
                 is
                 inclosed
                 in
                 the
                 round
                 knob
                 ;
                 within
                 whose
                 tough
                 and
                 harder
                 skins
                 ,
                 is
                 found
                 a
                 stalk
                 and
                 two
                 leaves
                 rowled
                 round
                 together
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 that
                 first
                 comes
                 up
                 :
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 sixth
                 Figure
                 is
                 discovered
                 .
                 In
                 Beans
                 and
                 Pease
                 ,
                 betwixt
                 the
                 kernel
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 those
                 very
                 leaves
                 which
                 first
                 break
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 ,
                 whose
                 end
                 passeth
                 through
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 thicker
                 skins
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 contained
                 onely
                 within
                 the
                 outermost
                 thin
                 skin
                 :
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 several
                 faces
                 of
                 the
                 fourth
                 and
                 fifth
                 Figures
                 is
                 described
                 .
                 Which
                 if
                 it
                 
                 be
                 any
                 way
                 moistned
                 by
                 an
                 adventitious
                 moisture
                 ;
                 presently
                 gives
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 swelling
                 stalk
                 and
                 leaves
                 ,
                 which
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 distended
                 beyond
                 the
                 capacity
                 of
                 the
                 outmost
                 skin
                 ,
                 break
                 forth
                 and
                 shew
                 themselves
                 .
                 In
                 other
                 smaller
                 seeds
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 inclos'd
                 and
                 rapt
                 round
                 ,
                 the
                 stalk
                 lying
                 betwixt
                 them
                 ;
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Cabbage
                 and
                 Radish
                 seeds
                 ;
                 figure
                 the
                 second
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 they
                 break
                 through
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 they
                 erect
                 themselves
                 upright
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 carrying
                 the
                 hard
                 skin
                 up
                 upon
                 their
                 tops
                 .
                 The
                 greater
                 seeds
                 have
                 ,
                 besides
                 these
                 small
                 plants
                 ,
                 a
                 substance
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 the
                 kernel
                 ;
                 unto
                 which
                 their
                 stalk
                 is
                 fastned
                 ,
                 neer
                 about
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 them
                 ▪
                 by
                 two
                 short
                 stalks
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 substance
                 they
                 receive
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 inclosed
                 within
                 their
                 skins
                 ,
                 and
                 matter
                 afterwards
                 for
                 the
                 distention
                 of
                 the
                 stalk
                 and
                 leaves
                 ,
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 enlarged
                 their
                 territories
                 ,
                 both
                 upwards
                 and
                 downwards
                 ,
                 in
                 root
                 and
                 leaves
                 :
                 as
                 in
                 Beans
                 ,
                 Pease
                 ,
                 
                 Wheat
                 ,
                 Barley
                 ,
                 Acorns
                 ,
                 whose
                 parts
                 turn
                 into
                 a
                 milky
                 substance
                 ,
                 fit
                 nourishment
                 for
                 these
                 tender
                 Plants
                 .
                 That
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 do
                 conform
                 and
                 dispose
                 themselves
                 likewise
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 method
                 they
                 did
                 ,
                 or
                 should
                 have
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 Plant
                 ,
                 whose
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 prepared
                 for
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 will
                 easily
                 appear
                 by
                 that
                 artificial
                 generation
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 which
                 not
                 onely
                 casually
                 hath
                 faln
                 out
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 many
                 hath
                 studiously
                 been
                 effected
                 .
                 When
                 from
                 the
                 powder
                 or
                 liquor
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 is
                 related
                 by
                 Libarius
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 name
                 the
                 Authors
                 being
                 so
                 common
                 an
                 experiment
                 )
                 they
                 shall
                 again
                 be
                 recalled
                 to
                 live
                 ,
                 and
                 start
                 up
                 stalk
                 and
                 leaf
                 ;
                 which
                 but
                 now
                 was
                 dust
                 ,
                 or
                 liquor
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 onely
                 relate
                 one
                 experiment
                 casually
                 ,
                 though
                 twice
                 made
                 by
                 a
                 learned
                 grave
                 Physitian
                 ,
                 neerly
                 related
                 to
                 me
                 :
                 which
                 will
                 explain
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 this
                 operation
                 to
                 the
                 full
                 .
              
               
                 Having
                 in
                 the
                 evening
                 expos'd
                 a
                 
                 decoction
                 for
                 a
                 clister
                 (
                 made
                 of
                 Violet
                 leaves
                 ,
                 Strawbery
                 leaves
                 ,
                 Mallows
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 cold
                 of
                 the
                 night
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 morning
                 he
                 found
                 it
                 covered
                 with
                 a
                 slender
                 crust
                 of
                 Ice
                 ,
                 which
                 gave
                 him
                 leave
                 through
                 it
                 to
                 behold
                 in
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 in
                 their
                 perfect
                 shapes
                 ,
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 Plants
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 decoction
                 was
                 made
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 fashion
                 and
                 colour
                 ;
                 which
                 remained
                 in
                 that
                 posture
                 till
                 the
                 Ice
                 was
                 broken
                 ;
                 which
                 was
                 no
                 sooner
                 done
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 those
                 fictitious
                 Plants
                 presently
                 vanished
                 ,
                 nothing
                 remaining
                 but
                 the
                 cleer
                 liquor
                 of
                 the
                 decoction
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 how
                 this
                 could
                 be
                 performed
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 it
                 were
                 by
                 the
                 union
                 of
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 dispersed
                 in
                 the
                 liquor
                 ;
                 (
                 drawn
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 parts
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 gentle
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Fire
                 acting
                 with
                 the
                 Water
                 )
                 disposing
                 &
                 setling
                 themselves
                 in
                 their
                 right
                 and
                 natural
                 places
                 ,
                 will
                 appear
                 impossible
                 .
                 How
                 could
                 a
                 slender
                 heat
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 give
                 a
                 form
                 ▪
                 or
                 square
                 out
                 such
                 a
                 matter
                 into
                 that
                 
                 figure
                 which
                 but
                 now
                 it
                 lost
                 ?
                 or
                 why
                 when
                 the
                 matter
                 is
                 thus
                 fashioned
                 ,
                 should
                 it
                 not
                 retain
                 that
                 figure
                 and
                 bulk
                 when
                 the
                 inclosure
                 is
                 broken
                 ?
                 We
                 must
                 therefore
                 conclude
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 Plants
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 separated
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 parts
                 by
                 decoction
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 sudden
                 closure
                 of
                 the
                 Ice
                 intercepted
                 from
                 flight
                 ;
                 were
                 actuated
                 by
                 some
                 remaining
                 particles
                 of
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 minde
                 of
                 their
                 office
                 and
                 nature
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 that
                 every
                 Atome
                 began
                 to
                 seek
                 out
                 his
                 proper
                 situation
                 and
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 to
                 settle
                 themselves
                 in
                 such
                 method
                 as
                 they
                 held
                 one
                 towards
                 another
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 were
                 parted
                 from
                 the
                 Herbs
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 make
                 up
                 perfect
                 Plants
                 both
                 in
                 figure
                 and
                 colour
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Ice
                 being
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 liquor
                 moved
                 ,
                 these
                 appearing
                 Plants
                 ,
                 being
                 made
                 of
                 such
                 fine
                 spiritual
                 parts
                 without
                 cement
                 ;
                 were
                 soon
                 shattered
                 into
                 their
                 first
                 indivisible
                 particles
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 again
                 dissolved
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 order
                 broken
                 ,
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 by
                 the
                 sense
                 discerned
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 reason
                 why
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atoms
                 could
                 not
                 then
                 constitute
                 a
                 perfect
                 solid
                 Plant
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 because
                 there
                 was
                 wanting
                 some
                 other
                 more
                 sixt
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 condition
                 ,
                 with
                 these
                 more
                 spiritual
                 ,
                 to
                 conserve
                 them
                 in
                 that
                 posture
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cement
                 them
                 together
                 ;
                 to
                 fix
                 and
                 harden
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 consistence
                 .
                 These
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 ,
                 particles
                 belonging
                 to
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 Atomes
                 of
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 Stalks
                 ,
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 and
                 Root
                 as
                 the
                 others
                 ;
                 but
                 are
                 grosser
                 ,
                 more
                 terrestrious
                 ,
                 which
                 cannot
                 act
                 themselves
                 ;
                 but
                 give
                 solidity
                 ,
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 hardnesse
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 joyned
                 together
                 ;
                 and
                 are
                 so
                 exactly
                 united
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Plant
                 is
                 entire
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 cannot
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 dissolution
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 ,
                 be
                 distinguished
                 These
                 in
                 this
                 decoction
                 ,
                 were
                 left
                 behinde
                 in
                 the
                 expressed
                 Stalkes
                 ,
                 Rootes
                 ,
                 and
                 Leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 Plants
                 were
                 not
                 permanent
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 consideration
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 parts
                 in
                 the
                 constitution
                 of
                 a
                 Plant
                 ,
                 will
                 give
                 us
                 a
                 light
                 of
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 the
                 diversity
                 of
                 the
                 Sexes
                 in
                 Animals
                 ;
                 whose
                 way
                 of
                 generation
                 follows
                 next
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   How
                   Animals
                   are
                   generated
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Seventh
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 generation
                 of
                 Animals
                 is
                 as
                 various
                 almost
                 as
                 their
                 several
                 Species
                 ;
                 whereof
                 some
                 derive
                 their
                 Pedegree
                 from
                 the
                 corruption
                 of
                 Dirt
                 ,
                 Mud
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Animals
                 ;
                 some
                 arise
                 from
                 the
                 funerals
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 and
                 start
                 up
                 a
                 moving
                 sensitive
                 piece
                 ,
                 which
                 but
                 now
                 grew
                 a
                 vegetable
                 .
                 Others
                 again
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 noble
                 Progeny
                 ,
                 owe
                 their
                 beginnings
                 to
                 some
                 seminal
                 parts
                 derived
                 from
                 the
                 Genitors
                 ;
                 but
                 reposed
                 in
                 certain
                 vessels
                 excluded
                 from
                 the
                 Females
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 without
                 the
                 sphear
                 and
                 guidance
                 of
                 their
                 forms
                 ;
                 such
                 are
                 all
                 
                 births
                 breaking
                 forth
                 from
                 the
                 inclosing
                 walls
                 of
                 Eggs.
                 The
                 more
                 excelent
                 Animals
                 after
                 their
                 formation
                 ,
                 are
                 contained
                 (
                 ●ll
                 they
                 acquire
                 some
                 degrees
                 of
                 perfection
                 )
                 within
                 the
                 precincts
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 generators
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 prosecute
                 in
                 the
                 following
                 Discourse
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 rank
                 of
                 Animals
                 arising
                 from
                 corruption
                 of
                 other
                 creatures
                 (
                 as
                 Eeles
                 from
                 Mud
                 ;
                 Flies
                 and
                 Wormes
                 ,
                 from
                 Beasts
                 ;
                 the
                 Scarabeus
                 from
                 Oxen
                 ;
                 Lice
                 from
                 the
                 silth
                 of
                 most
                 Creatures
                 .
                 )
                 These
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 grow
                 up
                 upon
                 the
                 mutual
                 juncture
                 of
                 such
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 lay
                 ●ered
                 in
                 the
                 bowels
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 compound
                 ;
                 and
                 wanted
                 nothing
                 but
                 union
                 ,
                 to
                 fashion
                 them
                 into
                 such
                 a
                 frame
                 and
                 structure
                 :
                 which
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 possible
                 they
                 can
                 obtain
                 their
                 freedom
                 ,
                 put
                 themselves
                 in
                 rank
                 and
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 another
                 living
                 thing
                 ,
                 differing
                 from
                 that
                 Species
                 whence
                 it
                 had
                 its
                 birth
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Misselto
                 ,
                 which
                 grows
                 upon
                 
                 other
                 trees
                 ,
                 very
                 evidently
                 ;
                 the
                 juice
                 which
                 nourisheth
                 and
                 constitutes
                 this
                 Plant
                 ,
                 is
                 drawn
                 from
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 juice
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 tree
                 it
                 grows
                 from
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 perfectly
                 mixt
                 with
                 ▪
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 discerned
                 from
                 it
                 ▪
                 till
                 after
                 long
                 circulating
                 about
                 the
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 refused
                 by
                 all
                 as
                 unfit
                 for
                 them
                 .
                 At
                 last
                 uniting
                 in
                 small
                 lumps
                 ▪
                 they
                 discover
                 their
                 differing
                 natures
                 ,
                 by
                 parting
                 from
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 proportion
                 united
                 ;
                 thrust
                 out
                 those
                 stalks
                 ,
                 and
                 leaves
                 ▪
                 and
                 fruit
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 Misselto
                 .
                 These
                 particles
                 of
                 the
                 Misselto
                 may
                 be
                 discerned
                 united
                 in
                 small
                 lumps
                 ,
                 a
                 good
                 way
                 from
                 the
                 eruption
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 ;
                 where
                 ye
                 may
                 finde
                 many
                 small
                 green
                 drops
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 hardned
                 ,
                 inclosed
                 in
                 whiter
                 wood
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 tree
                 .
                 So
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 taken
                 in
                 with
                 the
                 ordinary
                 nourishment
                 of
                 those
                 creatures
                 ,
                 are
                 carried
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 through
                 their
                 parts
                 ;
                 but
                 received
                 of
                 
                 none
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 perfectly
                 united
                 with
                 any
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 dispers'd
                 in
                 small
                 parcels
                 ,
                 they
                 cannot
                 easily
                 unite
                 themselves
                 ,
                 till
                 a
                 greater
                 portion
                 of
                 them
                 be
                 met
                 together
                 ;
                 w
                 ch
                 generally
                 is
                 at
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Suns
                 heat
                 begins
                 to
                 contribute
                 vigor
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 dissolves
                 the
                 excrementitious
                 humors
                 of
                 the
                 Body
                 they
                 are
                 inclosed
                 in
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 much
                 easier
                 obtain
                 their
                 freedom
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 uniting
                 themselves
                 in
                 their
                 proper
                 method
                 ,
                 and
                 order
                 ,
                 become
                 such
                 creatures
                 as
                 those
                 Atomes
                 can
                 fitly
                 constitute
                 .
                 These
                 Animals
                 too
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 alter
                 their
                 external
                 forms
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 another
                 thing
                 then
                 what
                 at
                 first
                 they
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 ;
                 as
                 from
                 a
                 Worm
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 advancing
                 Sun
                 salutes
                 a
                 Butterfly
                 ;
                 such
                 is
                 the
                 growth
                 of
                 all
                 Insects
                 ,
                 which
                 appear
                 first
                 to
                 be
                 Worms
                 ;
                 the
                 Tadpoles
                 grow
                 to
                 be
                 Frogs
                 ;
                 the
                 spitting
                 or
                 eggs
                 of
                 Flies
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Worms
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Flies
                 again
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 caused
                 by
                 the
                 addition
                 of
                 new
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 themselves
                 procure
                 from
                 their
                 
                 nourishment
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 these
                 parts
                 become
                 larger
                 ,
                 solider
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 discernable
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 seen
                 .
                 As
                 the
                 germen
                 or
                 young
                 plant
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 hath
                 obtained
                 a
                 new
                 stock
                 of
                 moisture
                 and
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 puts
                 out
                 leaves
                 of
                 a
                 differing
                 form
                 from
                 those
                 which
                 first
                 come
                 up
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Maple
                 ,
                 Borage
                 ,
                 Cucumber
                 ,
                 and
                 almost
                 all
                 plants
                 differ
                 in
                 their
                 second
                 leaves
                 ,
                 from
                 their
                 first
                 ,
                 which
                 manifestly
                 appear
                 inclosed
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 .
                 The
                 other
                 are
                 so
                 small
                 and
                 wrapt
                 up
                 ,
                 that
                 until
                 there
                 bee
                 new
                 parts
                 adjoyned
                 from
                 their
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 discerned
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 imperfect
                 Animals
                 spring
                 not
                 up
                 alike
                 indifferently
                 ,
                 from
                 all
                 Bodies
                 ;
                 some
                 Animals
                 being
                 made
                 of
                 one
                 kinde
                 of
                 Matter
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 another
                 ;
                 some
                 Plants
                 retaining
                 the
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 of
                 one
                 Insect
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 another
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 from
                 one
                 Plant
                 or
                 Animal
                 ariseth
                 one
                 kind
                 ,
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 another
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 stay
                 to
                 look
                 out
                 their
                 several
                 originals
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   way
                   how
                   those
                   Creatures
                   are
                   generated
                   which
                   owe
                   their
                   beginnings
                   to
                   ●ggs
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Eighth
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 other
                 two
                 more
                 perfect
                 generations
                 ,
                 are
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 conjunction
                 of
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 extracted
                 from
                 both
                 generators
                 :
                 who
                 both
                 of
                 them
                 contribute
                 such
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 laied
                 together
                 in
                 their
                 proper
                 places
                 ,
                 would
                 constitute
                 an
                 Individium
                 of
                 that
                 Species
                 ▪
                 One
                 of
                 which
                 incloses
                 and
                 layes
                 up
                 these
                 united
                 sperms
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 proportioned
                 quantity
                 of
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 growth
                 and
                 perfection
                 of
                 the
                 Fa●tus
                 ,
                 in
                 an
                 Egge
                 .
                 From
                 which
                 all
                 Fowles
                 ▪
                 most
                 kindes
                 of
                 Fishes
                 ,
                 Snakes
                 ,
                 Spiders
                 ,
                 Frogs
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 Creatures
                 are
                 br●ught
                 forth
                 .
                 This
                 Egg
                 is
                 com●os'd
                 in
                 the
                 Matrix
                 of
                 the
                 Females
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 the
                 ●roduct
                 of
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 selected
                 from
                 the
                 nutrimentall
                 
                 juice
                 of
                 both
                 ;
                 the
                 Femal
                 adding
                 those
                 parts
                 fitted
                 for
                 the
                 growth
                 and
                 nourishment
                 of
                 the
                 Foetus
                 ,
                 from
                 her
                 own
                 blood
                 .
                 The
                 yolk
                 ,
                 the
                 grosser
                 aliment
                 ,
                 is
                 composed
                 in
                 the
                 Vitellary
                 ,
                 or
                 Egg-bag
                 ,
                 selected
                 from
                 large
                 vessels
                 immediately
                 arising
                 from
                 the
                 Aorta
                 .
                 The
                 other
                 part
                 ,
                 the
                 White
                 is
                 made
                 in
                 the
                 Matrix
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 milky
                 viscous
                 exudation
                 ,
                 flowing
                 from
                 the
                 rough
                 wrinkled
                 membranes
                 of
                 the
                 Womb
                 ;
                 whose
                 property
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 convert
                 that
                 blood
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 several
                 great
                 vessels
                 is
                 brought
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 into
                 that
                 milky
                 spermlike
                 substance
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 these
                 seminal
                 parts
                 there
                 is
                 (
                 I
                 say
                 )
                 a
                 contribution
                 of
                 nourishment
                 conveighed
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Egg
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 nourishment
                 and
                 growth
                 of
                 the
                 Foetus
                 ,
                 while
                 it
                 is
                 inclosed
                 in
                 those
                 walls
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 of
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 agreeable
                 to
                 their
                 double
                 use
                 ,
                 fitted
                 for
                 their
                 nourishment
                 while
                 the
                 Atomes
                 are
                 uniting
                 ,
                 but
                 tenderly
                 cemented
                 ,
                 and
                 growing
                 together
                 :
                 and
                 
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 White
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 Sperm
                 ;
                 and
                 answers
                 to
                 the
                 Mothers
                 blood
                 ,
                 which
                 gives
                 growth
                 and
                 nourishment
                 while
                 the
                 Foetus
                 lives
                 in
                 the
                 Mothers
                 womb
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 other
                 ,
                 the
                 Yolk
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 solid
                 and
                 confirmed
                 substance
                 ,
                 is
                 for
                 its
                 nourishment
                 when
                 it
                 hath
                 atchieved
                 some
                 perfection
                 and
                 growth
                 ;
                 the
                 parts
                 then
                 expecting
                 a
                 more
                 solid
                 nutriment
                 .
                 This
                 supplies
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 Milk
                 in
                 other
                 Creatur●s
                 ,
                 who
                 sor
                 a
                 time
                 after
                 their
                 exclusion
                 are
                 nourished
                 altogether
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Both
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 White
                 and
                 Yolk
                 ,
                 are
                 inclosed
                 in
                 Membranes
                 ;
                 some
                 of
                 which
                 being
                 hardned
                 into
                 a
                 shell
                 ,
                 are
                 excluded
                 from
                 the
                 Femal
                 daily
                 as
                 they
                 grow
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 because
                 such
                 smal
                 bodies
                 as
                 these
                 Ovipara
                 are
                 ,
                 cannot
                 contain
                 so
                 numerous
                 a
                 progeny
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 their
                 fruitful
                 wombs
                 do
                 yearly
                 disclose
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 which
                 none
                 of
                 these
                 parts
                 ,
                 either
                 White
                 ,
                 or
                 Yolk
                 ,
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 
                 are
                 reposited
                 ,
                 is
                 doubtfully
                 related
                 .
                 Some
                 affirming
                 them
                 to
                 reside
                 in
                 the
                 Center
                 of
                 the
                 Yolk
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 will
                 easily
                 be
                 rejected
                 ,
                 when
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 the
                 whole
                 Animal
                 framed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Yolk
                 y●t
                 entire
                 ,
                 whole
                 ,
                 inclosed
                 within
                 its
                 own
                 membrane
                 :
                 onely
                 some
                 small
                 threadlike
                 veines
                 full
                 of
                 blood
                 ye
                 may
                 s●e
                 thrust
                 into
                 it
                 ,
                 conveighing
                 some
                 of
                 it
                 ▪
                 as
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Foetus
                 .
              
               
                 Others
                 think
                 the
                 White
                 to
                 be
                 that
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 Chick
                 is
                 framed
                 and
                 fa●hioned
                 ;
                 but
                 not
                 rightly
                 neither
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 likewise
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 whole
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 formed
                 .
              
               
                 ●abritius
                 who
                 hath
                 taken
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 pains
                 in
                 dissections
                 ,
                 a
                 strict
                 enquirer
                 into
                 Natures
                 secrets
                 ,
                 especially
                 concerning
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 Generation
                 ,
                 supposes
                 these
                 parts
                 to
                 reside
                 in
                 the
                 Chalazae
                 ▪
                 that
                 part
                 which
                 by
                 our
                 Women
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 treddle
                 But
                 this
                 likewise
                 is
                 false
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 every
                 Egg
                 should
                 produce
                 two
                 Chickens
                 there
                 being
                 one
                 ●reddle
                 at
                 each
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 ;
                 which
                 
                 serve
                 for
                 no
                 other
                 end
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 ligaments
                 to
                 contain
                 the
                 Yolk
                 in
                 an
                 Equilibrium
                 ;
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 not
                 by
                 every
                 moving
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 be
                 shakt
                 ,
                 broke
                 ,
                 and
                 confused
                 with
                 the
                 White
                 .
                 What
                 therefore
                 I
                 have
                 often
                 observed
                 I
                 shall
                 here
                 discover
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 it
                 the
                 true
                 manner
                 of
                 their
                 formation
                 .
              
               
                 Fabritius
                 makes
                 mention
                 of
                 a
                 li●tle
                 white
                 Circle
                 ,
                 or
                 Cicatricula
                 on
                 the
                 thin
                 Membrane
                 of
                 the
                 Yolk
                 ;
                 which
                 he
                 supposes
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 skar
                 ,
                 left
                 by
                 the
                 breaking
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 foot-stalk
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 fastned
                 to
                 the
                 Hen
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 White
                 grew
                 about
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 ye
                 further
                 observe
                 it
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 another
                 thing
                 .
                 Parisanus
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Cock.
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 derived
                 from
                 both
                 ,
                 here
                 reposited
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 following
                 Observations
                 will
                 discover
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Hen
                 ,
                 while
                 all
                 her
                 Eggs
                 are
                 but
                 Yolks
                 ,
                 or
                 small
                 little
                 grains
                 contain●d
                 in
                 the
                 Egg-bag
                 ,
                 or
                 Vitellary
                 ;
                 ●e
                 may
                 perceive
                 this
                 white
                 Circle
                 or
                 
                 Cicatricula
                 ,
                 which
                 afterwards
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Yolk
                 increaseth
                 to
                 bignesse
                 ,
                 doth
                 appear
                 more
                 evidently
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 the
                 Egg
                 is
                 perfect
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 break
                 the
                 shell
                 at
                 the
                 bigger
                 end
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 this
                 Circle
                 in
                 all
                 prolificial
                 Eggs
                 ;
                 the
                 fashion
                 of
                 it
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Table
                 ,
                 the
                 innermost
                 Figure
                 ,
                 A.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 Cicatricula
                 after
                 the
                 first
                 dayes
                 incubation
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 dilated
                 and
                 grown
                 wider
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 figure
                 at
                 B.
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 white
                 spot
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 easily
                 to
                 be
                 distinguished
                 from
                 the
                 rest
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 second
                 day
                 being
                 past
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 day
                 ye
                 shall
                 finde
                 it
                 spread
                 yet
                 larger
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 it
                 enlarg
                 ▪
                 d
                 to
                 the
                 breadth
                 of
                 a
                 Sixpence
                 ,
                 distinguished
                 with
                 several
                 Circles
                 within
                 it
                 ,
                 exactly
                 round
                 ,
                 representing
                 the
                 Eye
                 .
                 The
                 outmost
                 round
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 much
                 paler
                 yellow
                 colour
                 then
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Yolk
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 thinner
                 consistence
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 it
                 had
                 bin
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Hen
                 dissolved
                 &
                 melted
                 .
                 Within
                 this
                 was
                 a
                 lesser
                 Circl●
                 
                 of
                 a
                 most
                 resplendent
                 cleerness
                 ;
                 through
                 which
                 did
                 passe
                 some
                 small
                 white
                 threads
                 into
                 the
                 outmost
                 pale
                 circle
                 .
                 This
                 inner
                 clear
                 Circle
                 was
                 of
                 a
                 substance
                 like
                 to
                 the
                 white
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 ,
                 but
                 cl●arer
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 fluid
                 .
                 Within
                 this
                 clear
                 round
                 ,
                 was
                 another
                 of
                 a
                 pale
                 yellow
                 ,
                 like
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 ;
                 which
                 inclosed
                 another
                 translucid
                 Circle
                 within
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 was
                 a
                 clear
                 small
                 Body
                 ,
                 but
                 something
                 obscurer
                 then
                 the
                 inclosure
                 ,
                 containing
                 in
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 whiter
                 spot
                 ,
                 easily
                 to
                 be
                 distinguished
                 from
                 it
                 :
                 which
                 seemed
                 to
                 be
                 center
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 inclosing
                 circles
                 .
                 This
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 figure
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Table
                 .
                 The
                 inner
                 white
                 Circle
                 and
                 spot
                 in
                 the
                 after
                 discoveries
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Carina
                 and
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 .
                 The
                 two
                 clear
                 Circles
                 to
                 be
                 that
                 liquor
                 ,
                 or
                 humor
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 tender
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 ,
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 collecting
                 and
                 conjoyning
                 ,
                 do
                 swim
                 in
                 ;
                 that
                 by
                 external
                 motions
                 they
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 disordered
                 and
                 hindered
                 from
                 union
                 .
                 
                 The
                 middle
                 yellow
                 was
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 matter
                 ,
                 not
                 yet
                 dissolved
                 into
                 that
                 clearness
                 .
                 The
                 outmost
                 yellow
                 Circle
                 was
                 some
                 dissolving
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Hen
                 ▪
                 and
                 preparing
                 for
                 the
                 making
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 it
                 now
                 differs
                 onely
                 in
                 colour
                 ;
                 which
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 or
                 the
                 day
                 following
                 will
                 appear
                 in
                 those
                 small
                 threads
                 ,
                 conveighed
                 to
                 the
                 white
                 spot
                 within
                 :
                 which
                 the
                 fourth
                 day
                 ye
                 shall
                 finde
                 filled
                 with
                 this
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 moving
                 .
              
               
                 Towards
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 third
                 day
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 this
                 Cicatricula
                 to
                 be
                 all
                 clear
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 Circles
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 being
                 obliterated
                 ;
                 and
                 now
                 remains
                 onely
                 the
                 white
                 Circle
                 and
                 spot
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 ,
                 somewhat
                 enlarged
                 ,
                 circumscribed
                 by
                 a
                 larger
                 resplendent
                 Circle
                 ;
                 environed
                 with
                 the
                 outermost
                 yellow
                 round
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Glasses
                 may
                 be
                 discovered
                 the
                 small
                 vessels
                 coming
                 from
                 this
                 dissolved
                 yellow
                 matter
                 ,
                 from
                 every
                 side
                 to
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Circle
                 ;
                 which
                 by
                 
                 a
                 Microscope
                 appears
                 now
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Carina
                 or
                 back
                 and
                 neck
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 heart
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 this
                 is
                 delineated
                 in
                 the
                 seventh
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Table
                 .
              
               
                 On
                 the
                 fourth
                 day
                 ,
                 this
                 Cicatricula
                 was
                 spread
                 the
                 full
                 compasse
                 of
                 the
                 big
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 ;
                 the
                 outmost
                 Circle
                 whereof
                 ,
                 was
                 filled
                 with
                 veins
                 variously
                 spread
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 as
                 might
                 be
                 supposed
                 ,
                 (
                 though
                 by
                 their
                 coats
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 distinguished
                 ,
                 )
                 because
                 their
                 Anastomases
                 were
                 evident
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 collected
                 into
                 four
                 trunks
                 from
                 the
                 opposite
                 points
                 ,
                 passed
                 through
                 the
                 refulgent
                 clear
                 Circle
                 to
                 the
                 middle
                 or
                 center
                 .
                 Without
                 the
                 extream
                 limbe
                 of
                 this
                 pale
                 yellow
                 Circle
                 ,
                 were
                 no
                 vessels
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 .
              
               
                 Within
                 the
                 white
                 Circle
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 much
                 dilated
                 too
                 ,
                 appeared
                 a
                 red
                 sparkling
                 line
                 encompassing
                 the
                 white
                 spot
                 ,
                 now
                 red
                 too
                 ,
                 and
                 moving
                 :
                 whose
                 motions
                 plainly
                 shew
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 heart
                 ;
                 as
                 afterwards
                 I
                 saw
                 
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 a
                 Microscope
                 ,
                 exactly
                 shewing
                 me
                 the
                 heart
                 perfectly
                 fashioned
                 ,
                 with
                 both
                 his
                 ears
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 red
                 line
                 joyned
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 running
                 quite
                 round
                 in
                 the
                 inside
                 of
                 the
                 white
                 Circle
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 this
                 Glasse
                 ,
                 I
                 saw
                 the
                 motions
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 and
                 ears
                 for
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 ;
                 one
                 anticipating
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 continuing
                 after
                 the
                 others
                 decay
                 .
                 When
                 the
                 hearts
                 motion
                 was
                 almost
                 spent
                 ,
                 the
                 ears
                 contracted
                 themselves
                 in
                 due
                 order
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 pulsations
                 of
                 the
                 ears
                 ,
                 the
                 heart
                 would
                 move
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 rest
                 again
                 ,
                 till
                 after
                 such
                 a
                 number
                 of
                 pulses
                 were
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 ears
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 heart
                 when
                 it
                 had
                 emptied
                 it self
                 ,
                 by
                 its
                 continual
                 pulsation
                 ,
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 become
                 perfectly
                 clear
                 ,
                 and
                 transparent
                 as
                 before
                 the
                 blood
                 came
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 moved
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 after
                 ,
                 observing
                 the
                 same
                 order
                 ,
                 following
                 the
                 pulsation
                 of
                 the
                 ears
                 ,
                 as
                 when
                 it
                 was
                 watered
                 from
                 that
                 bloody
                 Fountain
                 .
              
               
               
                 This
                 Glasse
                 shewed
                 me
                 the
                 head
                 too
                 ,
                 consisting
                 of
                 three
                 bubbles
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ;
                 whereof
                 one
                 confest
                 it self
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 eye
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 manifest
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Pupilla
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 .
                 From
                 hence
                 the
                 Spina
                 was
                 carried
                 round
                 almost
                 to
                 the
                 head
                 again
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 that
                 transparent
                 white
                 Circle
                 without
                 the
                 red
                 line
                 .
                 From
                 whence
                 appeared
                 some
                 small
                 obscure
                 clouds
                 ,
                 fastned
                 in
                 the
                 proper
                 places
                 of
                 the
                 wings
                 and
                 thighs
                 :
                 which
                 in
                 the
                 fifth
                 dayes
                 observation
                 ,
                 appeared
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 indeed
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 Glasses
                 .
                 Besides
                 ,
                 from
                 this
                 Carina
                 ,
                 were
                 drawn
                 some
                 small
                 streamings
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 the
                 rudiments
                 of
                 the
                 succeeding
                 ribs
                 This
                 fourth
                 dayes
                 observation
                 may
                 be
                 seen
                 delineated
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 Figure
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Table
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fifth
                 dayes
                 this
                 transparent
                 clear
                 body
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 the
                 Foetus
                 swimming
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 sunk
                 lower
                 to
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 ,
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 was
                 then
                 clear
                 and
                 transparent
                 ,
                 begins
                 now
                 to
                 thicken
                 and
                 grow
                 obscure
                 .
                 
                 The
                 head
                 is
                 beyond
                 its
                 proportion
                 grown
                 ▪
                 outstripping
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 as
                 if
                 Nature
                 made
                 haste
                 in
                 finishing
                 that
                 part
                 ▪
                 of
                 which
                 she
                 should
                 have
                 most
                 and
                 sudden
                 use
                 .
                 The
                 eye
                 grown
                 almost
                 to
                 its
                 perfect
                 bignesse
                 ,
                 and
                 discernable
                 in
                 all
                 its
                 parts
                 ,
                 the
                 greater
                 divisions
                 of
                 the
                 brain
                 ,
                 and
                 Cerebellum
                 easily
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 .
                 The
                 Carina
                 or
                 Spine
                 discovers
                 it self
                 encompassing
                 the
                 red
                 line
                 or
                 V●na
                 Cava
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 now
                 scarce
                 discernable
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 that
                 clothing
                 it
                 had
                 by
                 this
                 dayes
                 addition
                 ,
                 procured
                 :
                 the
                 heart
                 too
                 ,
                 obscurely
                 covered
                 ,
                 al●ost
                 hid
                 from
                 view
                 ,
                 excepting
                 a
                 little
                 in
                 the
                 forepart
                 ,
                 which
                 seemed
                 open
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 hardned
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 but
                 continued
                 tender
                 and
                 cleer
                 still
                 .
                 The
                 wings
                 and
                 legs
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 observed
                 ,
                 without
                 Glasses
                 ,
                 being
                 much
                 whiter
                 then
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 The
                 bulk
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 hardned
                 into
                 a
                 visible
                 form
                 and
                 obscurer
                 then
                 before
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 so
                 darkned
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 pulsation
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 being
                 red
                 with
                 
                 blood
                 might
                 be
                 discovered
                 through
                 it
                 :
                 which
                 after
                 it
                 had
                 layen
                 still
                 for
                 three
                 hours
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 I
                 afterwards
                 layed
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 whose
                 vigorous
                 heat
                 renewed
                 its
                 life
                 and
                 motion
                 again
                 .
                 This
                 thin
                 body
                 being
                 opened
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 great
                 vein
                 might
                 be
                 seen
                 some
                 rudiments
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 some
                 small
                 puttings
                 forth
                 of
                 vessels
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 some
                 blood
                 between
                 them
                 hardned
                 .
                 This
                 fifth
                 dayes
                 observation
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 the
                 fourth
                 and
                 fifth
                 Figures
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Table
              
               
                 The
                 sixth
                 dayes
                 observation
                 shews
                 every
                 part
                 more
                 distinctly
                 ,
                 a●d
                 what
                 before
                 even
                 by
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 G●sses
                 seemed
                 but
                 darkly
                 adumbrated
                 ▪
                 now
                 begin
                 to
                 confess
                 themselves
                 by
                 their
                 visible
                 shapes
                 and
                 actions
                 .
                 The
                 three
                 bubles
                 of
                 the
                 head
                 are
                 much
                 enlarged
                 ,
                 the
                 eyes
                 perfected
                 ,
                 the
                 wings
                 and
                 legs
                 grow
                 out
                 :
                 the
                 heart
                 appears
                 fleshy
                 and
                 corpulent
                 ,
                 the
                 rudiments
                 of
                 the
                 Lungs
                 ,
                 Liver
                 ,
                 and
                 Guts
                 ,
                 appear
                 more
                 clearly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 seventh
                 day
                 shews
                 all
                 more
                 perfectly
                 yet
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 now
                 appears
                 in
                 the
                 
                 shape
                 and
                 figure
                 of
                 a
                 Chick
                 ,
                 perfectly
                 accomplisht
                 with
                 all
                 its
                 parts
                 ;
                 wanting
                 nothing
                 but
                 confirmation
                 and
                 hardning
                 ,
                 which
                 every
                 day
                 now
                 increases
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 diminishing
                 of
                 the
                 wh●te
                 ;
                 w
                 ch
                 about
                 the
                 tenth
                 day
                 is
                 done
                 :
                 there
                 remaining
                 little
                 more
                 then
                 that
                 thin
                 clear
                 liquor
                 the
                 Chick
                 did
                 swim
                 in
                 :
                 the
                 yolk
                 entire
                 ,
                 and
                 appearing
                 bigger
                 then
                 before
                 ;
                 being
                 rari●ed
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 dissolved
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 Hen
                 :
                 and
                 brought
                 into
                 a
                 fit
                 condition
                 to
                 be
                 by
                 the
                 continuing
                 heat
                 reduced
                 into
                 blood
                 ,
                 obtaining
                 from
                 that
                 gentle
                 Furnace
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 fluxibility
                 .
                 After
                 which
                 time
                 there
                 is
                 little
                 observable
                 till
                 the
                 fourteenth
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 fourteenth
                 and
                 fifteenth
                 dayes
                 ,
                 the
                 beginnings
                 of
                 the
                 feathers
                 appear
                 ,
                 the
                 skin
                 being
                 covered
                 with
                 little
                 black
                 spots
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 the
                 feathers
                 .
                 The
                 skull
                 begins
                 to
                 cover
                 the
                 brains
                 .
                 The
                 umbilical
                 veins
                 plainly
                 discover
                 themselves
                 :
                 of
                 which
                 the
                 first
                 that
                 was
                 ▪
                 spread
                 through
                 the
                 
                 white
                 of
                 the
                 Egg
                 ,
                 passes
                 through
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 perforating
                 the
                 Vena
                 Cava
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 basis
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 .
                 The
                 other
                 coming
                 from
                 the
                 yolk
                 insinuates
                 it self
                 into
                 the
                 Vena
                 Porta
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 lower
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Liver
                 .
                 Which
                 shews
                 what
                 disserence
                 Nature
                 hath
                 made
                 betwixt
                 these
                 two
                 liquors
                 :
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 concocted
                 and
                 fitted
                 for
                 present
                 use
                 ,
                 is
                 carried
                 immediately
                 to
                 the
                 Vena
                 Cava
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 distributed
                 into
                 every
                 part
                 for
                 their
                 encrease
                 and
                 nourishment
                 ;
                 out
                 of
                 which
                 every
                 part
                 might
                 select
                 cognate
                 and
                 appropriated
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 separated
                 from
                 all
                 excrements
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 augmentation
                 and
                 nutrition
              
               
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 this
                 is
                 done
                 and
                 spent
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Foetus
                 is
                 not
                 yet
                 strong
                 enough
                 to
                 seek
                 his
                 own
                 nourishment
                 abroad
                 ;
                 neither
                 is
                 the
                 Hen
                 able
                 to
                 provide
                 for
                 it
                 :
                 Nature
                 hath
                 ordained
                 another
                 reserve
                 of
                 provision
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 so
                 fine
                 ,
                 yet
                 having
                 another
                 Cook
                 to
                 dresse
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 Liver
                 
                 being
                 now
                 perfected
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 by
                 undergoing
                 another
                 dressing
                 or
                 concoction
                 there
                 ,
                 be
                 made
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 nourishment
                 of
                 the
                 now
                 hardned
                 and
                 con●irmed
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 Nature
                 sends
                 what
                 is
                 melted
                 and
                 dissolved
                 by
                 the
                 external
                 and
                 internal
                 heat
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 yolk
                 to
                 the
                 Liver
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Vena
                 Porta
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 there
                 drest
                 and
                 cookt
                 again
                 .
                 From
                 whence
                 some
                 excrements
                 are
                 separated
                 ,
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 fulnesse
                 of
                 the
                 Gall
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 green
                 excrements
                 in
                 the
                 guts
                 may
                 appear
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 these
                 two
                 venal
                 Umbilical
                 vessels
                 are
                 added
                 two
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 arising
                 ●rom
                 the
                 Lumbary
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 Which
                 accompanying
                 the
                 veins
                 throughout
                 the
                 white
                 and
                 yolk
                 ,
                 make
                 a
                 perfect
                 circulation
                 here
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 betwixt
                 the
                 Mother
                 and
                 the
                 Foetus
                 in
                 Viviparis
                 :
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 the
                 new
                 concocted
                 blood
                 mixt
                 with
                 this
                 ,
                 is
                 without
                 trouble
                 or
                 danger
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Foetus
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 )
                 that
                 the
                 heart
                 so
                 soon
                 before
                 any
                 other
                 
                 part
                 performs
                 his
                 office
                 ;
                 that
                 by
                 his
                 continual
                 motion
                 ,
                 driving
                 that
                 dissolved
                 clear
                 liquor
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 found
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 his
                 vessels
                 ▪
                 and
                 melted
                 by
                 the
                 external
                 heat
                 )
                 and
                 forcing
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 may
                 melt
                 and
                 dis●olve
                 that
                 too
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 it
                 fluid
                 ,
                 apt
                 to
                 be
                 carried
                 along
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 returning
                 in
                 other
                 vessels
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 receives
                 new
                 vigor
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 addition
                 of
                 heat
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 means
                 the
                 liquor
                 being
                 increased
                 ,
                 the
                 vessels
                 are
                 not
                 large
                 enough
                 to
                 contain
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 heart
                 thrusting
                 it
                 forth
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 continued
                 violence
                 ,
                 hourly
                 drives
                 it
                 further
                 into
                 the
                 white
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 into
                 the
                 yolk
                 ;
                 where
                 it
                 still
                 melts
                 more
                 ▪
                 and
                 the
                 dissolved
                 circle
                 is
                 still
                 enlarg'd
                 ;
                 as
                 by
                 the
                 daily
                 observations
                 will
                 appear
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 this
                 time
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 the
                 white
                 clear
                 liquor
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 Chick
                 did
                 swim
                 ,
                 consumed
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Foetus
                 lying
                 ●n
                 the
                 yolk
                 ,
                 &
                 entire
                 yet
                 ,
                 as
                 on
                 a
                 pillow
                 .
                 Whose
                 outward
                 membrane
                 
                 being
                 either
                 united
                 to
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 same
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 most
                 probable
                 )
                 that
                 closes
                 the
                 Chicks
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 clothes
                 the
                 whole
                 Chick
                 ;
                 holds
                 now
                 both
                 yolk
                 ,
                 umbilical
                 vessels
                 ,
                 and
                 guts
                 altogether
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 the
                 yolk
                 daily
                 lessens
                 by
                 the
                 growth
                 and
                 increase
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 ;
                 this
                 membrane
                 is
                 contracted
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 guts
                 with
                 the
                 yolk
                 by
                 degrees
                 are
                 drawn
                 up
                 into
                 the
                 belly
                 ,
                 and
                 closed
                 up
                 by
                 this
                 skin
                 ;
                 where
                 a
                 portion
                 of
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 seen
                 after
                 the
                 Chick
                 comes
                 abroad
                 ,
                 if
                 by
                 dissection
                 it
                 be
                 enquired
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 serves
                 to
                 nourish
                 it
                 ,
                 even
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 disclosed
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 in
                 these
                 creatures
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 footstep
                 or
                 signe
                 left
                 of
                 the
                 Umbilical
                 Vessels
                 ,
                 or
                 Navel
                 string
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 others
                 ;
                 but
                 both
                 vessels
                 and
                 nourishment
                 are
                 inclosed
                 within
                 the
                 belly
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 :
                 A
                 figure
                 of
                 the
                 Chick
                 thus
                 formed
                 ,
                 some
                 few
                 dayes
                 before
                 his
                 exclusion
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 the
                 eighth
                 figure
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Table
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 the
                 Chick
                 is
                 perfectly
                 fitted
                 to
                 come
                 abroad
                 ,
                 and
                 seek
                 his
                 own
                 
                 provision
                 ;
                 and
                 indeed
                 it
                 is
                 almost
                 time
                 ,
                 having
                 spent
                 his
                 patrimony
                 ▪
                 he
                 must
                 now
                 seek
                 other
                 food
                 :
                 Being
                 straightned
                 likewise
                 within
                 the
                 prison
                 of
                 the
                 shell
                 ,
                 and
                 wanting
                 now
                 the
                 air
                 to
                 breathe
                 in
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 allaying
                 that
                 heat
                 which
                 now
                 the
                 moisture
                 being
                 spent
                 )
                 begins
                 to
                 en●lame
                 ▪
                 and
                 hath
                 so
                 dried
                 the
                 shell
                 that
                 it
                 becomes
                 friable
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 continued
                 strugling
                 and
                 turning
                 round
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 sharp
                 beak
                 from
                 under
                 his
                 wing
                 ,
                 he
                 breaks
                 through
                 those
                 walls
                 ,
                 which
                 now
                 imprison
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 before
                 his
                 Castle
                 ,
                 exactly
                 dividing
                 the
                 shell
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 .
              
               
                 From
                 these
                 observations
                 of
                 the
                 daily
                 progresse
                 of
                 the
                 C●icks
                 increase
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 see
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 their
                 generation
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 in
                 this
                 sort
                 The
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 constituting
                 the
                 Foetus
                 ,
                 collected
                 from
                 the
                 blood
                 by
                 the
                 testicles
                 ,
                 and
                 joyned
                 together
                 in
                 the
                 womb
                 or
                 vitellary
                 ;
                 contract
                 to
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 femal
                 blood
                 that
                 round
                 body
                 which
                 serves
                 afterward
                 for
                 their
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 related
                 )
                 the
                 yolk
                 ,
                 which
                 from
                 several
                 small
                 threadlike
                 vessels
                 ,
                 ●eceives
                 nourishment
                 from
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 until
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 their
                 accomplisht
                 bignesse
                 .
                 On
                 which
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 shewn
                 )
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 being
                 fixt
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 former
                 observations
                 you
                 clearly
                 see
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 daily
                 grow
                 up
                 into
                 a
                 living
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 species
                 .
                 And
                 this
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 as
                 the
                 Germen
                 or
                 little
                 plant
                 reposited
                 in
                 every
                 seed
                 ;
                 w
                 ch
                 grows
                 up
                 to
                 a
                 bignesse
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 contained
                 within
                 the
                 skins
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 ,
                 but
                 breaks
                 through
                 that
                 and
                 the
                 earth
                 that
                 covers
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 shews
                 themselves
                 in
                 a
                 visible
                 form
                 and
                 bulk
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 could
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 curious
                 observer
                 ,
                 be
                 discovered
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Cicatricula
                 in
                 the
                 small
                 grains
                 in
                 the
                 Vitellary
                 ,
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 nay
                 are
                 the
                 same
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 disposed
                 in
                 their
                 due
                 method
                 and
                 places
                 which
                 they
                 observe
                 one
                 towards
                 another
                 ;
                 as
                 when
                 they
                 appear
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 visible
                 bignesse
                 afterwards
                 .
                 For
                 before
                 they
                 are
                 sate
                 
                 on
                 by
                 the
                 Hen
                 ,
                 there
                 appears
                 in
                 this
                 Cicatricula
                 some
                 distinction
                 of
                 parts
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 white
                 spot
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 a
                 white
                 circle
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 ;
                 which
                 particles
                 never
                 vanish
                 ,
                 but
                 grow
                 larger
                 still
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 discover
                 themselves
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 .
                 The
                 middle
                 spot
                 is
                 found
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 circle
                 becomes
                 the
                 Carina
                 or
                 Spine
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 whereof
                 ,
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 dayes
                 incubation
                 shews
                 the
                 head
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 parts
                 as
                 Nature
                 hath
                 need
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 grow
                 up
                 to
                 their
                 offices
                 in
                 their
                 visible
                 figures
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 conjoyned
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 due
                 ordering
                 and
                 regulating
                 of
                 the
                 specifick
                 soul
                 ,
                 put
                 themselves
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 fall
                 to
                 their
                 proper
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 Chick
                 before
                 the
                 Egg
                 be
                 pe●fected
                 .
                 As
                 the
                 germen
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 a
                 Plant
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 shewn
                 is
                 perfectly
                 fashioned
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 discovers
                 not
                 all
                 its
                 parts
                 ,
                 till
                 by
                 addition
                 of
                 new
                 particles
                 ,
                 they
                 grow
                 to
                 a
                 big●er
                 bulk
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 more
                 visible
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 first
                 work
                 that
                 is
                 performed
                 by
                 the
                 Hens
                 heat
                 in
                 incubation
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 dissolving
                 and
                 melting
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 ●iner
                 and
                 more
                 spirituous
                 parts
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 most
                 sensible
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 least
                 heat
                 ;
                 by
                 which
                 means
                 the
                 seminal
                 particles
                 are
                 cleared
                 and
                 separated
                 from
                 other
                 parts
                 ;
                 and
                 those
                 finer
                 parts
                 appointed
                 for
                 his
                 first
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 are
                 clari●ied
                 ,
                 melted
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 fluid
                 ,
                 and
                 ●pt
                 to
                 be
                 moved
                 and
                 dispersed
                 by
                 the
                 white
                 spot
                 or
                 heart
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 true
                 way
                 of
                 gene●ation
                 of
                 these
                 Creatures
                 ;
                 whose
                 edu●tions
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 of
                 Plants
                 ,
                 our
                 ●uthor
                 brings
                 as
                 instances
                 for
                 his
                 equi●ocal
                 generations
                 .
                 Which
                 as
                 they
                 fail
                 ●is
                 expectation
                 of
                 clearing
                 those
                 accidentall
                 causes
                 ,
                 he
                 so
                 much
                 depends
                 on
                 :
                 ●o
                 they
                 clearly
                 shew
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 ●ed
                 of
                 a
                 Plant
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 actually
                 such
                 ●arts
                 reposited
                 ,
                 as
                 do
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 Plant
                 perfectly
                 formed
                 .
                 So
                 in
                 an
                 Egg
                 before
                 incubation
                 ,
                 where
                 both
                 seeds
                 are
                 con●yned
                 ,
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 a
                 Chick
                 are
                 orderly
                 
                 disposed
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 conjunction
                 and
                 regular
                 disposure
                 of
                 these
                 Atomes
                 ;
                 which
                 while
                 they
                 were
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 served
                 for
                 the
                 nourishment
                 and
                 increase
                 of
                 that
                 body
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 serve
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 another
                 Individuum
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 species
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 Have
                 been
                 something
                 the
                 longer
                 i●
                 explaining
                 the
                 former
                 wayes
                 of
                 generation
                 ,
                 because
                 as
                 their
                 discovery
                 i●
                 easier
                 ;
                 so
                 they
                 more
                 plainly
                 illustrate
                 the
                 way
                 and
                 method
                 of
                 Generation
                 .
                 Which
                 ,
                 how
                 fitly
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 applyed
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 produce
                 living
                 births
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 ensuing
                 discourse
                 shall
                 be
                 examined
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 are
                 the
                 issue
                 o●
                 a
                 double
                 Sex
                 ;
                 and
                 onely
                 differ
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 inclosed
                 in
                 the
                 female
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 are
                 perfect
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 here
                 stand
                 
                 in
                 the
                 examination
                 of
                 that
                 doubt
                 ,
                 whether
                 or
                 no
                 the
                 femal
                 contributes
                 any
                 spermatical
                 particles
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 formation
                 of
                 the
                 Foetus
                 ,
                 in
                 Coition
                 .
                 When
                 we
                 shal
                 observe
                 what
                 parts
                 Nature
                 hath
                 bestowed
                 on
                 the
                 females
                 ;
                 I
                 mean
                 testicles
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 so
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 glanduls
                 for
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 use
                 ;
                 )
                 to
                 which
                 are
                 derived
                 Arteries
                 and
                 veins
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 original
                 with
                 those
                 distributed
                 to
                 the
                 Masculine
                 stones
                 :
                 and
                 when
                 in
                 these
                 testicles
                 ye
                 shall
                 finde
                 spermlike
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 vessels
                 from
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 womb
                 .
                 When
                 also
                 in
                 coition
                 ye
                 shall
                 observe
                 the
                 same
                 delight
                 and
                 concussion
                 as
                 in
                 Males
                 ;
                 why
                 should
                 we
                 suppose
                 Nature
                 ,
                 beyond
                 her
                 custome
                 ,
                 should
                 abound
                 in
                 superfluities
                 and
                 uselesse
                 parts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 principles
                 therefore
                 of
                 these
                 living
                 births
                 ,
                 arise
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 from
                 some
                 selected
                 Atoms
                 by
                 the
                 testicles
                 of
                 both
                 ,
                 thrown
                 into
                 the
                 Matrix
                 of
                 the
                 Female
                 .
                 Where
                 being
                 united
                 &
                 mixt
                 by
                 the
                 fermenting
                 heat
                 of
                 the
                 womb
                 :
                 the
                 several
                 Atomes
                 fall
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 places
                 :
                 
                 the
                 soul
                 plaving
                 the
                 skilful
                 Workman
                 ,
                 (
                 not
                 laying
                 brick
                 where
                 should
                 be
                 morter
                 )
                 reposing
                 every
                 Atome
                 in
                 his
                 proper
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 same
                 which
                 it
                 should
                 have
                 held
                 in
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 separated
                 .
              
               
                 While
                 this
                 is
                 doing
                 the
                 tenacious
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 sperm
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 these
                 Atomes
                 were
                 laid
                 up
                 ▪
                 is
                 now
                 hardned
                 into
                 membranes
                 inclosing
                 several
                 substances
                 ;
                 the
                 one
                 inclosing
                 the
                 pure
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 which
                 are
                 in
                 fashioning
                 themselves
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 clear
                 transparent
                 liquor
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 ●gg
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 inclosing
                 both
                 that
                 ▪
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 from
                 which
                 these
                 Atomes
                 are
                 enlarged
                 and
                 nourished
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 outward
                 Membrane
                 ,
                 sticking
                 to
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 those
                 asperities
                 ,
                 or
                 papillar
                 extuberancies
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 caused
                 by
                 the
                 orifices
                 of
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 and
                 Veins
                 opening
                 into
                 the
                 cavity
                 of
                 the
                 womb
                 ,
                 gives
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 gently
                 distilling
                 blood
                 ,
                 to
                 descend
                 to
                 these
                 Atomes
                 ;
                 to
                 furnish
                 them
                 with
                 store
                 of
                 cognate
                 parts
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 be
                 selected
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 added
                 to
                 them
                 for
                 their
                 future
                 growth
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 that
                 these
                 yet
                 tender
                 parts
                 ,
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 overwhelmed
                 with
                 too
                 great
                 a
                 flux
                 of
                 blood
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 stifled
                 with
                 too
                 much
                 nourishment
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 are
                 able
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 (
                 a
                 frequent
                 cause
                 of
                 abortion
                 )
                 Nature
                 suffers
                 it
                 to
                 wander
                 through
                 a
                 Labyrinth
                 of
                 an
                 infinite
                 number
                 of
                 ▪
                 vessels
                 ,
                 dispers'd
                 through
                 this
                 outmost
                 membrane
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 by
                 one
                 chanel
                 it
                 is
                 conveighed
                 to
                 this
                 new
                 Animal
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 to
                 remain
                 all
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 within
                 the
                 limits
                 of
                 this
                 little
                 frame
                 ;
                 but
                 being
                 conveighed
                 to
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 Infant
                 ,
                 by
                 its
                 continuall
                 motion
                 some
                 is
                 thrown
                 into
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 capacity
                 of
                 their
                 vessels
                 .
                 And
                 because
                 all
                 parts
                 of
                 this
                 too
                 ,
                 are
                 not
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 repair
                 of
                 these
                 young
                 Atoms
                 ,
                 but
                 do
                 require
                 a
                 greater
                 choice
                 ;
                 therefore
                 at
                 every
                 motion
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 this
                 blood
                 is
                 thrown
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 Infant
                 ,
                 by
                 appropriated
                 Arteries
                 ,
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 Mother
                 again
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 by
                 
                 this
                 continual
                 circulation
                 of
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 through
                 this
                 new
                 Animal
                 ;
                 fresh
                 and
                 cognate
                 moisture
                 is
                 supplied
                 to
                 irrigate
                 ,
                 and
                 augment
                 every
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 .
                 From
                 whence
                 ,
                 as
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 cognate
                 Atomes
                 are
                 selected
                 &
                 adjoyned
                 to
                 every
                 particle
                 ,
                 until
                 the
                 Foetus
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 breaking
                 through
                 those
                 membranes
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 brought
                 forth
                 a
                 living
                 creature
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 will
                 be
                 requisite
                 I
                 should
                 here
                 satisfie
                 a
                 doubt
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 perhaps
                 perplex
                 some
                 in
                 the
                 receiving
                 this
                 opinion
                 of
                 generation
                 ,
                 viz.
                 why
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 distinction
                 of
                 Sexes
                 ?
                 and
                 why
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 collection
                 of
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 by
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ?
                 and
                 that
                 without
                 the
                 admixture
                 of
                 both
                 these
                 ,
                 there
                 could
                 be
                 no
                 generation
                 ?
              
               
                 The
                 reason
                 why
                 there
                 are
                 distinct
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 because
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 must
                 supply
                 the
                 part
                 ,
                 and
                 office
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Earth
                 doth
                 to
                 Vegetables
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 contain
                 ,
                 preserve
                 ,
                 and
                 supply
                 it
                 with
                 
                 fitting
                 nourishment
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 Female
                 .
                 But
                 why
                 cannot
                 all
                 bee
                 done
                 by
                 this
                 one
                 ?
                 what
                 need
                 is
                 there
                 of
                 another
                 seed
                 ?
              
               
                 The
                 use
                 of
                 these
                 differing
                 seeds
                 ,
                 is
                 evidenced
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 discourse
                 of
                 Plants
                 :
                 where
                 I
                 shewed
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 were
                 of
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 spiritual
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 material
                 ;
                 whose
                 duty
                 was
                 to
                 fix
                 and
                 cement
                 the
                 spiritual
                 Atomes
                 together
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 mutually
                 cohere
                 the
                 one
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 the
                 Masculine
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 actuate
                 ,
                 enliven
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 act
                 for
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 :
                 and
                 this
                 diversity
                 of
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 makes
                 a
                 difference
                 in
                 seeds
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 distinction
                 in
                 Sexes
                 .
                 The
                 Masculine
                 seed
                 having
                 undergone
                 concoctions
                 and
                 separations
                 by
                 a
                 greater
                 ,
                 and
                 purer
                 heat
                 ,
                 becomes
                 more
                 spiritualiz'd
                 &
                 subtile
                 ;
                 and
                 is
                 like
                 to
                 those
                 spiritual
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 appearing
                 and
                 rising
                 Plants
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 spirits
                 of
                 a
                 former
                 Plant
                 corrupted
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 before
                 declared
                 .
                 Which
                 contains
                 in
                 it
                 all
                 parts
                 fitting
                 to
                 constitute
                 such
                 a
                 
                 body
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 was
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 :
                 and
                 being
                 thrown
                 into
                 a
                 convenient
                 pl●ce
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 may
                 have
                 room
                 and
                 agreeable
                 heat
                 ,
                 would
                 by
                 the
                 disposing
                 of
                 every
                 Atome
                 into
                 his
                 pro●er
                 place
                 ,
                 constitute
                 a
                 perfect
                 body
                 .
                 But
                 not
                 being
                 furnisht
                 with
                 those
                 more
                 material
                 particles
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 soon
                 vanish
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 appearing
                 supposititious
                 Plants
                 did
                 )
                 these
                 spiricual
                 Atomes
                 not
                 being
                 cemented
                 and
                 conjoyned
                 together
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 feminine
                 seed
                 being
                 extracted
                 after
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 vessels
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 female
                 testicles
                 ,
                 containing
                 the
                 same
                 particles
                 ,
                 but
                 cruder
                 and
                 lesse
                 digested
                 ,
                 from
                 a
                 cruder
                 matter
                 ,
                 by
                 lesse
                 perfect
                 Organs
                 ,
                 is
                 left
                 more
                 terrene
                 ,
                 furnished
                 with
                 more
                 material
                 parts
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 united
                 in
                 the
                 womb
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 spiritual
                 particles
                 of
                 the
                 masculine
                 seed
                 ;
                 every
                 one
                 being
                 rightly
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 proper
                 place
                 ,
                 disposed
                 and
                 ordered
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 fixes
                 and
                 conjoynes
                 those
                 spiritual
                 Atomes
                 
                 that
                 they
                 still
                 afterwards
                 remain
                 in
                 that
                 posture
                 they
                 are
                 placed
                 in
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 forbea●
                 the
                 prosecution
                 of
                 this
                 any
                 further
                 ,
                 having
                 sufficiently
                 cleared
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 generation
                 of
                 perfect
                 bodies
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 proceed
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 causes
                 of
                 similitude
                 in
                 the
                 Foetus
                 to
                 the
                 generators
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 mutilated
                 and
                 imperfect
                 births
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   How
                   different
                   Sexes
                   ,
                   and
                   similitu●e
                   of
                   the
                   ●oetus
                   with
                   the
                   generators
                   is
                   caused
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Tenth
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 conjunction
                 of
                 these
                 seminal
                 material
                 Atomes
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 causeth
                 this
                 similitude
                 of
                 parts
                 ,
                 and
                 marks
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 parents
                 that
                 begot
                 them
                 .
                 For
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 exuber●ncy
                 ,
                 or
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Atomes
                 of
                 either
                 Sex
                 ,
                 so
                 is
                 the
                 Foetus
                 fashioned
                 and
                 distinguished
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Atomes
                 constituting
                 
                 the
                 Masculine
                 parts
                 prevail
                 ,
                 then
                 is
                 a
                 Male
                 generated
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 the
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 Females
                 seed
                 prevail
                 either
                 in
                 quantity
                 ,
                 or
                 energy
                 ,
                 over
                 the
                 Masculine
                 ;
                 then
                 is
                 the
                 product
                 a
                 Female
                 :
                 and
                 those
                 Atomes
                 which
                 were
                 ordained
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Masculine
                 parts
                 ,
                 being
                 but
                 few
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 and
                 lesse
                 in
                 power
                 ,
                 are
                 obscured
                 ,
                 being
                 scattered
                 amongst
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 being
                 of
                 no
                 use
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 no
                 parts
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 unite
                 and
                 cement
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 are
                 quite
                 lost
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 cause
                 too
                 ,
                 why
                 the
                 Foetus
                 or
                 Infant
                 hath
                 parts
                 ,
                 some
                 resembling
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 some
                 the
                 Mother
                 ,
                 having
                 sometimes
                 the
                 Mothers
                 Lip
                 ,
                 the
                 Fathers
                 Eye
                 .
                 &c.
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 prevalency
                 of
                 the
                 respective
                 Atomes
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 by
                 how
                 much
                 the
                 more
                 the
                 Masculine
                 Atomes
                 abound
                 in
                 a
                 Female
                 Infant
                 ;
                 by
                 so
                 much
                 the
                 more
                 the
                 Foetus
                 is
                 stronger
                 ,
                 healthier
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 Manlike
                 ,
                 a
                 Virago
                 .
                 If
                 the
                 Female
                 Atomes
                 abound
                 much
                 in
                 a
                 Male
                 Infant
                 ,
                 then
                 is
                 
                 that
                 issue
                 more
                 weak
                 and
                 effeminate
                 .
                 If
                 either
                 parent
                 hath
                 any
                 extraordinary
                 Mark
                 ,
                 or
                 part
                 more
                 then
                 usual
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Woman
                 with
                 six
                 fingers
                 ;
                 whom
                 our
                 Author
                 relates
                 to
                 have
                 born
                 all
                 her
                 Females
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 like
                 number
                 of
                 fingers
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 caused
                 by
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 extracted
                 from
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 carrying
                 along
                 with
                 them
                 Atomes
                 belonging
                 to
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 communicated
                 to
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 the
                 Infant
                 ;
                 especially
                 if
                 the
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 these
                 supernumerary
                 parts
                 or
                 marks
                 reside
                 ,
                 prevail
                 over
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 As
                 the
                 example
                 of
                 that
                 Woman
                 illustrates
                 ,
                 who
                 brought
                 forth
                 all
                 her
                 Males
                 with
                 the
                 usual
                 number
                 of
                 fingers
                 ;
                 all
                 her
                 Females
                 with
                 six
                 upon
                 an
                 hand
                 ,
                 like
                 her self
                 .
                 The
                 Sex
                 shewed
                 the
                 prevalency
                 of
                 her
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 having
                 the
                 mastery
                 of
                 the
                 Masculine
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 several
                 Atomes
                 contained
                 in
                 her
                 seed
                 ▪
                 shewed
                 themselvs
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 posture
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 her
                 own
                 body
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Males
                 ,
                 those
                 particles
                 of
                 her
                 seed
                 being
                 weaker
                 ,
                 served
                 onely
                 to
                 cement
                 the
                 masculine
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 cause
                 of
                 defect
                 of
                 some
                 parts
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 ill
                 disposition
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 places
                 they
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 ;
                 may
                 be
                 from
                 the
                 avocation
                 and
                 disturbance
                 of
                 the
                 imagination
                 of
                 the
                 parent
                 ,
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 when
                 these
                 Atomes
                 are
                 in
                 disposing
                 and
                 ordering
                 by
                 the
                 soul
                 of
                 the
                 Infant
                 ,
                 in
                 their
                 proper
                 places
                 .
                 This
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 is
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 imagination
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 disturb'd
                 ,
                 representing
                 to
                 the
                 Infants
                 soul
                 ,
                 then
                 dispos●ng
                 and
                 ordering
                 these
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 either
                 some
                 other
                 pattern
                 by
                 which
                 it
                 con●orms
                 its
                 work
                 ▪
                 or
                 else
                 wholly
                 call●ng
                 it
                 away
                 from
                 that
                 operation
                 ,
                 su●ers
                 these
                 Atomes
                 confusedly
                 to
                 unite
                 and
                 dispose
                 themselves
                 as
                 well
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 disordered
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 monstrous
                 kinde
                 of
                 ●irth
                 .
                 ●r
                 〈◊〉
                 the
                 soul
                 being
                 d●sturbed
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Atomes
                 disordered
                 ;
                 they
                 joyn
                 not
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 in
                 their
                 proper
                 places
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 leg
                 joyn
                 with
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 side
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 arm
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 head
                 .
                 Sometimes
                 supernumerary
                 particles
                 are
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 being
                 many
                 and
                 prevalent
                 ,
                 do
                 unite
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 joyn
                 to
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 put
                 forth
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 seen
                 sometimes
                 two
                 perfect
                 bodies
                 ,
                 conjoyned
                 in
                 one
                 part
                 or
                 other
                 ;
                 or
                 four
                 arms
                 ,
                 &c.
                 as
                 several
                 Histories
                 relate
                 of
                 severall
                 monstrous
                 births
                 .
                 That
                 seen
                 amongst
                 us
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 ,
                 being
                 none
                 of
                 the
                 contemptiblest
                 of
                 that
                 kinde
                 .
                 I
                 mean
                 the
                 young
                 man
                 that
                 had
                 a
                 head
                 ,
                 arms
                 ▪
                 and
                 legs
                 of
                 another
                 body
                 growing
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 side
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 here
                 arises
                 a
                 great
                 difficulty
                 ,
                 how
                 this
                 disturbance
                 of
                 the
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 should
                 be
                 occasioned
                 by
                 the
                 disturbance
                 of
                 the
                 Mothers
                 phansie
                 ?
                 How
                 the
                 imagination
                 works
                 upon
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 body
                 ,
                 Authors
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 mediation
                 of
                 humors
                 and
                 spirits
                 :
                 but
                 how
                 it
                 should
                 operate
                 upon
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 at
                 this
                 time
                 ,
                 before
                 there
                 is
                 any
                 influx
                 either
                 of
                 humors
                 or
                 spirits
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 to
                 them
                 ?
                 I
                 cannot
                 yet
                 finde
                 satisfaction
                 from
                 any
                 .
              
               
               
                 I
                 should
                 think
                 it
                 done
                 by
                 the
                 mediation
                 of
                 the
                 soul
                 ,
                 traduced
                 with
                 the
                 seeds
                 .
                 Which
                 being
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 essence
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 may
                 say
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 Parents
                 soul
                 ;
                 it
                 retains
                 still
                 the
                 same
                 affections
                 and
                 passions
                 that
                 it
                 had
                 before
                 its
                 traduction
                 .
                 Hence
                 the
                 soul
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 being
                 disturbed
                 ,
                 this
                 soul
                 of
                 the
                 Infant
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 consent
                 and
                 harmony
                 which
                 is
                 betwixt
                 them
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 disordered
                 too
                 :
                 which
                 causes
                 that
                 disorderly
                 concourse
                 of
                 the
                 seminal
                 Atoms
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 monstrous
                 births
                 springing
                 from
                 it
                 :
                 as
                 I
                 before
                 declared
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Some
                   Arguments
                   against
                   this
                   opinion
                   proposed
                   ,
                   and
                   answered
                   .
                
              
               
                 Chapter
                 the
                 Eleventh
                 .
              
               
                 OUr
                 Author
                 brings
                 in
                 an
                 opinion
                 of
                 Doctor
                 Harvies
                 to
                 father
                 his
                 accidental
                 formation
                 upon
                 ,
                 so
                 much
                 contrary
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 cannot
                 baulk
                 the
                 
                 relation
                 and
                 examination
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Male
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 womb
                 of
                 the
                 Female
                 in
                 any
                 sensible
                 bulk
                 :
                 but
                 (
                 as
                 it
                 seemeth
                 )
                 evaporateth
                 ,
                 and
                 incorporateth
                 it self
                 either
                 into
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 womb
                 ,
                 or
                 rather
                 into
                 some
                 more
                 interiour
                 part
                 ,
                 as
                 into
                 the
                 seminary
                 vessels
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 mediation
                 of
                 the
                 Females
                 seed
                 ,
                 suck
                 up
                 the
                 Males
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 turn
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 vapour
                 ,
                 operating
                 in
                 such
                 sort
                 as
                 our
                 Author
                 before
                 relates
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 generation
                 of
                 Animals
                 .
                 And
                 after
                 a
                 certain
                 time
                 ,
                 some
                 six
                 weeks
                 ,
                 or
                 two
                 moneths
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Doctor
                 observed
                 in
                 Does
                 and
                 Hinds
                 )
                 these
                 seeds
                 distill
                 again
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 and
                 by
                 little
                 and
                 little
                 do
                 clarifie
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 red
                 speck
                 appeareth
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 bright
                 clearnesse
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 right
                 observation
                 of
                 this
                 experiment
                 (
                 under
                 favor
                 )
                 in
                 my
                 judgement
                 was
                 not
                 truly
                 made
                 ;
                 for
                 this
                 inspection
                 into
                 the
                 wombs
                 of
                 creatures
                 cannot
                 be
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 dissection
                 ;
                 which
                 must
                 certainly
                 hinder
                 that
                 second
                 work
                 ,
                 namely
                 
                 the
                 returning
                 back
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 :
                 And
                 if
                 so
                 ,
                 how
                 shall
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 our
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 accoupling
                 ,
                 was
                 received
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 when
                 the
                 observation
                 was
                 made
                 was
                 evaporated
                 ,
                 and
                 attracted
                 by
                 the
                 Females
                 testicles
                 ,
                 shall
                 afterwards
                 distill
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 again
                 ;
                 unlesse
                 the
                 same
                 Female
                 were
                 preserved
                 to
                 make
                 those
                 distinct
                 observations
                 ,
                 at
                 several
                 times
                 .
                 I
                 should
                 rather
                 believe
                 the
                 Does
                 ,
                 or
                 Hinds
                 in
                 whose
                 wombs
                 the
                 Doctor
                 found
                 no
                 sperm
                 after
                 the
                 accoupling
                 ,
                 were
                 barren
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 never
                 received
                 the
                 Masculine
                 seed
                 into
                 their
                 wombs
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 never
                 retained
                 it
                 ;
                 or
                 else
                 had
                 not
                 then
                 coupled
                 with
                 the
                 Male.
                 And
                 that
                 after
                 the
                 two
                 moneths
                 ,
                 he
                 met
                 with
                 some
                 others
                 that
                 had
                 conceived
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 found
                 that
                 resplendent
                 clearness
                 and
                 red
                 spot
                 .
                 All
                 which
                 will
                 not
                 amount
                 to
                 a
                 considerable
                 argument
                 ,
                 to
                 support
                 this
                 change
                 of
                 substances
                 by
                 accidental
                 causes
                 .
              
               
               
                 Not
                 unlike
                 to
                 this
                 is
                 that
                 opinion
                 of
                 Fabricius
                 ,
                 asserting
                 that
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Cock
                 is
                 not
                 cast
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 of
                 the
                 Hen
                 ;
                 but
                 into
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 the
                 Matrix
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 by
                 an
                 irradiating
                 influx
                 foecundates
                 the
                 Hen
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 fruitful
                 all
                 the
                 eggs
                 that
                 shall
                 for
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 after
                 be
                 produced
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 admixture
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 at
                 all
                 .
                 This
                 opinion
                 of
                 his
                 is
                 grounded
                 upon
                 the
                 impossibility
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 supposes
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 entrance
                 of
                 the
                 Males
                 seed
                 into
                 the
                 Females
                 womb
                 ;
                 the
                 inner
                 orifice
                 being
                 so
                 closely
                 shut
                 ,
                 that
                 from
                 without
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 receive
                 any
                 thing
                 .
                 Besides
                 in
                 dissection
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 never
                 finde
                 any
                 part
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 ejaculating
                 the
                 sperm
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 .
                 The
                 Penis
                 
                   or
                   Prick
                
                 being
                 wanting
                 in
                 the
                 Cock
                 ;
                 so
                 the
                 seed
                 cannot
                 be
                 thrown
                 further
                 then
                 the
                 entrance
                 into
                 the
                 womb
                 .
              
               
                 Whether
                 or
                 no
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 present
                 union
                 of
                 the
                 material
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 seeds
                 ,
                 after
                 every
                 coition
                 ,
                 which
                 impregnates
                 the
                 Females
                 ;
                 former
                 observations
                 
                 have
                 not
                 fully
                 discovered
                 .
                 Those
                 which
                 are
                 casually
                 made
                 by
                 dissection
                 of
                 Females
                 ,
                 at
                 ,
                 or
                 neer
                 the
                 usual
                 time
                 of
                 coupling
                 may
                 ea●ly
                 deceive
                 us
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 nothing
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 their
                 wombs
                 then
                 ;
                 we
                 may
                 as
                 safely
                 and
                 conclusively
                 argue
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 that
                 Female
                 never
                 coupled
                 with
                 the
                 Male
                 ,
                 or
                 never
                 retained
                 his
                 seed
                 as
                 to
                 say
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 for
                 the
                 seed
                 to
                 enter
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 never
                 found
                 it
                 there
                 The
                 experiment
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 on
                 some
                 creatures
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 continual
                 view
                 of
                 our
                 observation
                 ;
                 and
                 presently
                 after
                 copulation
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 see
                 nothing
                 reflowing
                 again
                 ;
                 then
                 to
                 search
                 where
                 that
                 seed
                 lyes
                 ,
                 will
                 undoubtedly
                 discover
                 the
                 truth
                 to
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 observation
                 of
                 Doct.
                 Harvies
                 ,
                 related
                 to
                 us
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   Kenelm
                   Digby
                
                 ,
                 (
                 though
                 I
                 confesse
                 his
                 curious
                 eye
                 ,
                 seldome
                 takes
                 any
                 thing
                 upon
                 trust
                 ,
                 or
                 slightly
                 passes
                 by
                 what
                 is
                 observable
                 )
                 seems
                 to
                 presuppose
                 a
                 conception
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 that
                 supposition
                 to
                 ground
                 his
                 opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Males
                 seed
                 is
                 not
                 retained
                 
                 in
                 the
                 womb
                 ,
                 but
                 evaporated
                 ;
                 because
                 in
                 his
                 dissections
                 of
                 those
                 creatures
                 he
                 supposed
                 had
                 conceived
                 ,
                 (
                 because
                 done
                 at
                 the
                 usual
                 time
                 of
                 coupling
                 )
                 he
                 never
                 found
                 it
                 :
                 till
                 after
                 ,
                 some
                 two
                 moneths
                 ,
                 meeting
                 with
                 others
                 whose
                 pregnant
                 wombes
                 discovered
                 some
                 rudiments
                 of
                 a
                 growing
                 Foetus
                 ;
                 he
                 concludes
                 ,
                 those
                 creatures
                 ,
                 he
                 two
                 moneths
                 before
                 dissected
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 shewn
                 then
                 ,
                 the
                 fertility
                 of
                 their
                 wombs
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 We
                 may
                 as
                 truly
                 argue
                 (
                 I
                 say
                 )
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 conceived
                 ▪
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 dissection
                 ;
                 neither
                 (
                 had
                 they
                 escaped
                 his
                 knife
                 )
                 would
                 they
                 ,
                 without
                 a
                 new
                 coupling
                 ,
                 have
                 had
                 that
                 red
                 spot
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 that
                 clear
                 body
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 when
                 wee
                 shall
                 consider
                 the
                 great
                 quantity
                 of
                 sperm
                 ,
                 emitted
                 by
                 the
                 Male
                 in
                 every
                 coition
                 ;
                 and
                 see
                 that
                 quantity
                 retained
                 by
                 the
                 Female
                 ,
                 if
                 by
                 that
                 copulation
                 she
                 conceives
                 ;
                 and
                 finde
                 no
                 other
                 part
                 capacious
                 enough
                 to
                 keep
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 
                 womb
                 :
                 when
                 we
                 shall
                 finde
                 the
                 material
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Male
                 ,
                 copied
                 out
                 to
                 the
                 life
                 in
                 the
                 Foecus
                 ;
                 even
                 his
                 marks
                 ,
                 which
                 never
                 came
                 under
                 his
                 sight
                 or
                 knowledge
                 peradventure
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 branded
                 on
                 the
                 young
                 one
                 :
                 we
                 must
                 needs
                 acknowledge
                 something
                 more
                 then
                 an
                 irradiation
                 ,
                 or
                 foecundating
                 quality
                 ,
                 imprest
                 on
                 the
                 womb
                 by
                 the
                 Masculine
                 seed
                 ;
                 and
                 more
                 then
                 phansie
                 in
                 the
                 Females
                 to
                 produce
                 such
                 effects
                 .
                 A
                 Hen
                 trod
                 by
                 a
                 Pheasant
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 a
                 dark
                 room
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 she
                 could
                 never
                 see
                 his
                 proportions
                 or
                 colour
                 ,
                 brings
                 forth
                 Chickens
                 ,
                 resembling
                 both
                 her self
                 and
                 the
                 Pheasant
                 .
                 A
                 Bitch
                 lined
                 with
                 several
                 kindes
                 of
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 the
                 dark
                 ,
                 where
                 her
                 phansie
                 could
                 not
                 operate
                 to
                 the
                 assimulating
                 of
                 her
                 births
                 ,
                 brings
                 forth
                 her
                 whelps
                 fashioned
                 and
                 coloured
                 ,
                 like
                 to
                 all
                 those
                 she
                 coupled
                 with
                 .
                 The
                 Horse
                 leaves
                 some
                 material
                 impressions
                 of
                 himself
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 Mule
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 begets
                 on
                 the
                 Asse
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 strict
                 closure
                 of
                 the
                 wombs
                 
                 orifice
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 dissection
                 ▪
                 cannot
                 exclude
                 the
                 seeds
                 entrance
                 .
                 For
                 wee
                 know
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 coupling
                 in
                 all
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 much
                 differing
                 from
                 themselves
                 ,
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 ,
                 dilated
                 ,
                 and
                 swollen
                 up
                 by
                 a
                 more
                 then
                 ordinary
                 heat
                 ,
                 encreased
                 by
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 afflux
                 of
                 blood
                 to
                 those
                 parts
                 ,
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
                 Which
                 heat
                 not
                 onely
                 increaseth
                 the
                 desire
                 ,
                 but
                 dilateth
                 the
                 cavities
                 and
                 pores
                 :
                 that
                 those
                 parts
                 will
                 now
                 be
                 open
                 ,
                 which
                 before
                 were
                 shut
                 .
                 The
                 Hen
                 ,
                 and
                 Does
                 in
                 coition
                 elevate
                 the
                 Velabrum
                 ,
                 which
                 at
                 other
                 times
                 closely
                 shuts
                 that
                 passage
                 .
                 So
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 no
                 marvel
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 straight
                 orifice
                 of
                 the
                 womb
                 in
                 coition
                 shall
                 open
                 ,
                 to
                 admit
                 that
                 guest
                 she
                 so
                 much
                 desires
                 ;
                 and
                 moves
                 it self
                 directly
                 ,
                 to
                 receive
                 what
                 is
                 thrown
                 into
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 Male.
                 
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 his
                 second
                 ground
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Cock
                 wants
                 that
                 part
                 which
                 should
                 ejaculate
                 the
                 sperm
                 into
                 the
                 Matrix
                 :
                 dissection
                 will
                 shew
                 us
                 that
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 
                 not
                 so
                 conspicuous
                 as
                 in
                 other
                 creatures
                 ;
                 yet
                 at
                 the
                 termination
                 of
                 each
                 ejaculatory
                 ves●el
                 ,
                 close
                 by
                 the
                 Orifices
                 of
                 the
                 Uret●rs
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 seen
                 small
                 extuberancies
                 ▪
                 which
                 if
                 comprest
                 will
                 be
                 distended
                 to
                 a
                 greater
                 length
                 ,
                 emitting
                 seed
                 from
                 their
                 terminations
                 .
                 In
                 coition
                 we
                 cannot
                 but
                 beleeve
                 them
                 much
                 extended
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 other
                 creatures
                 ;
                 which
                 afterwards
                 are
                 flaccide
                 and
                 contracted
                 .
                 So
                 that
                 if
                 we
                 may
                 believe
                 dissection
                 (
                 the
                 surest
                 guide
                 )
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 Natures
                 bounty
                 to
                 this
                 creature
                 ;
                 whose
                 ●alacity
                 exceeding
                 others
                 ,
                 Nature
                 hath
                 bestowd
                 two
                 parts
                 ,
                 whereby
                 he
                 may
                 satisfie
                 his
                 desire
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 it
                 was
                 ●ecessary
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 for
                 having
                 no
                 common
                 receptacle
                 ,
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 sperm
                 from
                 both
                 testicles
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Prostata
                 in
                 other
                 creatures
                 :
                 one
                 Penis
                 could
                 emit
                 but
                 from
                 one
                 stone
                 ;
                 therefore
                 are
                 there
                 two
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 co●ion
                 either
                 by
                 turns
                 ,
                 or
                 together
                 ,
                 he
                 may
                 emit
                 these
                 seminal
                 parts
                 ,
                 f●om
                 both
                 testicles
                 .
                 The
                 defect
                 of
                 this
                 
                 part
                 then
                 will
                 bee
                 no
                 argument
                 to
                 prove
                 Fabricius
                 his
                 irradiation
                 only
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 must
                 here
                 take
                 away
                 one
                 stumbling
                 block
                 more
                 ,
                 which
                 our
                 Author
                 hath
                 l●id
                 in
                 my
                 way
                 ,
                 in
                 confutation
                 of
                 that
                 opinion
                 ,
                 favouring
                 the
                 actual
                 existence
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 bodies
                 .
                 Which
                 because
                 it
                 may
                 something
                 reflect
                 on
                 this
                 my
                 opinion
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Generation
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 a
                 little
                 review
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 to
                 confute
                 this
                 wa●
                 of
                 Generation
                 and
                 nutrition
                 ,
                 furnisheth
                 us
                 with
                 an
                 example
                 to
                 illustrate
                 his
                 Argument
                 ;
                 which
                 bears
                 the
                 weight
                 and
                 vigour
                 of
                 his
                 Argument
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 seem
                 very
                 much
                 to
                 infeeble
                 my
                 foregoing
                 Discourse
                 .
                 Suppose
                 (
                 sayes
                 he
                 )
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 a
                 Horse
                 a
                 Cow
                 ,
                 a
                 Sheep
                 ,
                 and
                 500
                 more
                 severall
                 Species
                 of
                 living
                 Creatures
                 ,
                 should
                 make
                 a
                 meal
                 of
                 Let
                 ice
                 :
                 to
                 avoid
                 all
                 perplex●ty
                 in
                 the
                 Argument
                 ,
                 let
                 us
                 allow
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 did
                 eat
                 a
                 pound
                 ;
                 and
                 and
                 let
                 us
                 conceive
                 another
                 pound
                 of
                 this
                 herb
                 to
                 be
                 burned
                 :
                 
                 as
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 putrisied
                 under
                 a
                 Cabbage
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 under
                 five
                 hundred
                 Plants
                 more
                 of
                 divers
                 Species
                 .
                 Then
                 cast
                 how
                 much
                 of
                 every
                 pound
                 of
                 Lettice
                 is
                 turned
                 into
                 the
                 substances
                 that
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 are
                 encreased
                 by
                 them
                 :
                 as
                 how
                 much
                 ashes
                 hath
                 been
                 made
                 by
                 one
                 pound
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 water
                 from
                 another
                 by
                 distillation
                 ;
                 how
                 much
                 a
                 Man
                 hath
                 been
                 encreased
                 by
                 a
                 third
                 ,
                 how
                 much
                 a
                 Horse
                 by
                 a
                 fourth
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 summ'd
                 up
                 all
                 these
                 several
                 quantities
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 finde
                 them
                 much
                 to
                 exceed
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 one
                 pound
                 ;
                 which
                 it
                 would
                 not
                 do
                 ,
                 if
                 every
                 pound
                 of
                 Lettice
                 were
                 made
                 up
                 of
                 several
                 different
                 similar
                 parts
                 actually
                 in
                 it
                 ▪
                 that
                 are
                 extracted
                 by
                 different
                 substances
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 those
                 parts
                 :
                 and
                 no
                 substance
                 could
                 be
                 encreased
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 parts
                 of
                 its
                 nature
                 were
                 originally
                 in
                 the
                 Lettice
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 answer
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 return
                 this
                 confession
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 certain
                 
                 that
                 all
                 of
                 so
                 many
                 distinct
                 Species
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 altogether
                 different
                 parts
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 did
                 or
                 could
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 quantitv
                 of
                 one
                 Plant
                 or
                 thing
                 ,
                 receive
                 a
                 valuable
                 bulk
                 of
                 nutriment
                 ;
                 his
                 Argument
                 would
                 remain
                 exceeding
                 valid
                 and
                 considerable
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 made
                 appear
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 takes
                 something
                 of
                 the
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 nourished
                 by
                 it
                 .
                 Nay
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 contrary
                 appears
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 are
                 not
                 nourished
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 food
                 :
                 Some
                 choosing
                 one
                 sort
                 of
                 meats
                 ,
                 some
                 another
                 ;
                 one
                 feeding
                 on
                 ,
                 and
                 living
                 by
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 kills
                 another
                 ;
                 this
                 growing
                 fat
                 by
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 starves
                 another
                 .
                 It
                 will
                 appear
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 choice
                 and
                 election
                 of
                 Atomes
                 in
                 that
                 which
                 nourishes
                 ,
                 appropriated
                 to
                 the
                 Species
                 for
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 provided
                 :
                 and
                 aswell
                 a
                 selection
                 of
                 those
                 Atomes
                 again
                 ,
                 to
                 constitute
                 a
                 new
                 Individuum
                 of
                 that
                 Species
                 .
                 In
                 distinct
                 Regions
                 we
                 finde
                 several
                 sorts
                 of
                 Plants
                 and
                 Animals
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 proper
                 off-spring
                 of
                 
                 those
                 countries
                 ;
                 which
                 are
                 nourished
                 b●
                 things
                 peculi●r
                 to
                 that
                 countrey
                 .
                 If
                 they
                 be
                 transferr'd
                 ▪
                 they
                 either
                 degenerate
                 ,
                 or
                 die
                 ,
                 wanting
                 their
                 proper
                 aliment
                 ;
                 but
                 seldome
                 or
                 never
                 propagate
                 their
                 kinde
                 .
                 
                   
                     Non
                     omnis
                     〈◊〉
                     omni●
                     tellus
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 can
                 appear
                 ,
                 that
                 many
                 Species
                 are
                 fed
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 :
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 likewise
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 those
                 Species
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 many
                 or
                 most
                 parts
                 resembling
                 one
                 another
                 .
                 And
                 then
                 no
                 doubt
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 aliment
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 every
                 one
                 finde
                 particl●s
                 fitly
                 applicable
                 to
                 those
                 corresponding
                 parts
                 :
                 and
                 no
                 lesse
                 able
                 to
                 consti●ute
                 their
                 members
                 ,
                 then
                 anothers
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 may
                 yet
                 be
                 objected
                 ;
                 If
                 the
                 seminall
                 Atomes
                 do
                 so
                 dispose
                 themselves
                 in
                 their
                 due
                 and
                 natural
                 orders
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 body
                 resembling
                 the
                 Species
                 ;
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 lay
                 the
                 first
                 foundations
                 ,
                 and
                 rude
                 draught
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Body
                 .
                 Why
                 are
                 they
                 
                 not
                 thus
                 disposed
                 ,
                 and
                 setled
                 in
                 the
                 seminal
                 vessels
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 sperm
                 is
                 made
                 ?
                 There
                 wants
                 neither
                 heat
                 nor
                 life
                 to
                 actuate
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 shall
                 answer
                 ;
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 perhaps
                 if
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 had
                 convenient
                 room
                 in
                 those
                 vessels
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 conjoyned
                 in
                 an
                 orderly
                 method
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 Nature
                 hath
                 so
                 ordered
                 these
                 vessels
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 parts
                 ,
                 both
                 separating
                 and
                 containing
                 these
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 one
                 continued
                 cavity
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Matrix
                 is
                 ,
                 which
                 receives
                 them
                 in
                 coition
                 ;
                 but
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 glandulous
                 and
                 porous
                 body
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 particles
                 or
                 Atomes
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 lie
                 scattered
                 ,
                 and
                 parted
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 by
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 glandule
                 .
                 For
                 first
                 ,
                 these
                 Atomes
                 are
                 separated
                 by
                 the
                 testicles
                 ,
                 a
                 glandulous
                 body
                 ;
                 next
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 conveighed
                 to
                 the
                 Prostata
                 ,
                 a
                 glandule
                 too
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 reserved
                 until
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 use
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Ejaculatory
                 vessels
                 ,
                 their
                 
                 passage
                 betwixt
                 the
                 testicles
                 and
                 Prostata
                 ;
                 though
                 they
                 circulate
                 through
                 divers
                 Meanders
                 ,
                 and
                 Cavities
                 ;
                 yet
                 there
                 they
                 cannot
                 rank
                 themselves
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 continual
                 motion
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 subsequent
                 particles
                 still
                 driving
                 on
                 the
                 former
                 )
                 which
                 hinders
                 their
                 conjunction
                 :
                 rest
                 being
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 Union
                 .
                 Those
                 seminal
                 vessels
                 ,
                 which
                 in
                 dis●ections
                 are
                 found
                 joyned
                 to
                 the
                 Prostata
                 ,
                 having
                 many
                 Cavities
                 ,
                 and
                 full
                 of
                 thin
                 liquor
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 contain
                 these
                 seminal
                 particles
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Prostata
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 )
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 in
                 coition
                 are
                 they
                 emitted
                 .
                 The
                 liquor
                 that
                 is
                 found
                 in
                 these
                 seminal
                 cavities
                 ,
                 supplies
                 perhaps
                 (
                 besides
                 that
                 other
                 in
                 coition
                 )
                 the
                 office
                 of
                 the
                 thin
                 transparent
                 liquor
                 in
                 the
                 Egg
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 the
                 Chick
                 swims
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 which
                 the
                 finer
                 parts
                 are
                 nourished
                 at
                 first
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 first
                 concocted
                 into
                 the
                 blood
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 these
                 Atomes
                 in
                 their
                 ordering
                 must
                 (
                 I
                 said
                 )
                 be
                 regulated
                 by
                 the
                 soul
                 ,
                 traduced
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 
                 not
                 fastned
                 to
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 while
                 it
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 seminal
                 vessels
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 blood
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 humours
                 in
                 their
                 chanels
                 ,
                 on
                 whose
                 losse
                 or
                 preservation
                 the
                 soul
                 doth
                 no
                 way
                 depend
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 in
                 all
                 emissions
                 of
                 sperm
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 soul
                 conveighed
                 with
                 these
                 seminal
                 Atomes
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 any
                 place
                 it
                 may
                 constitute
                 a
                 body
                 .
                 In
                 all
                 involuntary
                 emissions
                 ,
                 the
                 soul
                 is
                 not
                 communicated
                 to
                 the
                 seed
                 .
                 But
                 then
                 onely
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 generators
                 soul
                 by
                 a
                 voluntary
                 act
                 ,
                 intent
                 on
                 propagation
                 and
                 multiplying
                 her self
                 into
                 another
                 Individuum
                 ▪
                 diffuseth
                 her self
                 into
                 the
                 now
                 parting
                 sperm
                 ,
                 then
                 only
                 is
                 it
                 prolifical
                 .
                 Which
                 coming
                 into
                 a
                 convenient
                 receptacle
                 ,
                 where
                 these
                 Atomes
                 may
                 repose
                 ;
                 being
                 moved
                 onely
                 by
                 that
                 soul
                 which
                 accompanied
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 which
                 they
                 received
                 their
                 orders
                 and
                 commands
                 ,
                 are
                 soon
                 setled
                 into
                 their
                 proper
                 places
                 ,
                 and
                 become
                 a
                 perfect
                 Individuum
                 of
                 that
                 Species
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 have
                 I
                 discovered
                 the
                 wayes
                 of
                 
                 Generation
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 cleared
                 too
                 of
                 all
                 those
                 doubts
                 ▪
                 that
                 could
                 be
                 raised
                 against
                 it
                 ;
                 will
                 ●ly
                 pronounce
                 ,
                 that
                 phansie
                 of
                 our
                 Authors
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 but
                 the
                 issue
                 of
                 an
                 acute
                 wit
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 birth
                 of
                 his
                 maturer
                 judgement
                 .
                 If
                 in
                 this
                 Discourse
                 I
                 have
                 erred
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 marvel
                 at
                 my
                 humane
                 frailty
                 but
                 hope
                 to
                 finde
                 as
                 favourable
                 a
                 Censure
                 .
              
               
                 FINIS
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               DISCOVRSE
               OF
               THE
               Cure
               of
               Wounds
               BY
               SYMPATHY
               .
            
             
               OR
               ,
               Without
               any
               real
               application
               of
               Medicines
               to
               the
               part
               affected
               ;
               but
               especially
               by
               that
               Powder
               known
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Sir
               
                 GILB●RT
                 TALBOTS
              
               POWDER
               .
            
             
               By
               NATH
               ▪
               HIGHMORE
               Dr.
               of
               Physick
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Sympathetical
               Cure
               OF
               WOVNDS
               .
            
             
               THese
               universal
               and
               general
               Laws
               of
               Nature
               being
               laid
               down
               and
               rightly
               understood
               ,
               the
               Cure
               of
               Wounds
               w
               thout
               Topical
               Application
               of
               Medicines
               ,
               to
               the
               part
               affected
               ,
               will
               soon
               appear
               an
               unquestionable
               Truth
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               Magical
               delusion
               ,
               as
               hath
               bin
               supposed
               :
               and
               by
               some
               ,
               whose
               laborious
               Pens
               have
               endevoured
               a
               conv●ction
               ,
               most
               unjustly
               bin
               stiled
               diabolicall
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               First
               ,
               it
               is
               absolutely
               true
               ,
               and
               an
               unquestionable
               law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               (
               if
               ,
               prejudice
               laid
               aside
               ,
               right
               reason
               takes
               
               her
               place
               ,
               )
               that
               all
               actions
               and
               motions
               are
               performed
               by
               Atomes
               ,
               or
               small
               bodies
               ,
               moving
               after
               a
               different
               manner
               ,
               proportionable
               to
               their
               severall
               ●igures
               ;
               and
               not
               by
               I
               know
               not
               what
               qualities
               ,
               (
               which
               have
               onely
               a
               notional
               subsistence
               ,
               )
               acting
               without
               the
               bodies
               to
               which
               they
               belong
               ,
               and
               leaping
               from
               one
               subject
               to
               another
               ,
               without
               changing
               their
               forms
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               There
               is
               a
               constant
               Effluvium
               or
               expiration
               of
               such
               Atomes
               from
               all
               bodies
               :
               caused
               by
               a
               compression
               of
               other
               Circumjacent
               bodies
               ;
               driving
               the
               parts
               closer
               together
               ;
               or
               else
               by
               the
               mtion
               of
               other
               Atomes
               crowding
               into
               the
               porous
               parts
               of
               that
               body
               ;
               disturbing
               the
               repose
               and
               quiet
               of
               the
               former
               inhabitants
               ,
               and
               thrust
               them
               out
               ,
               to
               wander
               about
               in
               the
               air
               ,
               till
               they
               meet
               with
               some
               other
               body
               of
               the
               same
               nature
               ,
               or
               return
               to
               the
               same
               body
               from
               whence
               they
               were
               driven
               ,
               where
               they
               may
               obtain
               their
               desired
               rest
               a
               while
               ,
               which
               is
               but
               very
               short
               .
            
             
             
               5.
               
               This
               expiration
               ,
               some
               by
               the
               help
               of
               Glasses
               ,
               have
               seen
               in
               the
               form
               of
               a
               mist
               to
               flow
               from
               a
               Loadstone
               ,
               and
               other
               bodies
               whose
               aporcheas
               are
               more
               plentiful
               :
               In
               bodies
               that
               are
               actually
               hot
               ,
               this
               Fffluvium
               is
               sensibly
               apparent
               to
               the
               smell
               ,
               especially
               to
               Creatures
               of
               an
               acuter
               sense
               ;
               whose
               expirations
               hanging
               in
               the
               air
               ,
               or
               upon
               the
               ground
               ;
               are
               as
               sure
               a
               guide
               to
               the
               persecuting
               Dog
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               continually
               in
               his
               eye
               .
               Sanctorius
               teacheth
               us
               too
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               no
               lesse
               sensibly
               discovered
               by
               weight
               ,
               who
               affirm
               ,
               a
               Man
               in
               one
               nights
               space
               to
               be
               lighter
               by
               three
               pounds
               weight
               ,
               then
               he
               was
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               night
               ,
               caused
               onely
               by
               this
               insensible
               expiration
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               These
               Atomes
               are
               not
               of
               one
               Figure
               ,
               nor
               of
               one
               magnitude
               or
               grossenesse
               :
               some
               being
               so
               subtile
               and
               slender
               ,
               that
               they
               admit
               of
               no
               opposition
               ,
               but
               continue
               their
               course
               through
               all
               mediums
               :
               and
               whatever
               may
               seem
               
               to
               oppose
               them
               in
               their
               way
               ,
               such
               are
               not
               discovered
               by
               us
               ,
               but
               by
               their
               effects
               ;
               they
               ●enetrating
               ,
               and
               acting
               what
               their
               Figure
               can
               do
               ,
               before
               we
               are
               sensible
               of
               them
               :
               such
               are
               the
               contagious
               Atomes
               of
               bodies
               infected
               w●th
               the
               Plague
               ,
               or
               other
               pestilential
               diseases
               ;
               which
               are
               ●ot
               only
               communicated
               to
               others
               ,
               by
               their
               harbouring
               in
               the
               visitants
               clothes
               ;
               but
               being
               dis●erst
               in
               the
               air
               ,
               are
               conveighed
               to
               remote
               places
               and
               persons
               ,
               on
               whom
               they
               exercise
               their
               tyranny
               ,
               not
               discovered
               till
               they
               break
               out
               into
               open
               violence
               .
               Others
               again
               are
               grosser
               ,
               and
               cannot
               so
               easily
               passe
               by
               ,
               or
               through
               others
               of
               the
               same
               or
               greater
               grossenesse
               :
               and
               are
               therefore
               driven
               by
               the
               strongest
               ,
               and
               inforc'd
               from
               their
               intended
               voyage
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               beaten
               into
               the
               pores
               of
               other
               bodies
               .
               And
               such
               Atomes
               are
               apprehended
               by
               our
               senses
               ,
               as
               heat
               ,
               cold
               ,
               smels
               ,
               colour
               ,
               &c.
               &
               move
               more
               slowly
               then
               the
               former
               .
               Some
               are
               so
               grosse
               that
               they
               
               move
               solid
               and
               fixt
               bodies
               out
               of
               their
               places
               ,
               as
               the
               winde
               ▪
               and
               many
               others
               that
               are
               driven
               to
               and
               fro
               by
               the
               winde
               ,
               as
               it
               moveth
               ,
               they
               change
               their
               place
               .
               These
               Atomes
               we
               are
               sensible
               of
               ,
               and
               shall
               without
               much
               difficulty
               ,
               be
               perswaded
               to
               confesse
               their
               being
               and
               activity
               .
               The
               magnetick
               effluviums
               ,
               and
               influences
               of
               the
               Planets
               ,
               the
               subtile
               expirations
               of
               all
               bodies
               ,
               especially
               those
               which
               are
               not
               raised
               by
               the
               attenuating
               of
               much
               heat
               are
               to
               be
               ranked
               in
               the
               first
               Classis
               ,
               and
               have
               been
               heretofore
               Christned
               by
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Occult
                 qualities
              
               .
               The
               others
               have
               been
               stiled
               prime
               qualities
               ,
               vapors
               ,
               exhalations
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               is
               another
               general
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               that
               all
               bodies
               desire
               rest
               ;
               and
               would
               continue
               in
               their
               own
               proper
               places
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               not
               disturbed
               by
               an
               intruder
               :
               Rest
               being
               the
               Mother
               of
               union
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               desire
               of
               all
               natural
               bodies
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               There
               are
               some
               places
               more
               sit
               
               for
               the
               receiving
               and
               holding
               of
               some
               bodies
               ,
               or
               Atomes
               ,
               then
               others
               ;
               in
               which
               they
               may
               better
               and
               longer
               rest
               .
               And
               that
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               fashion
               and
               form
               of
               the
               pores
               receiving
               them
               ;
               being
               proportionable
               ,
               and
               more
               agreeable
               to
               the
               figures
               of
               the
               Atomes
               .
               As
               some
               Atomes
               are
               Angular
               ,
               some
               Cylindrical
               ,
               branched
               ,
               smooth
               sharp
               ,
               rough
               .
               There
               are
               in
               bodies
               pores
               agreeable
               to
               these
               figures
               ;
               so
               that
               some
               Atomes
               shall
               bee
               received
               into
               po●es
               proportionate
               to
               them
               ,
               others
               excluded
               ;
               as
               the
               fire
               ,
               sharp
               and
               penetrating
               Salt
               ,
               creep
               into
               the
               pores
               of
               a
               Stone
               ;
               which
               the
               Atomes
               of
               Water
               ,
               cold
               ,
               and
               light
               ,
               cannot
               :
               the
               infectious
               Atomes
               of
               that
               pestilential
               disease
               amongst
               beasts
               ,
               called
               the
               Murren
               ,
               insinuate
               themselves
               into
               Cows
               and
               Swine
               ,
               not
               into
               Horses
               ,
               or
               Men
               ,
               as
               the
               infection
               of
               the
               Pox
               or
               Measils
               in
               Men
               ,
               is
               not
               communicated
               to
               Beasts
               ,
               &c.
               
               This
               agreement
               betwixt
               the
               pores
               and
               the
               Atomes
               ,
               makes
               that
               ,
               we
               call
               Cognation
               .
            
             
             
               6.
               
               No
               Atomes
               rest
               any
               where
               ,
               but
               in
               those
               cognate
               or
               proportionate
               pores
               .
               They
               may
               be
               driven
               into
               other
               bodies
               ,
               or
               may
               accompany
               other
               Atomes
               ,
               into
               pores
               that
               do
               not
               exactly
               correspond
               with
               their
               figures
               but
               cannot
               rest
               there
               ;
               being
               still
               thrust
               out
               by
               those
               that
               do
               better
               sill
               up
               that
               place
               ,
               and
               correspond
               with
               the
               capacity
               and
               proportion
               of
               those
               pores
               ;
               and
               hence
               ariseth
               a
               natural
               inclination
               and
               tendency
               towards
               those
               bodies
               where
               such
               pores
               are
               .
               For
               being
               once
               dislodged
               ,
               and
               thrust
               out
               of
               those
               cognate
               places
               ,
               they
               are
               still
               shouldered
               out
               ,
               and
               prest
               to
               give
               way
               for
               those
               Atomes
               ,
               whose
               figures
               cla●m
               a
               right
               to
               those
               pores
               they
               are
               now
               wandring
               in
               :
               being
               thus
               thrust
               out
               ,
               &
               prest
               on
               every
               side
               by
               other
               dislodged
               Atoms
               ,
               they
               are
               inforc'd
               to
               move
               that
               way
               where
               they
               finde
               least
               crowding
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               violence
               least
               urgeth
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               on
               the
               side
               where
               these
               pores
               are
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               from
               whence
               they
               were
               first
               disquieted
               .
               For
               other
               Atomes
               not
               finding
               
               entrance
               into
               the
               pores
               of
               such
               bodies
               ,
               rebounding
               back
               ,
               cause
               other
               behinde
               them
               to
               rush
               into
               their
               place
               ,
               to
               give
               way
               for
               them
               rebounding
               ;
               who
               likewise
               not
               being
               entertained
               ,
               return
               too
               ,
               thrusting
               others
               into
               their
               room
               :
               till
               at
               last
               it
               comes
               to
               the
               turn
               of
               those
               cognate
               Atomes
               :
               who
               being
               violently
               thrust
               on
               by
               those
               behinde
               them
               ,
               are
               also
               now
               by
               these
               that
               were
               before
               them
               ,
               returning
               ;
               are
               prest
               upon
               these
               proportionate
               pores
               ,
               who
               in
               respect
               of
               their
               cognate
               figures
               ,
               sinding
               admitance
               by
               their
               entrance
               ,
               make
               way
               for
               others
               of
               the
               same
               proportion
               to
               follow
               them
               .
               So
               that
               there
               is
               a
               constant
               necessitated
               motion
               of
               such
               Atomes
               this
               way
               ,
               forc'd
               by
               the
               impulsion
               of
               other
               Atomes
               .
               Which
               motion
               is
               natural
               too
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               cognation
               betwixt
               the
               place
               and
               the
               Atomes
               ,
               though
               in
               respect
               to
               other
               Atomes
               ,
               and
               the
               force
               imprest
               by
               them
               ,
               it
               be
               violent
               and
               forc'd
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               motion
               which
               they
               say
               is
               caused
               by
               Sympathy
               .
               Such
               are
               all
               magneticall
               
               motions
               ;
               amongst
               which
               likewise
               m●y
               be
               ranked
               these
               Atomes
               curing
               at
               a
               distance
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               No
               distance
               hinders
               the
               motion
               of
               these
               Atomes
               towards
               their
               natural
               places
               .
               For
               no
               pores
               agreeing
               with
               their
               figure
               ,
               but
               their
               own
               ,
               that
               are
               p●oportioned
               to
               them
               ,
               they
               will
               still
               be
               thrust
               out
               by
               those
               Atomes
               which
               are
               fitted
               for
               those
               pores
               in
               which
               they
               are
               :
               so
               that
               being
               enforc'd
               by
               the
               pressure
               of
               others
               to
               move
               from
               one
               place
               to
               another
               they
               will
               still
               keep
               on
               moving
               that
               way
               whither
               they
               are
               th●ust
               ,
               till
               they
               come
               to
               a
               place
               proportionable
               to
               them
               where
               they
               may
               be
               freed
               from
               this
               violence
               So
               that
               as
               the
               large
               sphere
               of
               magnetical
               motions
               may
               not
               seem
               wonderful
               ,
               so
               neither
               rightly
               can
               this
               sympathetical
               motion
               of
               these
               curative
               Atomes
               be
               accounted
               magical
               ,
               if
               they
               cure
               the
               part
               they
               seem
               not
               to
               touch
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               The
               nearer
               these
               Atomes
               approach
               to
               their
               desired
               home
               ,
               the
               resistance
               is
               still
               lesse
               on
               that
               side
               ,
               and
               the
               pressure
               
               greater
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               and
               therefore
               their
               motion
               is
               swifrer
               ,
               in
               a
               shorter
               distance
               ,
               and
               also
               slower
               at
               a
               greater
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               There
               may
               be
               ,
               and
               oftentimes
               is
               a
               Conjunction
               of
               Atomes
               ,
               which
               in
               their
               Pilgrimage
               ,
               flie
               on
               the
               back
               one
               of
               another
               ,
               and
               may
               and
               do
               operate
               together
               :
               as
               the
               Winde
               doth
               carry
               with
               it
               many
               infectious
               Atomes
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               rare
               and
               comfortable
               smels
               .
            
             
               These
               things
               premised
               and
               layed
               as
               foundations
               of
               truth
               ,
               which
               can
               (
               if
               examined
               with
               an
               unbiassed
               judgement
               )
               appear
               no
               other
               ;
               they
               will
               demonstratively
               illustrate
               this
               way
               and
               cure
               of
               wounds
               without
               any
               topicall
               application
               .
               It
               remains
               therefore
               that
               wee
               explain
               the
               manner
               of
               this
               operation
               ;
               what
               the
               Medicine
               is
               ,
               and
               why
               it
               workes
               more
               effectually
               at
               a
               distance
               ,
               then
               if
               applyed
               to
               the
               part
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               the
               Medicine
               is
               made
               of
               a
               
               Zaphyrian
               Salt
               ,
               calcined
               by
               a
               celestial
               fire
               ,
               operating
               in
               Leo
               and
               Cancer
               ,
               into
               a
               Lunar
               complexion
               .
               The
               heat
               must
               bee
               such
               ,
               that
               it
               draws
               out
               all
               adventitious
               moisture
               ,
               leaving
               it
               intensly
               dry
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               condition
               it
               must
               be
               kept
               .
               If
               at
               any
               time
               it
               meets
               with
               any
               moisture
               ,
               it
               loseth
               its
               energy
               ,
               and
               must
               to
               the
               aethereal
               fornace
               again
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               such
               a
               proportioned
               heat
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               greater
               ;
               for
               by
               excesse
               of
               heat
               ,
               all
               the
               volatile
               parts
               and
               sinest
               Atomes
               ,
               which
               onely
               work
               this
               cure
               ,
               will
               bee
               evaporated
               :
               and
               onely
               the
               grosser
               saline
               parts
               remain
               ,
               which
               neither
               can
               be
               raised
               to
               accompany
               the
               Atomes
               of
               the
               blood
               :
               neither
               if
               they
               could
               ,
               would
               they
               cure
               ;
               but
               by
               their
               sharper
               angles
               ,
               grate
               the
               orifices
               of
               the
               capillary
               veins
               ,
               and
               so
               procure
               an
               efflux
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               consolidation
               of
               the
               wound
               .
            
             
               The
               substance
               of
               this
               medicament
               being
               joyned
               w
               th
               other
               unctuous
               bodies
               ,
               is
               
               applyed
               to
               the
               wounds
               themselves
               ,
               in
               most
               cicatrizing
               and
               drying
               emplasters
               .
               Which
               when
               the
               sharp
               angles
               are
               blunted
               by
               the
               unctuousnesse
               of
               the
               adjoyned
               medicaments
               ,
               doth
               dry
               up
               ,
               and
               unite
               the
               wounded
               parts
               most
               effectually
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               emplaster
               called
               Diapalma
               ,
               &c.
               
               Much
               more
               effectual
               then
               must
               the
               siner
               active
               〈◊〉
               ●articles
               be
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               separated
               from
               those
               more
               earth●
               ,
               〈◊〉
               parts
               ;
               and
               conveighed
               into
               the
               remotest
               pores
               of
               the
               wounded
               part
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               the
               bloody
               Atomes
               returning
               home
               :
               upon
               whose
               score
               they
               finde
               a
               far
               greater
               and
               more
               welcome
               entertainment
               ,
               then
               if
               they
               came
               alone
               ,
               or
               joyned
               with
               any
               other
               Forrainers
               .
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               applying
               the
               medicine
               is
               in
               this
               fashion
               .
               The
               blood
               ,
               or
               bloody
               m●tter
               taken
               from
               the
               wound
               on
               a
               cloath
               ,
               ●ust
               be
               lightly
               covered
               over
               with
               this
               powder
               ,
               kept
               very
               dry
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               wrapt
               up
               close
               from
               the
               air
               ,
               and
               so
               kept
               in
               a
               temperate
               heat
               ;
               
               neither
               must
               it
               finde
               any
               muta●ion
               to
               either
               excesse
               ;
               the
               wound
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               must
               be
               kept
               clean
               ,
               and
               clothed
               up
               with
               drie
               clean
               clothes
               .
               If
               it
               hath
               been
               an
               old
               sore
               or
               ulcer
               ,
               that
               Nature
               hath
               found
               a
               convenient
               passage
               to
               vent
               the
               burden
               of
               her
               excrements
               that
               way
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               a
               tumor
               ,
               (
               as
               necessarily
               there
               will
               be
               )
               the
               first
               dressing
               doth
               most
               violently
               drein
               this
               Fountain
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               finde
               the
               wound
               to
               run
               most
               strangly
               :
               afterwards
               when
               the
               matter
               is
               lessened
               ,
               and
               is
               reduced
               to
               such
               a
               proportion
               as
               nature
               and
               the
               medicine
               may
               conveniently
               buckle
               with
               it
               ,
               then
               it
               turns
               it
               into
               laudably
               concocted
               matter
               ,
               which
               every
               day
               lessens
               ,
               and
               the
               wound
               closeth
               .
               But
               if
               the
               wound
               be
               fresh
               ,
               the
               applied
               medicine
               presently
               stoppeth
               the
               blood
               ,
               and
               hinders
               an
               afflux
               of
               humors
               to
               the
               part
               .
               So
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               but
               the
               uniting
               the
               severed
               parts
               ,
               which
               this
               medicine
               doth
               in
               a
               wonderful
               short
               time
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               which
               these
               balsamical
               Atomes
               
               of
               the
               Medicine
               ,
               applyed
               to
               the
               blood
               ,
               take
               to
               come
               to
               the
               wounded
               part
               ,
               is
               next
               to
               be
               shewed
               .
               All
               action
               being
               performed
               
                 Applicando
                 activa
                 passivis
              
               ,
               either
               by
               a
               real
               or
               virtual
               (
               which
               indeed
               must
               be
               reall
               too
               )
               contact
               ,
               it
               must
               needs
               make
               this
               cure
               suspected
               ;
               because
               the
               medicine
               being
               applyed
               only
               to
               the
               blood
               ,
               there
               appears
               to
               be
               no
               kinde
               of
               contact
               ,
               &
               therefore
               it
               should
               follow
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               operation
               or
               action
               upon
               the
               wound
               ;
               especially
               when
               the
               wound
               is
               at
               so
               great
               a
               distance
               from
               the
               medicine
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               we
               shall
               review
               the
               former
               Laws
               of
               Nature
               ,
               the
               contact
               will
               soon
               appear
               to
               be
               as
               real
               ,
               as
               that
               made
               by
               the
               Sun
               darting
               his
               beams
               into
               any
               of
               these
               inferiour
               bodies
               ,
               though
               thousands
               of
               miles
               remote
               from
               it
               .
               The
               medicine
               therefore
               being
               a
               body
               constituted
               of
               several
               particles
               ▪
               it
               will
               necessarily
               follow
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               an
               effluvium
               ,
               or
               constant
               expiration
               of
               Atomes
               from
               it
               ,
               by
               the
               second
               law
               of
               Nature
               .
               And
               by
               the
               
               ninth
               rule
               these
               may
               be
               conjoyned
               with
               the
               Atomes
               of
               blood
               extravenated
               ,
               and
               accompany
               them
               in
               their
               flight
               .
               Nay
               ,
               they
               must
               joyn
               with
               them
               ,
               for
               the
               Medicine
               being
               a
               Salt
               ,
               when
               it
               comes
               to
               imbibe
               the
               moisture
               of
               the
               blood
               ,
               is
               (
               as
               all
               Salts
               will
               be
               )
               dissolved
               ,
               and
               perfectly
               mixt
               together
               with
               it
               ;
               which
               being
               kept
               in
               a
               constant
               continued
               heat
               ,
               are
               continually
               breathing
               forth
               insensibly
               Atomes
               from
               both
               .
               Being
               thus
               united
               and
               exposed
               ,
               the
               particles
               of
               blood
               being
               most
               ,
               and
               most
               active
               ,
               they
               carry
               their
               companion
               along
               with
               them
               .
               Who
               by
               the
               sixth
               and
               seventh
               rules
               ,
               must
               of
               necessity
               be
               driven
               to
               the
               wounded
               part
               ,
               though
               remote
               from
               it
               a
               very
               great
               distance
               .
            
             
               When
               these
               companions
               the
               Atomes
               of
               the
               extravenated
               blood
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Medicine
               are
               come
               to
               the
               wounded
               part
               ,
               the
               Atoms
               of
               the
               blood
               are
               received
               ,
               finding
               an
               easie
               entrance
               at
               those
               cognate
               parts
               ,
               those
               proportionate
               pores
               ;
               with
               which
               covertly
               slips
               in
               the
               other
               of
               the
               Medicine
               ;
               who
               meeting
               there
               with
               more
               moisture
               ,
               presently
               delivers
               up
               its
               saline
               parts
               to
               bee
               conjoyned
               with
               those
               new
               moist
               parts
               ;
               which
               by
               the
               addition
               of
               these
               newly
               resolved
               salt
               particles
               ,
               become
               more
               fluid
               and
               loose
               ,
               fitter
               to
               bee
               driven
               out
               ,
               which
               is
               suddenly
               done
               .
               For
               besides
               this
               loosening
               the
               superfluous
               matter
               in
               the
               wound
               ,
               the
               Medicine
               hath
               such
               parts
               as
               contracts
               the
               solider
               parts
               neerer
               together
               ,
               and
               so
               shuts
               the
               orifices
               of
               the
               veins
               ,
               that
               the
               efflux
               of
               blood
               and
               humors
               thence
               ,
               is
               presently
               stayed
               ;
               and
               the
               ●ores
               being
               lessened
               ▪
               ●his
               superfluous
               moisture
               which
               
               hindered
               the
               union
               of
               the
               parts
               ,
               is
               prest
               out
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               wound
               is
               more
               easily
               soadred
               up
               .
               Which
               worke
               is
               quickly
               performed
               by
               Nature
               her self
               ,
               when
               there
               shall
               be
               nothing
               to
               hinder
               the
               apposition
               of
               such
               fitly
               prepared
               particles
               ,
               as
               shee
               hath
               provided
               in
               every
               part
               for
               their
               nourishment
               and
               augmentation
               .
               This
               double
               work
               of
               the
               Medicine
               ,
               the
               loosening
               and
               diluting
               the
               fluid
               parts
               ,
               that
               distend
               the
               pores
               of
               the
               wound
               ,
               (
               which
               causes
               that
               pain
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               inseparable
               companion
               of
               separation
               of
               continuity
               )
               as
               likewise
               the
               constriction
               of
               the
               pores
               ,
               and
               joyning
               the
               more
               solid
               parts
               neerer
               together
               ;
               is
               demonstrable
               in
               all
               Salts
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               laid
               on
               bodies
               retaining
               any
               quantity
               of
               moisture
               in
               them
               .
               For
               Salt
               layed
               on
               mea●
               ,
               causes
               first
               a
               great
               quantity
               of
               bloody
               water
               to
               flow
               
               from
               it
               ;
               aster
               which
               you
               shall
               finde
               the
               flesh
               harder
               ,
               and
               shrunk
               closer
               together
               :
               and
               at
               last
               ,
               if
               it
               continues
               long
               ,
               the
               moisture
               is
               clean
               dreined
               out
               of
               it
               .
               So
               in
               the
               making
               of
               some
               Syrups
               ,
               if
               upon
               Limons
               or
               Apples
               sliced
               thin
               ,
               you
               strew
               Sugar
               (
               which
               is
               a
               kinde
               of
               Salt
               )
               it
               will
               drein
               out
               all
               their
               moisture
               ,
               and
               leave
               them
               dry
               and
               hard
               .
               This
               being
               done
               by
               ordinary
               Salts
               ,
               wee
               must
               expect
               a
               far
               greater
               &
               speedier
               operation
               from
               this
               ,
               whose
               parts
               claim
               a
               greater
               activity
               in
               binding
               up
               and
               closing
               ,
               then
               any
               Salt
               ,
               as
               every
               tongue
               will
               soon
               confesse
               that
               toucheth
               it
               ,
               either
               before
               or
               after
               its
               preparation
               .
               It
               will
               be
               no
               wonder
               then
               ,
               to
               see
               so
               large
               an
               efflux
               of
               Matter
               from
               an
               Ulcer
               ,
               till
               all
               bee
               consumed
               ,
               after
               the
               sirst
               dressing
               of
               the
               cloth
               ;
               or
               to
               see
               so
               sudden
               a
               stop
               
               given
               to
               the
               blood
               flowing
               from
               the
               wound
               .
            
             
               The
               cloth
               in
               which
               the
               blood
               and
               Medicine
               are
               kept
               ,
               must
               bee
               wrapt
               up
               close
               ,
               and
               kept
               warm
               in
               a
               temperate
               heat
               ,
               not
               declining
               to
               either
               excesse
               .
               First
               ,
               because
               the
               cold
               doth
               prohibit
               the
               expiration
               and
               breathing
               forth
               of
               these
               Atomes
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               wounded
               part
               is
               for
               that
               time
               destitute
               of
               those
               balsamical
               Atomes
               ,
               which
               should
               drein
               forth
               the
               superfluous
               humidity
               ,
               and
               restrain
               the
               afflux
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               other
               humors
               to
               the
               part
               .
               So
               that
               the
               blood
               flowing
               to
               this
               weakned
               part
               ,
               distends
               its
               pores
               ,
               and
               vessels
               again
               beyond
               its
               natural
               and
               accustomed
               limits
               ,
               and
               rends
               asunder
               what
               was
               almost
               united
               before
               .
               And
               this
               is
               that
               which
               causeth
               that
               pain
               ,
               occasioned
               by
               exposing
               the
               clothes
               
               to
               the
               cold
               air
               .
               Besides
               ,
               this
               hindring
               the
               efflux
               of
               these
               aporrheas
               from
               the
               cruentated
               cloth
               by
               cold
               ,
               there
               may
               bee
               some
               extraneous
               Atomes
               ;
               (
               as
               those
               of
               cold
               or
               icy
               parts
               ,
               whose
               activity
               in
               penetrating
               of
               bodies
               ,
               I
               conceive
               to
               bee
               little
               lesse
               then
               those
               of
               fire
               ,
               )
               which
               being
               conveighed
               along
               with
               these
               Atomes
               from
               the
               cloth
               ,
               more
               slenderly
               now
               transmitted
               ;
               may
               disaffect
               the
               wound
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               figure
               and
               nature
               of
               the
               Atomes
               :
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               that
               story
               of
               Sir
               
                 Kenelm
                 Digbies
              
               usage
               of
               Master
               Howels
               cruentated
               Garter
               ,
               heating
               it
               over
               coals
               in
               a
               dish
               of
               Vinegar
               ;
               which
               put
               the
               lame
               Gentleman
               into
               extream
               pain
               and
               torture
               ;
               but
               upon
               the
               removall
               of
               those
               ,
               and
               the
               fresh
               dressing
               of
               the
               Garter
               ,
               hee
               presently
               received
               ease
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               very
               short
               time
               a
               perfect
               Cure
               
               The
               other
               extream
               ,
               viz.
               of
               heat
               ,
               doth
               as
               much
               exasperate
               the
               wounded
               part
               ,
               as
               may
               appear
               by
               this
               story
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               another
               ,
               from
               a
               very
               credible
               Reporter
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               some
               Scrophulous
               Ulcer
               by
               this
               powder
               ,
               had
               almost
               perfected
               the
               Cure
               ;
               the
               Father
               still
               keeping
               the
               Cloth
               〈◊〉
               his
               pocket
               ;
               but
               being
               to
               lodge
               abroad
               one
               night
               ,
               left
               the
               Cloth
               with
               this
               Gentleman
               ;
               who
               dressing
               the
               Cloth
               ,
               as
               before
               ,
               in
               the
               ●orning
               put
               it
               up
               in
               his
               owne
               pocket
               ,
               and
               kept
               himselfe
               by
               a
               great
               fire
               all
               that
               day
               ;
               and
               at
               night
               ,
               laid
               it
               in
               his
               bed
               ,
               under
               his
               she●
               onely
               ,
               and
               so
               kept
               it
               extream●
               hot
               .
               The
               Child
               which
               had
               bef●re
               continued
               in
               very
               good
               case
               since
               the
               first
               dressing
               ,
               all
               that
               afternoon
               and
               the
               night
               following
               was
               extreamly
               tortured
               ,
               and
               slept
               not
               at
               all
               .
               In
               the
               
               morning
               when
               he
               came
               to
               dresse
               the
               Childe
               again
               ,
               hee
               found
               the
               wound
               had
               bled
               much
               ,
               and
               was
               very
               sor●
               :
               but
               dressing
               the
               Cloth
               again
               ,
               put
               it
               up
               in
               his
               own
               pocket
               ;
               and
               so
               returned
               to
               his
               good
               fire
               ;
               the
               Childe
               continuing
               in
               extreamity
               of
               pain
               ,
               they
               sent
               their
               servant
               to
               acquaint
               him
               with
               it
               ;
               who
               presently
               apprehending
               ,
               tha●
               the
               change
               of
               the
               keeping
               of
               the
               Cloth
               might
               bee
               the
               cause
               of
               i●
               ,
               gave
               the
               Cloth
               to
               the
               Boy
               to
               put
               it
               in
               his
               pocket
               :
               who
               followin●
               his
               imployments
               ,
               came
               not
               to
               the
               fire
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               after
               ,
               hee
               found
               the
               Childe
               playing
               ,
               and
               in
               very
               good
               ease
               .
               The
               reason
               of
               this
               was
               not
               onely
               because
               there
               were
               ●any
               fiery
               particles
               joyned
               with
               these
               A●oms
               ,
               which
               inflamed
               the
               wound
               ;
               but
               because
               the
               extreame
               heate
               working
               on
               the
               matter
               and
               Medicine
               
               in
               the
               Cloth
               ,
               in
               an
               unusuall
               manner
               ,
               raised
               a
               far
               greater
               number
               of
               these
               saline
               parts
               then
               usually
               ;
               which
               when
               by
               the
               sanguineous
               Atomes
               they
               were
               introduced
               ,
               did
               by
               their
               sharp
               angular
               parts
               shave
               and
               corrode
               the
               small
               orifices
               of
               the
               veines
               :
               and
               gave
               way
               to
               that
               efflux
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               sharpnesse
               lay
               continually
               pricking
               and
               dividing
               the
               tender
               parts
               ,
               which
               was
               occasioned
               by
               some
               of
               grosser
               and
               more
               fixt
               parts
               .
            
             
               This
               Cure
               ,
               by
               this
               Atomicall
               energy
               wrought
               at
               a
               distance
               ,
               is
               more
               sudden
               ,
               then
               any
               the
               most
               excellent
               Balsame
               could
               perform
               ,
               or
               then
               the
               substance
               of
               the
               Medicine
               it self
               ,
               applyed
               to
               the
               part
               could
               do
               .
               For
               first
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               ,
               the
               Medicine
               being
               a
               calcined
               Salt
               ;
               the
               sharp
               part
               of
               it
               would
               
               erode
               the
               orifices
               of
               the
               small
               vessels
               ,
               which
               in
               all
               wounds
               are
               divided
               ;
               and
               would
               prove
               rather
               corrosive
               then
               curative
               .
               But
               being
               thus
               transmitted
               with
               the
               united
               Atomes
               of
               blood
               ,
               they
               steal
               in
               undiscerned
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               vertue
               of
               that
               cognation
               betwixt
               the
               ▪
               Atomes
               of
               the
               blood
               and
               the
               pores
               they
               are
               to
               enter
               ,
               they
               are
               more
               freely
               entertained
               ,
               and
               admitted
               to
               passe
               and
               insinuate
               themselves
               farther
               ,
               then
               if
               they
               came
               alone
               ;
               whose
               disproportioned
               Atomes
               would
               scarce
               finde
               an
               entrance
               there
               ,
               without
               the
               other
               .
               Being
               thus
               freely
               admitted
               into
               every
               pore
               ,
               and
               being
               but
               the
               finer
               volatile
               particles
               ,
               whose
               angles
               though
               keen
               ▪
               yet
               have
               not
               that
               hardnesse
               to
               fret
               off
               the
               tender
               mouthes
               and
               termination
               of
               veins
               :
               First
               ,
               they
               dilate
               the
               superfluous
               humid
               parts
               ,
               
               and
               make
               them
               fit
               to
               bee
               expelled
               :
               then
               by
               their
               more
               then
               ordinary
               restrictive
               power
               shrink
               together
               the
               pores
               ,
               and
               squeezeth
               out
               that
               humidity
               ,
               and
               glew
               together
               those
               disunited
               parts
               .
               And
               thus
               in
               a
               very
               short
               time
               is
               the
               cure
               performed
               .
            
             
               The
               easing
               of
               the
               Toothach
               by
               this
               Medicine
               too
               ,
               is
               performed
               by
               its
               Atoms
               ,
               repelling
               those
               humors
               which
               were
               flowing
               to
               ,
               and
               distending
               the
               thin
               ,
               and
               most
               accuratly
               sensible
               membrane
               ,
               including
               the
               Marrow
               of
               the
               Teeth
               .
               Which
               is
               done
               by
               closing
               and
               shutting
               the
               pores
               ,
               that
               the
               already
               imbibed
               humours
               must
               be
               exprest
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               are
               flowing
               ,
               are
               prohibited
               from
               entering
               .
            
             
             
               Thus
               have
               I
               cleared
               what
               to
               Philosophers
               seemed
               one
               of
               Natures
               Cabbinet-Secrets
               ,
               but
               to
               others
               ,
               that
               condemn
               all
               they
               understand
               not
               for
               Magicall
               ,
               it
               hath
               seemed
               ,
               and
               been
               accused
               to
               have
               been
               done
               by
               some
               diabolicall
               compact
               .
               There
               have
               not
               been
               wanting
               some
               ,
               that
               have
               laboured
               to
               undeceive
               mens
               understanding
               ,
               and
               to
               clear
               the
               processe
               of
               this
               cure
               :
               but
               upon
               principles
               ,
               I
               confesse
               ,
               of
               as
               much
               difficulty
               ,
               and
               that
               require
               as
               great
               a
               portion
               of
               faith
               to
               believe
               them
               ,
               as
               the
               thing
               it self
               .
               Their
               misfortune
               hath
               occasioned
               mee
               to
               look
               something
               more
               narlowly
               into
               the
               true
               principles
               of
               Nature
               ▪
               which
               though
               I
               shall
               not
               beg
               to
               bee
               granted
               mee
               gratis
               ,
               yet
               I
               shall
               appeal
               to
               every
               mans
               reason
               (
               by
               which
               Rule
               I
               would
               
               have
               them
               examined
               )
               whether
               they
               do
               not
               truly
               agree
               with
               the
               usuall
               wayes
               of
               Nature
               ,
               by
               which
               shee
               constantly
               workes
               :
               if
               upon
               any
               ones
               just
               tryal
               they
               shall
               appear
               to
               be
               erroneous
               ,
               it
               shall
               not
               grieve
               me
               to
               become
               his
               convert
               ,
               recanting
               my
               mistakes
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43764-e750
           
             Chap.
             23.
             
             Sect.
             7.
             
          
           
             How
             nu`rition
             is
             made
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             Earth
             is
             .
          
           
             How
             a
             Sprig
             put
             into
             the
             ground
             grows
             .