A new method of Rosie Crucian physick: wherein is shewed the cause; and therewith their experienced medicines for the cure of all diseases, theoparadota; freely given to the inspired Christians, by Ton aggelon presbytaton, ton archaggelon, logon, archon, onoma theo. And in obedience fitted for the understanding of mean capacities by the adorer, and the most unworthy of their love, John Heydon, a servant of God, and secretary of nature.
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             A new method of Rosie Crucian physick: wherein is shewed the cause; and therewith their experienced medicines for the cure of all diseases, theoparadota; freely given to the inspired Christians, by Ton aggelon presbytaton, ton archaggelon, logon, archon, onoma theo. And in obedience fitted for the understanding of mean capacities by the adorer, and the most unworthy of their love, John Heydon, a servant of God, and secretary of nature.
             Heydon, John, b. 1629.
          
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           A
           NEW
           METHOD
           OF
           Rosie
           Crucian
           physick
           :
           Wherein
           is
           shewed
           the
           Cause
           ;
           and
           therewith
           their
           experienced
           Medicines
           for
           the
           Cure
           of
           all
           
             DISEASES
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           Freely
           given
           to
           the
           inspired
           
             CHRISTIANS
             ,
          
           BY
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           obedience
           fitted
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           mean
           capacities
           by
           the
           Adorer
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           unworthy
           of
           their
           LOVE
           ,
           
             John
             Heydon
             ,
          
           a
           Servant
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Secretary
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           
             Penes
             nos
             unda
             Tagi
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Lock
             ,
          
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           An
           Apologue
           for
           an
           Epilogue
           .
        
         
           I
           Shall
           here
           tel
           you
           what
           
             Rosie
             Crucians
          
           are
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Moses
          
           was
           their
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           he
           was
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           some
           say
           they
           were
           of
           the
           order
           of
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           some
           say
           the
           Disciples
           of
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           others
           define
           them
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           
             i.e.
          
           The
           Officers
           of
           the
           
             Generalissimo
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           are
           as
           the
           eyes
           and
           cares
           of
           the
           great
           King
           ,
           seeing
           &
           hearing
           all
           things
           ;
           they
           are
           Seraphically
           illuminated
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           according
           to
           this
           order
           of
           the
           
             Elements
             ,
          
           earth
           refin'd
           to
           water
           ,
           water
           to
           air
           ,
           air
           to
           fire
           ;
           so
           of
           a
           man
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           
             Heroes
          
           of
           a
           
             Heros
             ,
          
           a
           
             Daemon
             ,
          
           or
           good
           genius
           ,
           of
           a
           
             genius
             ,
          
           a
           partaker
           of
           Divine
           things
           ,
           and
           a
           companion
           of
           the
           holy
           company
           of
           unbodied
           souls
           and
           immortall
           Angels
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           their
           
             vehicles
             ,
          
           a
           versatile
           life
           ,
           turning
           themselves
           
             Proteus-like
          
           into
           any
           shape
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           yet
           arguments
           to
           procure
           
             Mr.
             Walfoord
             ,
          
           and
           
             T.
             Williams
             ,
             Rosie
             Crucians
          
           by
           election
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           miracles
           that
           were
           done
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           any
           sight
           ;
           for
           it
           should
           seeme
           
             Rosie
             Crucians
          
           were
           not
           only
           initiated
           into
           the
           Mosaicall
           Theory
           ,
           but
           have
           arrived
           also
           to
           the
           power
           of
           working
           miracles
           as
           
             Moses
             ,
             Elias
             ,
             Ezekiel
          
           and
           the
           succeeding
           Prophets
           did
           ,
           as
           being
           transported
           where
           they
           please
           ,
           as
           
             Habakkuk
          
           was
           from
           
             Jewry
          
           to
           
             Babylon
          
           or
           as
           
             Philip
          
           after
           he
           had
           baptized
           the
           
             Enuch
          
           to
           
             Arotus
             ,
          
           and
           one
           of
           these
           went
           from
           me
           to
           a
           friend
           of
           mine
           in
           
             Devonshire
             ,
          
           and
           came
           and
           brought
           me
           an
           answer
           to
           
             London
          
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           which
           is
           four
           dayes
           journey
           ,
           they
           taught
           
           me
           excellent
           predictions
           of
           Astrologie
           ,
           and
           earthquakes
           ;
           they
           slack
           the
           plague
           in
           Cityes
           ;
           they
           silence
           the
           violent
           winds
           and
           tempests
           ;
           they
           calme
           the
           rage
           of
           the
           Sea
           and
           rivers
           ;
           they
           walk
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           they
           frustrate
           the
           Malicious
           aspect
           of
           Witches
           ;
           they
           cure
           all
           diseases
           ;
           I
           desired
           one
           of
           these
           to
           tell
           me
           whether
           my
           complexion
           were
           capable
           of
           the
           society
           of
           my
           good
           
             Genius
             ?
          
           when
           I
           see
           you
           again
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           (
           which
           is
           )
           (
           when
           he
           pleases
           to
           come
           to
           me
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           not
           where
           to
           go
           to
           him
           )
           when
           I
           saw
           him
           then
           he
           said
           Ye
           should
           pray
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           a
           good
           and
           holy
           man
           can
           offer
           no
           greater
           nor
           more
           acceptable
           sacrifice
           to
           God
           ,
           then
           the
           oblation
           of
           himself
           ,
           his
           soul
           .
        
         
           He
           said
           also
           that
           the
           good
           
             Genii
          
           are
           as
           the
           benigne
           eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           running
           to
           and
           fro
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           love
           and
           pitty
           beholding
           the
           innocent
           endeavours
           of
           harmless
           and
           single
           hearted
           men
           ,
           ever
           ready
           to
           do
           them
           good
           ,
           and
           to
           help
           them
           ;
           and
           at
           his
           going
           away
           he
           bid
           me
           beware
           of
           my
           seeming
           friends
           who
           would
           do
           me
           all
           the
           hurt
           they
           could
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           Governors
           of
           the
           Nations
           to
           be
           angry
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           set
           bounds
           to
           my
           liberty
           ,
           which
           truly
           hapned
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           indeed
           :
           many
           things
           more
           he
           told
           me
           before
           we
           parted
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           not
           name
           them
           here
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           
             Rosie
             Crucian
          
           Physick
           or
           Medicines
           ,
           I
           happily
           and
           unexpectedly
           light
           upon
           in
           
             Arabia
             ,
          
           which
           will
           prove
           a
           restauration
           of
           health
           to
           all
           that
           are
           afflicted
           wh
           that
           sickness
           ,
           which
           we
           ordinarily
           cal
           natural
           ,
           &
           all
           other
           diseases
           ,
           as
           the
           Gour
           ,
           Dropsie
           ,
           Leprosie
           and
           falling
           sickness
           ;
           and
           these
           men
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           no
           small
           insight
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Walfoord
             ,
             Williams
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Fraternity
           now
           living
           ,
           may
           bear
           up
           in
           the
           same
           likely
           Equipage
           ,
           with
           those
           noble
           Divine
           spirits
           their
           predecessors
           ,
           though
           the
           unskilfullness
           in
           men
           commonly
           acknowledge
           more
           of
           supernaturall
           assistance
           
           in
           hot
           unsetled
           fancies
           ,
           and
           perplexed
           melancholy
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           calme
           and
           distinct
           use
           of
           reason
           ;
           yet
           for
           mine
           own
           part
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           submission
           to
           better
           judgements
           ,
           I
           looke
           upon
           these
           
             Rosie
             Crucians
          
           above
           all
           men
           truly
           inspired
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           any
           that
           professed
           or
           pretended
           themselves
           so
           ,
           this
           sixteen
           hundred
           yeares
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           ravished
           with
           admiration
           of
           their
           miracles
           and
           transcendent
           mechanicall
           inventions
           ,
           for
           the
           salving
           the
           Phaenomena
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           I
           may
           without
           offence
           therefore
           compare
           them
           with
           
             Bezaliel
          
           and
           
             Aholiab
             ,
          
           those
           skilfull
           and
           cunning
           workers
           of
           the
           tabernacle
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           testifies
           ,
           were
           filled
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           were
           of
           an
           excellent
           understanding
           to
           find
           out
           all
           manner
           of
           curious
           work
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           more
           argument
           ,
           that
           these
           
             Rosie
             Crucians
          
           are
           not
           inspired
           ,
           because
           they
           do
           not
           say
           they
           are
           ;
           then
           that
           others
           are
           inspired
           ,
           because
           they
           say
           they
           are
           ;
           which
           to
           me
           is
           no
           argument
           at
           all
           ;
           but
           the
           suppression
           of
           what
           so
           hapned
           ,
           would
           argue
           much
           more
           sobriety
           &
           modesty
           ;
           whenas
           the
           profession
           of
           it
           with
           sober
           men
           ,
           would
           be
           suspected
           of
           some
           peice
           of
           melancholy
           and
           distraction
           ,
           especially
           in
           these
           things
           ,
           where
           the
           grand
           pleasure
           is
           the
           evidence
           and
           exercise
           of
           reason
           ,
           not
           a
           bare
           beliefe
           ,
           or
           an
           ineffable
           sense
           of
           life
           ,
           in
           respect
           whereof
           there
           is
           no
           true
           christian
           but
           he
           is
           inspired
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           more
           zealous
           pretender
           to
           prudence
           and
           righteousness
           ,
           wanting
           either
           leasure
           or
           ability
           to
           examine
           these
           
             Rosie
             Crucian
          
           Medicines
           to
           the
           bottom
           shall
           notwithstanding
           either
           condemn
           them
           or
           admire
           them
           ;
           he
           hath
           unbecommingly
           and
           indiscreetly
           vetered
           out
           of
           his
           own
           sphere
           ,
           and
           
             I
          
           cannot
           acquit
           him
           of
           injustice
           or
           folly
           :
           Nor
           am
           I
           a
           
             Rosie
             Crucian
             ,
          
           nor
           do
           I
           speake
           of
           spite
           ,
           or
           hope
           of
           gain
           ,
           or
           for
           any
           such
           matter
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           cause
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           I
           envie
           no
           man
           ,
           be
           he
           what
           he
           will
           be
           ,
           
             I
          
           am
           no
           physitian
           ,
           never
           was
           ,
           nor
           never
           mean
           to
           be
           :
           what
           
             I
          
           am
           it
           
           makes
           no
           matter
           as
           to
           my
           profession
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           these
           holy
           and
           good
           men
           would
           have
           me
           know
           that
           the
           greatest
           sweet
           and
           perfection
           of
           a
           vertuous
           soul
           ,
           is
           the
           kindly
           accomplishment
           of
           her
           own
           nature
           ,
           in
           true
           wisdom
           and
           divine
           love
           ;
           and
           these
           miraculus
           things
           that
           are
           done
           by
           them
           are
           ,
           that
           that
           worth
           and
           knowledge
           that
           is
           in
           them
           may
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           thereby
           may
           be
           glorified
           whose
           witnesses
           they
           are
           ;
           but
           no
           other
           happiness
           accrues
           to
           them
           from
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           hereby
           they
           may
           be
           in
           a
           better
           capacity
           of
           makeing
           others
           happy
           ,
        
         
           
             From
             my
             house
             in
             
               Spittle
            
             fields
             next
             door
             to
             the
             red
             Lyon
             
               this
               10.
               of
               
                 May
                 ,
              
               1658.
               
            
          
           
             Iohn
             Heydon
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           New
           METHOD
           OF
           
             Rosie
             Crucian
             Physick
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Accurate
               Structure
               of
               Mans
               body
               .
            
          
           
             I
             Admire
             the
             goodness
             of
             God
             towards
             us
             in
             the
             frame
             and
             structure
             of
             our
             bodies
             ,
             the
             admirable
             Artifice
             whereof
             ,
             
               Galen
               ,
               though
               a
               Naturalist
               ,
            
             was
             so
             taken
             with
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             but
             adjudge
             the
             honor
             of
             a
             hymn
             to
             the
             wise
             Creator
             of
             it
             .
             The
             continuance
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             every
             particular
             ,
             is
             so
             evident
             an
             Argument
             of
             exquisite
             skill
             in
             the
             Maker
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             pursue
             all
             that
             sutes
             to
             my
             purpose
             ,
             it
             would
             amount
             to
             too
             large
             (
             yet
             an
             entire
             )
             Volume
             .
             I
             shall
             therefore
             write
             all
             that
             is
             needful
             to
             be
             known
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             leaving
             the
             rest
             to
             be
             supply'd
             by
             
               Anatomists
               :
            
             And
             I
             think
             there
             is
             no
             man
             that
             hath
             any
             skill
             in
             that
             Art
             ,
             but
             will
             confess
             ,
             the
             more
             diligently
             and
             accurately
             the
             frame
             of
             our
             body
             is
             examined
             ,
             it
             is
             found
             the
             more
             exquisitely
             conformable
             to
             our
             Reason
             ,
             Judgement
             ,
             and
             Desire
             ;
             so
             that
             supposing
             
             the
             same
             matter
             that
             our
             bodies
             are
             made
             of
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             been
             in
             our
             own
             power
             to
             have
             made
             our selves
             ,
             we
             should
             have
             fram'd
             our selves
             no
             otherwise
             then
             we
             are
             :
             To
             instance
             in
             some
             particulars
             ;
             
               As
               in
               our
               Eyes
               ,
            
             the
             
               Number
               ,
            
             the
             
               Scituation
               ,
            
             the
             
               Fabrick
            
             of
             them
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             excogitate
             nothing
             to
             be
             added
             thereto
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             altered
             ,
             either
             for
             their
             
               beauty
               ,
               safety
               ,
            
             or
             
               usefulness
               ;
            
             but
             as
             for
             their
             beauty
             ,
             I
             have
             treated
             largely
             of
             it
             in
             my
             youthful
             merry
             Poems
             ,
             &
             now
             am
             not
             minded
             to
             transcribe
             my
             tender
             nice
             subject
             ,
             and
             couple
             it
             with
             my
             severer
             stile
             ;
             I
             will
             onely
             note
             how
             safely
             they
             are
             
               guarded
               ,
            
             and
             
               fitly
               framed
            
             out
             for
             the
             use
             they
             are
             intended
             :
             The
             Brow
             and
             the
             Nose
             saves
             them
             from
             harder
             strokes
             ;
             but
             such
             a
             curious
             part
             as
             the
             
               Eye
            
             being
             necessarily
             liable
             to
             mischief
             from
             smallest
             matters
             ,
             the
             sweat
             of
             the
             Forehead
             is
             fenced
             off
             by
             those
             two
             Wreaths
             of
             Hair
             which
             we
             call
             the
             Eye-brows
             ;
             and
             the
             Eye-lids
             are
             fortified
             with
             little
             stiff
             bristles
             ,
             as
             with
             Pallisadoes
             ,
             against
             the
             assault
             of
             Flyes
             and
             Gnats
             ,
             and
             such-like
             bold
             
               Animalcula
               ;
            
             besides
             ,
             the
             upper-lid
             presently
             claps
             down
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             good
             a
             Fence
             as
             a
             Port-Cullis
             against
             the
             importunity
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ;
             which
             is
             done
             also
             every
             night
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             any
             present
             assault
             or
             no
             ,
             as
             if
             nature
             kept
             Garrison
             in
             this
             
               Acropolis
            
             of
             mans
             body
             ,
             the
             
               Head
               ,
            
             and
             look'd
             that
             such
             Laws
             should
             be
             duly
             observed
             ,
             as
             were
             most
             for
             his
             safety
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Eye
             ,
             which
             is
             sight
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             this
             Organ
             is
             so
             exquisitely
             framed
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             that
             not
             the
             least
             curiosity
             can
             be
             added
             :
             For
             first
             ,
             the
             
               Humor
            
             and
             
               Tunicles
            
             are
             purely
             
               transparent
            
             to
             let
             in
             light
             ,
             and
             colours
             unfould
             ,
             and
             unsophisticated
             by
             any
             inward
             tincture
             .
             And
             then
             again
             ,
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             Eye
             are
             made
             
               convex
               ,
            
             that
             there
             might
             be
             a
             direction
             of
             many
             raies
             coming
             from
             one
             point
             of
             the
             object
             ,
             unto
             one
             point
             answerable
             in
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             eye
             ;
             to
             which
             purpose
             the
             
               Chrystalline
               humor
            
             is
             of
             great
             moment
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             ,
             the
             sight
             would
             be
             very
             obscure
             and
             weak
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             
               Tunica
               uvea
            
             hath
             a
             
               Musculous
               Power
               ,
            
             and
             can
             dilate
             and
             contract
             that
             round
             hole
             in
             it
             which
             is
             called
             the
             Pupil
             of
             the
             
               Eye
               ,
            
             for
             the
             better
             moderating
             the
             transmission
             of
             light
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             The
             inside
             
             of
             the
             
               uvea
               is
               blacked
            
             like
             the
             Wall
             of
             a
             Tennis-Court
             ,
             the
             raies
             falling
             upon
             the
             
               Retina
            
             again
             ;
             for
             such
             a
             repercussion
             would
             make
             the
             sight
             more
             confused
             .
             Fifthly
             ,
             The
             
               Tanica
               Arachnoides
               ,
            
             which
             invellops
             the
             
               Chrystalline
               Humour
               ,
            
             by
             vertue
             of
             its
             
               Processus
               Ciliaros
               ,
            
             can
             thrust
             forward
             ,
             or
             draw
             back
             that
             precious
             useful
             part
             of
             the
             Eye
             ,
             as
             the
             nearness
             or
             distance
             of
             the
             objects
             shall
             require
             .
             Sixthly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             The
             
               Tunica
               Retina
            
             is
             
               white
               ,
            
             for
             the
             better
             and
             more
             true
             reception
             of
             the
             species
             of
             things
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             ordinarily
             call
             them
             )
             as
             white
             paper
             is
             fittest
             to
             receive
             those
             Images
             into
             a
             dark
             room
             ;
             and
             the
             eye
             is
             already
             so
             perfect
             ,
             that
             I
             believe
             it
             is
             not
             needful
             to
             speak
             any
             more
             thereof
             ;
             we
             being
             able
             to
             move
             our
             head
             upwards
             and
             downwards
             ,
             and
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             might
             have
             unawares
             thought
             our selves
             sufficiently
             well
             provided
             for
             ;
             but
             Nature
             hath
             added
             Muscles
             also
             to
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             that
             no
             perfection
             might
             be
             wanting
             ;
             for
             we
             have
             oft
             occasion
             to
             move
             our
             Eyes
             ,
             our
             Heads
             being
             unmoved
             ,
             as
             in
             reading
             ,
             and
             viewing
             more
             particularly
             any
             object
             set
             before
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             may
             be
             done
             with
             more
             ease
             and
             accuracy
             ,
             she
             hath
             furnished
             that
             Organ
             with
             no
             lesse
             then
             
               six
               several
               Muscles
               ;
            
             and
             indeed
             ,
             this
             framing
             of
             Muscles
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             Eye
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             whole
             body
             ,
             is
             admirable
             ;
             for
             is
             it
             not
             a
             wonder
             that
             even
             all
             our
             flesh
             should
             be
             so
             handsomly
             formed
             and
             contrived
             into
             distinct
             pieces
             ,
             whose
             rise
             and
             insertions
             should
             be
             with
             such
             advantage
             that
             they
             do
             serve
             to
             move
             some
             part
             of
             the
             body
             or
             other
             ?
             and
             that
             the
             parts
             of
             our
             body
             are
             not
             moved
             onely
             so
             conveniently
             as
             wil
             serve
             us
             to
             walk
             and
             subsist
             by
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             able
             to
             move
             every
             way
             imaginable
             that
             will
             advantage
             us
             ;
             for
             we
             can
             fling
             out
             Legs
             and
             Arms
             upwards
             and
             downwards
             ,
             backwards
             ,
             forwards
             ,
             and
             round
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             spin
             ,
             or
             would
             spread
             a
             Mole-hill
             with
             their
             feet
             .
             To
             say
             nothing
             of
             
               Respiration
               ,
            
             the
             constriction
             of
             the
             
               Diaphragme
            
             for
             the
             keeping
             down
             the
             Guts
             ,
             and
             so
             enlarging
             the
             
               Thorax
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Lungs
             may
             have
             play
             ,
             and
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             inward
             
               intercostal
               Muscles
            
             in
             deep
             suspirations
             ,
             when
             we
             take
             more
             large
             gulps
             of
             
               air
            
             to
             cool
             our
             heart
             over-charged
             with
             love
             or
             sorrow
             ;
             nor
             of
             the
             curious
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             Lainix
             ,
             so
             well
             fitted
             with
             Muscles
             for
             
             the
             modulation
             of
             the
             Voice
             ,
             tunable
             speech
             ,
             and
             delicious
             
               singing
               :
            
             You
             may
             adde
             to
             these
             the
             notable
             contrivance
             of
             the
             
               Heart
               ,
            
             it
             s
             two
             
               ventricles
               ,
            
             and
             its
             many
             
               valvulae
               ,
            
             so
             fram'd
             and
             scituated
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             fit
             for
             the
             reception
             and
             transmission
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             sent
             thence
             away
             warm
             to
             comfort
             and
             cherish
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             for
             which
             purpose
             also
             the
             
               valvulae
            
             in
             the
             veins
             are
             made
             .
          
           
             But
             we
             see
             by
             experience
             that
             
               joy
            
             and
             
               grief
            
             proceed
             not
             in
             all
             men
             from
             the
             same
             causes
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             differ
             very
             much
             in
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             whereby
             that
             which
             helpeth
             and
             furthereth
             vital
             constitution
             in
             one
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             delightful
             ,
             hindereth
             &
             crosseth
             it
             in
             another
             ,
             and
             therefore
             causeth
             
               grief
               .
            
             The
             difference
             therefore
             of
             
               Wits
               ,
            
             hath
             its
             original
             from
             the
             different
             passions
             ,
             &
             from
             the
             ends
             to
             which
             the
             appetite
             leadeth
             them
             .
             As
             for
             that
             difference
             which
             ariseth
             from
             
               sickness
               ,
            
             and
             such
             accidental
             distempers
             ,
             I
             have
             appointed
             them
             for
             the
             second
             Part
             of
             this
             Book
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             omit
             the
             same
             as
             impertinent
             to
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             consider
             it
             onely
             in
             such
             as
             have
             their
             health
             ,
             perfection
             of
             body
             ,
             and
             Organs
             well
             disposed
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               perfection
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               and
               then
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Senses
               ;
               of
               Delight
               ,
               Pain
               ,
               Love
               ,
               Hatred
               ,
               sensual
               Delight
               ,
               and
               Pains
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               Joy
               ,
               and
               Grief
               .
            
          
           
             OTher
             things
             I
             have
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             rather
             insist
             upon
             such
             things
             as
             are
             easie
             ahd
             intelligible
             even
             to
             
               Idiots
               ,
            
             or
             such
             
               Physicians
            
             that
             are
             no
             wiser
             ,
             who
             if
             they
             can
             but
             tell
             the
             Joints
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             or
             know
             the
             use
             of
             their
             teeth
             ,
             they
             may
             easily
             discover
             it
             was
             Counsel
             ,
             not
             Chance
             ,
             that
             created
             them
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             but
             understand
             these
             natural
             Medecines
             I
             have
             prepared
             in
             this
             Book
             for
             their
             example
             ,
             they
             will
             know
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             cured
             of
             all
             Diseases
             without
             pain
             ,
             or
             any
             great
             cost
             ;
             and
             
               Love
               ,
            
             not
             
               Money
               ,
            
             was
             it
             that
             made
             me
             undertake
             this
             Task
             .
             Now
             of
             the
             well-fram'd
             parts
             of
             our
             body
             ,
             
             I
             would
             know
             why
             we
             have
             three
             joints
             in
             our
             Legs
             and
             Arms
             ,
             as
             also
             in
             our
             fingers
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             much
             better
             then
             having
             but
             two
             or
             four
             ?
             And
             why
             are
             our
             
               fore-teeth
               sharp
               ,
            
             like
             Chizzels
             ,
             to
             cut
             ,
             but
             our
             
               inward
               teeth
               broad
               ,
               to
               grind
               ?
            
             but
             this
             is
             more
             exquisite
             then
             having
             them
             all
             sharp
             ,
             or
             all
             broad
             ,
             or
             the
             fore-teeth
             broad
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             sharp
             ;
             but
             we
             might
             have
             made
             a
             hard
             shift
             to
             have
             lived
             ,
             though
             in
             that
             worser
             condition
             .
             Again
             ,
             Why
             are
             the
             Teeth
             so
             luckily
             placed
             ?
             or
             rather
             ,
             Why
             are
             there
             not
             Teeth
             in
             
               other
               bones
            
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             Jaw-bones
             ,
             for
             they
             might
             have
             been
             as
             capable
             as
             these
             .
             But
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             Nothing
             is
             done
             foollshly
             ,
             nor
             in
             vain
             .
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             
               how
               to
               prolong
               life
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
               return
               from
               age
               to
               youth
               ;
            
             and
             
               how
               to
               change
               ,
               alter
               ,
               and
               amend
               the
               state
               of
               the
               body
               ;
            
             but
             that
             I
             intend
             in
             a
             Treatise
             entituled
             
               The
               Wise
               Mans
               Crown
               :
            
             To
             keep
             the
             body
             in
             perfect
             
               health
            
             is
             my
             present
             design
             ,
             
               and
               to
               cure
               all
               Diseases
               without
               reward
               ;
            
             for
             there
             is
             a
             
               Divine
               Providence
            
             that
             orders
             all
             things
             .
             Again
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             the
             inward
             curiosity
             of
             the
             
               Ear
            
             )
             Why
             is
             that
             outward
             frame
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             certainly
             known
             that
             it
             's
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             our
             
               hearing
               ?
            
          
           
             I
             might
             add
             ,
             That
             
               Nature
            
             hath
             made
             the
             
               hind-most
               parts
            
             of
             our
             
               body
            
             (
             which
             we
             sit
             upon
             )
             most
             
               fleshy
               ,
            
             as
             providing
             for
             our
             ease
             ,
             making
             us
             a
             
               Natural
               Cushion
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             for
             
               Instruments
               of
               Motion
            
             for
             our
             
               Thighs
            
             and
             
               Legs
               ;
            
             she
             hath
             made
             the
             hinder
             part
             of
             the
             
               Head
            
             more
             strong
             ,
             as
             being
             otherwise
             unfenced
             against
             falls
             and
             other
             casualties
             .
             She
             hath
             made
             the
             
               Backbon
            
             of
             several
             
               Vertebrae
               ,
            
             as
             being
             more
             fit
             to
             bend
             ,
             more
             tough
             ,
             and
             less
             in
             danger
             of
             breaking
             then
             if
             they
             were
             all
             one
             intire
             bone
             ,
             without
             those
             gristly
             Junctures
             .
             She
             hath
             strengthened
             our
             
               fingers
            
             and
             
               toes
            
             with
             
               Nailes
               ,
            
             whereas
             she
             might
             have
             sent
             out
             that
             substance
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             first
             and
             second
             Joints
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             been
             so
             handsom
             and
             useful
             ,
             nay
             ,
             rather
             somewhat
             troublesome
             and
             hurtful
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             She
             hath
             made
             all
             bones
             devoid
             of
             
               sense
               ,
            
             because
             they
             were
             to
             bear
             the
             weight
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             whole
             body
             ;
             and
             therefore
             if
             they
             had
             had
             sense
             ,
             our
             life
             had
             been
             painful
             continually
             ,
             and
             dolorous
             .
          
           
           
             And
             now
             I
             have
             considered
             the
             fitness
             of
             the
             parts
             of
             mans
             bodie
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             let
             me
             but
             consider
             briefly
             his
             sences
             and
             his
             nature
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             intend
             more
             solidly
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             the
             Cure
             ,
             because
             I
             intend
             a
             Method
             of
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Physick
               ,
            
             promised
             
               in
               my
               way
               to
               Blisse
               .
            
             By
             our
             several
             Organs
             ,
             we
             have
             several
             Conceptions
             of
             several
             qualities
             in
             the
             objects
             ;
             for
             by
             sight
             we
             have
             a
             conception
             or
             image
             composed
             of
             colour
             and
             figure
             ,
             which
             is
             all
             the
             notice
             and
             knowledge
             the
             object
             imparteth
             to
             us
             of
             its
             nature
             ,
             by
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             eye
             .
             By
             
               Hearing
            
             we
             have
             a
             conception
             called
             
               Sound
               ,
            
             which
             is
             all
             the
             knowledge
             we
             have
             of
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             object
             from
             the
             Ear
             :
             And
             so
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Sences
             are
             also
             conceptions
             of
             several
             qualities
             or
             natures
             of
             their
             objects
             .
          
           
             Because
             the
             Image
             in
             vision
             consisting
             of
             colour
             and
             shape
             ,
             is
             the
             knowledge
             we
             have
             of
             the
             qualities
             of
             the
             object
             of
             that
             Sence
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             hard
             matter
             for
             a
             man
             to
             fall
             into
             this
             opinion
             ,
             That
             the
             same
             colour
             &
             shape
             are
             the
             very
             qualities
             themselves
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             same
             cause
             that
             sound
             &
             noise
             are
             the
             qualities
             of
             a
             piece
             of
             Canon
             or
             Culvering
             charged
             with
             sulphurous
             Powder
             ,
             fired
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Air
             :
             And
             this
             opinion
             hath
             been
             so
             long
             received
             ,
             that
             the
             contrary
             must
             needs
             appear
             a
             great
             Paradox
             .
             The
             same
             qualities
             are
             easier
             in
             a
             bell
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             introduction
             of
             species
             visible
             and
             intelligible
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             necessary
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             that
             opinion
             )
             passing
             to
             and
             fro
             from
             the
             object
             ,
             is
             worse
             then
             any
             Paradox
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             plain
             impossibility
             .
             I
             shall
             therefore
             endeavor
             to
             make
             plain
             these
             points
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             subject
             wherein
             colour
             and
             image
             are
             inherent
             ;
             is
             not
             the
             object
             or
             thing
             seen
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             is
             nothing
             (
             really
             )
             which
             we
             call
             an
             Image
             or
             Colour
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             said
             Image
             ,
             or
             Colour
             ,
             is
             but
             an
             apparation
             unto
             us
             of
             the
             motion
             ,
             agitation
             ,
             or
             alteration
             ,
             which
             the
             object
             worketh
             in
             the
             brain
             ,
             or
             spirits
             ,
             or
             some
             internal
             substance
             of
             the
             Head
             .
          
           
             That
             as
             in
             vision
             ,
             so
             also
             in
             conceptions
             that
             arise
             from
             the
             other
             senses
             ,
             the
             subject
             of
             their
             inherence
             is
             not
             the
             object
             ,
             but
             the
             continent
             .
          
           
           
             That
             conceptions
             and
             apparitions
             are
             nothing
             really
             ,
             but
             motion
             in
             some
             internal
             substance
             of
             the
             Head
             ;
             which
             motion
             not
             stopping
             there
             ,
             of
             necessity
             must
             there
             either
             help
             ,
             or
             hinder
             the
             motion
             which
             is
             called
             Vital
             ;
             when
             it
             helpeth
             it
             is
             called
             Delight
             ,
             Contentment
             or
             Pleasure
             ,
             which
             is
             nothing
             really
             but
             
               motion
               about
               the
               heart
               ,
            
             as
             
               conception
            
             is
             nothing
             but
             
               motion
               in
               the
               head
               ;
            
             and
             the
             objects
             that
             cause
             it
             are
             called
             
               Pleasant
               ,
            
             or
             
               Delightful
               ;
            
             and
             the
             same
             Delight
             ,
             with
             reference
             to
             the
             object
             is
             called
             
               Love
               ;
            
             but
             when
             such
             motion
             weakneth
             or
             hindreth
             the
             vital
             motion
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             called
             
               Pain
               ,
            
             and
             in
             relation
             to
             that
             which
             causeth
             it
             ,
             
               Hatred
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             pleasures
             ,
             whereof
             one
             seemeth
             to
             affect
             the
             corporeal
             Organ
             of
             the
             sence
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             call
             sensual
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             whereof
             is
             that
             by
             which
             we
             are
             invited
             to
             give
             continuance
             to
             our
             
               species
               ;
            
             and
             the
             next
             by
             which
             a
             man
             is
             invited
             to
             meat
             ,
             for
             preservation
             of
             his
             individual
             person
             .
             The
             other
             sort
             of
             Delight
             is
             not
             particularly
             any
             part
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             is
             called
             
               The
               Delight
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
            
             &
             is
             that
             which
             we
             call
             
               Joy
               .
            
             Likewise
             of
             pains
             ,
             some
             affect
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             called
             
               The
               pains
               of
               the
               body
               ;
            
             and
             some
             not
             ,
             and
             those
             are
             called
             
               grief
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               ,
               whether
               she
               be
               a
               meer
               Modification
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               or
               a
               Substance
               really
               distinct
               ;
               and
               then
               whether
               corporeal
               ,
               or
               incorporeal
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               temper
               of
               the
               bodie
               .
            
          
           
             HEre
             I
             am
             forced
             to
             speak
             what
             I
             have
             in
             my
             
               Familiar
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             it
             is
             not
             impertinent
             to
             my
             purpose
             ;
             therefore
             if
             we
             say
             that
             the
             
               soul
            
             is
             a
             meer
             
               modification
               of
               the
               body
               ,
            
             the
             
               soul
            
             then
             is
             but
             one
             
               universal
               faculty
               of
               the
               body
               ,
            
             or
             a
             many
             faculties
             put
             together
             ;
             and
             those
             operations
             which
             are
             usually
             attributed
             unto
             the
             
               soul
               ,
            
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             attributed
             unto
             the
             
               body
               :
            
             I
             demand
             therefore
             ,
             To
             what
             in
             the
             body
             will
             you
             attribute
             
               spontaneous
               motion
               ?
            
             I
             understand
             thereby
             a
             power
             
             in
             our selves
             of
             wagging
             ,
             or
             holding
             still
             most
             of
             the
             parts
             of
             our
             
               body
               ,
            
             as
             our
             
               hand
            
             suppose
             ,
             or
             
               little
               finger
               :
            
             If
             you
             will
             say
             that
             it
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               immission
            
             of
             the
             
               spirits
            
             into
             such
             and
             such
             
               Muscles
               ,
            
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             what
             does
             
               immit
            
             these
             
               spirits
               ,
            
             and
             direct
             them
             so
             curiously
             ;
             is
             it
             themselves
             ?
             or
             the
             
               brains
               ?
            
             or
             that
             particular
             piece
             of
             the
             brain
             they
             call
             the
             
               Pine-Kernel
               ?
            
             What
             ever
             it
             be
             ,
             that
             which
             doth
             thus
             immit
             them
             ,
             and
             direct
             them
             ,
             must
             have
             
               Animadversion
               ;
            
             and
             the
             same
             that
             hath
             
               Animadversion
               ,
            
             hath
             
               Memory
               and
               Reason
            
             also
             :
             Now
             I
             would
             know
             whether
             the
             
               spirits
            
             themselves
             be
             capable
             of
             
               Animadversion
               ,
               Memory
               ,
            
             and
             
               Reason
               ;
            
             for
             it
             indeed
             seems
             altogether
             impossible
             ;
             for
             these
             animal
             
               spirits
            
             are
             nothing
             else
             but
             matter
             very
             thin
             and
             liquid
             ,
             whose
             nature
             consists
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             particles
             of
             it
             be
             in
             motion
             ,
             and
             being
             loose
             from
             one
             another
             ,
             frigge
             and
             play
             up
             and
             down
             according
             to
             the
             measure
             and
             manner
             of
             agitation
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             therefore
             demand
             which
             of
             these
             
               particles
            
             in
             these
             so
             many
             loosly
             moving
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             hath
             
               Animadversion
            
             in
             it
             ?
             if
             you
             say
             that
             they
             all
             put
             together
             have
             ;
             I
             appeal
             to
             him
             that
             thus
             answers
             ,
             how
             unlikely
             it
             is
             that
             that
             should
             have
             
               Animadversion
            
             that
             is
             so
             utterly
             uncapable
             of
             
               Memory
               ,
            
             and
             consequently
             ,
             of
             
               Reason
               ;
            
             for
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             conceive
             memory
             competible
             to
             such
             a
             subject
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             how
             to
             write
             
               Characters
            
             in
             the
             
               Water
               ,
            
             or
             in
             the
             
               Wind.
               
            
          
           
             If
             you
             say
             the
             
               Brain
            
             immits
             and
             directs
             these
             spirits
             ;
             how
             can
             that
             so
             freely
             and
             
               spontaneously
            
             move
             it self
             ,
             or
             another
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             
               Muscles
               ?
            
             Besides
             
               Doctor
               Culpepper
            
             tells
             you
             that
             though
             the
             
               Brain
            
             be
             the
             instrument
             of
             
               sence
               ,
            
             yet
             it
             hath
             no
             
               sense
            
             at
             all
             of
             it self
             ;
             how
             then
             can
             that
             that
             hath
             no
             
               sence
            
             direct
             thus
             
               spontaneously
            
             and
             arbitrariously
             ,
             the
             animal
             
               spirits
            
             in
             to
             any
             part
             of
             the
             body
             ?
             an
             Act
             that
             plainly
             requires
             determinate
             
               sense
            
             and
             
               perception
               :
            
             But
             let
             the
             
               Physicians
            
             and
             
               Anatomists
            
             conclude
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             I
             shall
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             little
             lesse
             then
             demonstrate
             that
             the
             
               brains
               have
               no
               sence
               ;
            
             for
             the
             same
             in
             us
             that
             hath
             
               sence
               ,
            
             hath
             likewise
             
               animadversion
               ;
            
             and
             that
             which
             hath
             
               animadversion
               in
               us
               ,
            
             hath
             also
             a
             faculty
             of
             free
             and
             arbitrarious
             
               Fancy
               and
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
           
             Let
             us
             now
             consider
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             
               brain
               ,
            
             and
             see
             how
             competible
             those
             alterations
             are
             to
             such
             a
             subject
             ;
             verily
             if
             we
             take
             a
             right
             view
             of
             this
             
               Laxe
               pith
               or
               marrow
            
             in
             mans
             
               head
               ,
            
             neither
             our
             
               sence
            
             nor
             understanding
             can
             discover
             any
             thing
             more
             in
             this
             substance
             that
             can
             pretend
             to
             such
             noble
             operations
             ,
             as
             free
             imagination
             and
             sagacious
             collections
             of
             
               Reason
               ,
            
             then
             we
             can
             discern
             in
             a
             
               lump
               of
               fat
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               pot
               of
               honey
               ;
            
             for
             this
             loose
             
               pulpe
            
             that
             is
             thus
             wrapped
             up
             within
             our
             
               Cranium
               ,
            
             is
             but
             a
             spongie
             and
             porous
             
               body
               ,
            
             and
             pervious
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
               ,
            
             but
             also
             to
             more
             Juice
             and
             Liquor
             ;
             else
             it
             could
             not
             well
             be
             nourished
             ,
             at
             least
             it
             could
             not
             be
             so
             soft
             and
             moistned
             by
             
               drunkenness
            
             and
             excess
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             the
             understanding
             inept
             and
             sottish
             in
             its
             operations
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             now
             demand
             ,
             in
             this
             soft
             substance
             which
             we
             call
             the
             
               brain
               ,
            
             whose
             softness
             implies
             that
             it
             is
             in
             some
             measure
             liquid
             ,
             and
             liquidity
             implies
             a
             several
             motion
             of
             loosened
             parts
             ;
             in
             what
             part
             or
             parcel
             thereof
             does
             
               Fancy
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               and
               Animadversion
            
             lie
             ?
             In
             this
             laxe
             consistence
             
               that
               lies
               like
               a
               Net
               ,
               all
               on
               heaps
               in
               the
               water
               ;
               I
               demand
               ,
               In
               what
               Knot
               ,
               Loope
               ,
               or
               Interval
               thereof
               ,
               does
               this
               faculty
               of
               free
               Fancy
               ,
               and
               active
               Reason
               reside
               ?
            
             I
             believe
             not
             a
             
               Doctor
               in
               England
               ,
            
             nay
             ,
             not
             Dr.
             
               Culpepper
            
             himself
             ,
             were
             he
             alive
             ,
             nor
             his
             men
             ,
             
               Doctor
               Freeman
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             can
             assign
             me
             any
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             will
             say
             ,
             in
             all
             together
             ;
             they
             must
             say
             that
             the
             whole
             
               brain
            
             is
             figured
             into
             this
             or
             that
             representation
             ,
             which
             would
             cancel
             
               memory
               ,
            
             and
             take
             away
             all
             capacity
             of
             there
             being
             any
             distinct
             notes
             and
             places
             for
             the
             several
             species
             of
             things
             there
             presented
             .
             But
             if
             they
             will
             say
             there
             is
             in
             every
             part
             of
             the
             
               brain
            
             this
             
               power
            
             of
             
               Animadversion
            
             and
             
               Fancy
               ,
            
             they
             are
             to
             remember
             that
             the
             brain
             is
             in
             some
             measure
             a
             
               liquid
               body
               ,
            
             and
             we
             must
             enquire
             how
             these
             loose
             parts
             understand
             one
             anothers
             several
             
               Animadversions
            
             and
             notions
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             could
             (
             which
             is
             yet
             very
             unconceivable
             )
             yet
             if
             they
             could
             from
             hence
             do
             any
             thing
             toward
             the
             
               immission
            
             and
             
               direction
            
             of
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
            
             into
             this
             or
             that
             part
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             they
             must
             do
             it
             by
             knowing
             one
             anothers
             minds
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             ioint
             contention
             of
             strength
             ,
             as
             when
             many
             men
             at
             once
             ,
             the
             word
             being
             given
             when
             they
             weigh
             Anchor
             ,
             put
             their
             strength
             together
             for
             the
             moving
             of
             that
             
               Massie
               body
               ,
            
             that
             the
             single
             strength
             of
             one
             could
             not
             deal
             with
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             to
             make
             the
             several
             particles
             of
             the
             
               brain
            
             so
             many
             individual
             
             persons
             ;
             a
             fitter
             object
             for
             laughter
             ,
             then
             the
             least
             measure
             of
             belief
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             how
             come
             these
             many
             
               Animadversions
            
             to
             seem
             but
             one
             to
             us
             ,
             our
             mind
             being
             these
             ,
             as
             is
             supposed
             ?
             Or
             why
             if
             the
             figuration
             of
             one
             part
             of
             the
             
               brain
            
             be
             communicated
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             does
             not
             the
             same
             object
             seem
             situated
             both
             behind
             us
             ,
             and
             before
             us
             ,
             above
             ,
             and
             beneath
             ,
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             and
             on
             the
             left
             ;
             and
             every
             way
             as
             the
             impress
             of
             the
             object
             is
             reflected
             against
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             
               brains
               ?
            
             but
             there
             appearing
             to
             us
             but
             one
             animadversion
             ,
             and
             one
             sight
             of
             things
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             sufficient
             Argument
             that
             there
             is
             but
             one
             ;
             or
             if
             there
             be
             many
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             mutually
             communicated
             from
             the
             parts
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             can
             be
             no
             such
             joint
             endeavor
             towards
             one
             design
             ;
             whence
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             that
             the
             
               brains
            
             cannot
             
               immit
            
             or
             
               direct
            
             these
             
               animal
               spirits
            
             into
             what
             part
             of
             the
             body
             they
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               Spontaneous
               Motion
               ;
               of
               the
               External
               Phaenomena
               ;
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Essence
               of
               the
               Soul
               her self
               ,
               what
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               whether
               it
               be
               corporeal
               ,
               or
               incorporeal
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             
               brain
            
             hath
             no
             
               sence
               ,
            
             &
             therefore
             cannot
             impress
             
               spontaneously
            
             any
             motion
             on
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
               ;
            
             it
             is
             no
             slight
             Argument
             that
             some
             being
             dissected
             ,
             have
             been
             found
             without
             
               brains
               ;
            
             and
             this
             I
             saw
             ,
             a
             
               Captain
               in
               Chrisley
               ,
               in
               Arabia
            
             that
             was
             accidentally
             kill'd
             by
             an
             
               Alcade
               ,
            
             and
             an
             
               Arabian
               ,
            
             the
             story
             is
             pleasant
             ,
             but
             not
             pertinent
             to
             our
             purpose
             ;
             but
             this
             man
             had
             nothing
             but
             a
             limpid
             water
             in
             his
             head
             instead
             of
             
               brains
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               brains
            
             generally
             are
             easily
             dissolvable
             into
             a
             watery
             consistence
             ,
             which
             agrees
             with
             what
             I
             intimated
             before
             .
             Now
             I
             appeal
             to
             any
             free
             Judge
             ,
             how
             likely
             these
             liquid
             particles
             are
             to
             approve
             themselves
             of
             that
             nature
             and
             power
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             able
             by
             erecting
             and
             knitting
             themselves
             together
             for
             a
             moment
             of
             time
             ,
             to
             bear
             themselves
             so
             ,
             as
             with
             one
             joint
             contention
             of
             strength
             ,
             to
             cause
             an
             arbitrarious
             obligation
             of
             
             the
             
               spirits
            
             into
             this
             or
             that
             determinate
             part
             of
             the
             
               body
               ;
            
             but
             the
             absurdity
             of
             this
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             insinuated
             already
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Nerves
               ,
            
             I
             mean
             the
             
               Marrow
            
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             the
             same
             substance
             with
             the
             
               brain
               ,
            
             have
             no
             sence
             ,
             as
             is
             demonstrated
             from
             a
             
               Cataleps●e
               ,
            
             or
             
               Cat●chus
               ;
            
             but
             I
             will
             not
             accumulate
             Arguments
             in
             a
             matter
             so
             palpable
             .
             As
             for
             that
             little
             sprunt
             piece
             of
             the
             
               brain
            
             which
             they
             call
             the
             
               Conacion
               ,
            
             that
             this
             should
             be
             the
             very
             substance
             ,
             whose
             natural
             faculty
             it
             is
             to
             move
             it self
             ,
             and
             by
             its
             
               motion
            
             and
             
               nods
            
             to
             determine
             the
             course
             of
             the
             
               spirits
            
             into
             this
             or
             that
             part
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             seems
             to
             me
             no
             less
             foolish
             and
             fabulous
             then
             the
             Storie
             of
             this
             entituled
             
               Doctor
               Freeman
               ,
            
             so
             much
             commended
             by
             ignorantly
             innocent
             people
             :
             If
             you
             heard
             but
             the
             magnificent
             storie
             that
             is
             told
             of
             the
             little
             lurking
             
               Mushrome
               ,
            
             how
             it
             does
             not
             onely
             
               hear
            
             and
             
               see
               ,
            
             but
             
               imagines
               ,
               reasons
               ,
               commands
            
             the
             whole
             
               fabrick
            
             of
             the
             
               body
            
             more
             dexterously
             then
             an
             
               Indian
               Boy
            
             does
             an
             
               Elephant
               :
            
             what
             an
             
               acute
               Logician
               ,
               subtile
               Geometrician
               ,
               prudent
               Statesman
               ,
               skilful
               Physician
               ,
            
             and
             
               profound
               Philosopher
            
             he
             is
             !
             and
             then
             afterwards
             by
             dissection
             you
             discover
             this
             worker
             of
             miracles
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             poor
             silly
             
               contemptible
               Knob
               ,
            
             or
             
               Protuberancy
               ,
            
             consisting
             of
             a
             thin
             
               Membrane
               ,
            
             containing
             a
             little
             pulpous
             matter
             ,
             much
             of
             the
             same
             nature
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
          
           
             Spectatum
             admissi
             risum
             teneatis
             amici
             ?
          
           
             Would
             you
             not
             sooner
             laugh
             at
             it
             ,
             then
             go
             about
             to
             confute
             it
             ?
             and
             truly
             I
             may
             the
             better
             laugh
             it
             now
             ,
             having
             already
             confuted
             it
             in
             what
             I
             have
             afore
             merrily
             argued
             concerning
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Brain
               .
            
          
           
             I
             shall
             therefore
             make
             bold
             to
             conclude
             ,
             That
             the
             impress
             of
             
               Spontaneous
               Motion
            
             is
             neither
             from
             the
             animal
             
               spirits
               ,
            
             nor
             from
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
               &c.
            
             therefore
             that
             those
             operations
             that
             are
             usually
             attributed
             unto
             the
             
               soul
               ,
            
             are
             really
             incompetible
             to
             any
             part
             of
             the
             
               body
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             last
             Chapter
             I
             hinted
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             soul
             is
             not
             a
             meer
             
               modification
            
             of
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             but
             a
             substance
             distinct
             therefrom
             .
          
           
             Now
             we
             are
             to
             enquire
             ,
             Whether
             this
             
               substance
               distinct
            
             from
             what
             we
             ordinarily
             call
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             be
             also
             it self
             a
             
               Corporeal
               Substance
               ,
            
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             
               incorporeal
               ?
            
             If
             you
             say
             that
             it
             is
             a
             corporeal
             substance
             ,
             you
             can
             understand
             no
             other
             then
             matter
             
             more
             subtile
             and
             tenuious
             then
             the
             animal
             spirits
             themselves
             ,
             mingled
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             dispersed
             through
             the
             vessels
             and
             porosities
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             for
             there
             can
             be
             no
             penetration
             of
             dimensions
             :
             But
             I
             need
             no
             new
             arguments
             to
             confute
             this
             fond
             conceit
             ;
             for
             what
             I
             said
             of
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
            
             before
             ,
             is
             applicable
             with
             all
             ease
             and
             fitness
             to
             this
             present
             case
             ;
             and
             let
             it
             be
             sufficient
             that
             I
             advertise
             you
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             excused
             from
             the
             repeating
             of
             the
             same
             things
             over
             again
             .
          
           
             It
             remains
             therefore
             that
             we
             conclude
             ,
             That
             that
             which
             impresses
             
               Spontaneous
               Motion
            
             upon
             the
             body
             or
             more
             immediately
             upon
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
               :
            
             That
             which
             imagines
             ,
             remembers
             ,
             and
             reasons
             ,
             is
             an
             immaterial
             substance
             ,
             distinct
             from
             the
             body
             ,
             which
             uses
             the
             
               animal
               spirits
            
             and
             the
             
               brain
            
             for
             
               Instruments
            
             in
             such
             and
             such
             operations
             .
             And
             thus
             we
             have
             found
             a
             
               spirit
            
             in
             a
             proper
             notion
             and
             signification
             ,
             that
             hath
             apparently
             these
             faculties
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             can
             both
             understand
             and
             move
             corporeal
             matter
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             this
             prize
             that
             we
             have
             won
             will
             prove
             for
             our
             design
             in
             this
             new
             Method
             of
             Physick
             and
             Philosophy
             of
             very
             great
             consequence
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             obvious
             here
             to
             observe
             that
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             is
             as
             it
             were
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             a
             
               compendious
               statue
               of
               the
               Deity
               ;
            
             her
             substance
             is
             a
             solid
             
               Essigies
            
             of
             
               God
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             as
             with
             ease
             we
             consider
             the
             substance
             and
             motion
             of
             the
             vast
             
               Heavens
            
             on
             a
             
               little
               Sphere
               ,
               or
               Globe
               ,
            
             so
             we
             may
             with
             like
             facility
             contemplate
             the
             
               nature
            
             of
             the
             Almighty
             in
             this
             little
             Model
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             the
             
               soul
            
             of
             
               Man
               ,
            
             enlarging
             to
             Infinity
             what
             we
             observe
             in
             our selves
             when
             we
             transfer
             it
             unto
             God
             ,
             as
             we
             do
             imagine
             these
             Circles
             which
             we
             view
             on
             the
             
               Globe
               ,
            
             to
             be
             vastly
             bigger
             while
             we
             fancy
             them
             as
             described
             in
             the
             
               heavens
               .
            
          
           
             Wherefore
             we
             being
             assured
             of
             this
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             a
             spiritual
             substance
             in
             our selves
             ,
             in
             which
             both
             these
             properties
             do
             reside
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             of
             the
             understanding
             ,
             and
             of
             moving
             the
             
               corporeal
               matter
               ;
            
             let
             us
             but
             enlarge
             our
             minds
             so
             as
             to
             conceive
             as
             well
             as
             we
             can
             of
             a
             spiritual
             substance
             that
             is
             able
             to
             move
             &
             actuate
             all
             matter
             whatsoever
             ,
             never
             so
             far
             extended
             ,
             and
             after
             what
             way
             &
             manner
             soever
             it
             please
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             hath
             not
             onely
             the
             knowledge
             of
             this
             or
             that
             particular
             thing
             ,
             but
             a
             distinct
             and
             plenary
             cognizance
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             indeed
             a
             very
             competent
             apprehension
             
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             eternal
             and
             invisible
             God
             ,
             who
             like
             the
             
               soul
               of
               man
               ,
            
             does
             not
             indeed
             fall
             under
             
               sence
               ,
            
             but
             does
             everywhere
             operate
             so
             ,
             that
             his
             person
             is
             easily
             to
             be
             gathered
             from
             what
             is
             discovered
             by
             our
             outward
             sences
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               Plants
               ;
               that
               the
               meer
               motion
               of
               the
               matter
               may
               do
               something
               ,
               yet
               it
               will
               not
               amount
               to
               the
               production
               of
               Plants
               .
               That
               it
               is
               no
               botch
               in
               Nature
               that
               some
               Phaenomena
               be
               the
               results
               of
               Motion
               ,
               others
               of
               substantial
               forms
               .
               That
               beauty
               is
               not
               a
               meer
               fancy
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               beauty
               and
               vertue
               of
               Plants
               is
               an
               Argument
               that
               they
               are
               made
               for
               the
               use
               of
               our
               bodies
               from
               an
               intellectual
               principle
               .
            
          
           
             HOW
             weak
             is
             
               Man
            
             if
             you
             consider
             his
             
               nature
               ,
            
             what
             faculties
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             order
             he
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               creatures
               ?
            
             And
             indeed
             ,
             though
             his
             body
             be
             but
             weak
             and
             disarm'd
             ,
             yet
             his
             inward
             abilities
             of
             
               Reason
               ,
            
             and
             artificial
             contrivance
             ,
             is
             admirable
             ,
             both
             for
             finding
             out
             those
             
               secret
               Medicines
            
             which
             God
             prepared
             for
             the
             use
             of
             
               Man
            
             in
             the
             
               Bowels
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             of
             
               Plants
            
             and
             
               Minerals
               .
            
          
           
             And
             first
             of
             
               Vegetables
               ,
            
             where
             I
             shall
             touch
             onely
             these
             four
             heads
             ,
             their
             
               form
               and
               beauty
               ,
               their
               seed
               ,
               their
               signatures
               ,
            
             and
             their
             
               great
               use
               ,
            
             as
             well
             for
             
               medicines
            
             as
             
               sustenance
               ;
            
             and
             that
             we
             may
             the
             better
             understand
             the
             advantage
             we
             have
             in
             this
             closer
             contemplation
             of
             the
             works
             of
             nature
             ,
             we
             are
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             substance
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             matter
             ,
             how
             fluid
             and
             slippery
             ,
             and
             undeterminate
             it
             is
             of
             it self
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             be
             hard
             ,
             how
             unfit
             it
             is
             to
             be
             changed
             into
             any
             thing
             else
             ;
             and
             therefore
             all
             things
             rot
             into
             a
             moisture
             before
             any
             thing
             can
             be
             generated
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             we
             soften
             the
             wax
             before
             we
             set
             on
             the
             seal
             .
          
           
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             unless
             we
             will
             be
             foolish
             ,
             as
             because
             the
             uniform
             motion
             of
             the
             
               Air
               ,
            
             or
             some
             more
             subtil
             
               corporeal
               Element
               ,
            
             may
             so
             equally
             compress
             or
             bear
             against
             the
             parts
             of
             a
             little
             vaporous
             
               moisture
               ,
            
             as
             to
             form
             it
             into
             round
             drops
             (
             as
             we
             see
             in
             the
             dew
             ,
             and
             other
             experiments
             )
             and
             therefore
             because
             this
             
             more
             rude
             and
             
               general
            
             motion
             can
             do
             something
             ,
             to
             conclude
             that
             it
             does
             all
             things
             ;
             We
             must
             in
             all
             reason
             confess
             that
             there
             is
             an
             eternal
             
               Mind
            
             and
             
               Vertue
               ,
            
             whereof
             the
             matter
             is
             thus
             usefully
             formed
             and
             changed
             .
          
           
             But
             meer
             rude
             and
             undirected
             
               motion
               ,
            
             because
             naturally
             it
             will
             have
             some
             kind
             of
             results
             ,
             that
             therefore
             it
             will
             reach
             to
             such
             as
             plainly
             imply
             a
             wise
             contrivance
             of
             counsel
             ,
             is
             so
             ridiculous
             a
             
               Sophism
               ,
            
             as
             I
             have
             already
             intimated
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             more
             fit
             to
             impose
             upon
             the
             inconsiderate
             
               souls
            
             of
             
               fool
            
             &
             
               children
               ,
            
             then
             upon
             men
             of
             Mature
             Reason
             ,
             and
             well
             exercised
             in
             
               Philosophy
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               grave
            
             and
             well
             
               practised
               ,
               seraphically
               illuminated
               Rosie
               Crucians
               .
            
             Admit
             that
             
               Rain
               ,
            
             and
             
               Snow
               ,
            
             and
             
               Wind
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hail
               ,
            
             and
             
               Ice
               ,
            
             and
             
               Thunder
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lightning
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               Star
            
             I
             mention
             for
             example
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             let
             in
             amongst
             Meteors
             ,
             by
             some
             called
             
               Hellens-star
               ,
            
             and
             is
             well
             known
             at
             Sea
             ;
             I
             have
             seen
             it
             
               melt
               Copper
               Vessels
            
             a-board
             a
             ship
             ;
             it
             cometh
             of
             an
             heap
             of
             such
             vapors
             as
             are
             carryed
             by
             violent
             cross
             Winds
             up
             from
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             such
             like
             
               Meteors
            
             may
             be
             the
             products
             of
             
               heat
            
             and
             
               cold
               ,
            
             or
             of
             the
             motion
             and
             rest
             of
             certain
             small
             particles
             of
             the
             matter
             ;
             yet
             that
             the
             useful
             and
             beautiful
             contrivance
             of
             the
             Branches
             ,
             Flowers
             ,
             and
             Fruits
             of
             Plants
             should
             be
             so
             too
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             yet
             of
             
               Minerals
               ,
            
             and
             the
             bodies
             of
             men
             )
             is
             as
             ridiculous
             and
             supine
             a
             collection
             ,
             as
             to
             infer
             ,
             That
             because
             meer
             heat
             and
             cold
             does
             soften
             and
             harden
             Wax
             ,
             and
             puts
             it
             into
             some
             shape
             or
             other
             ,
             that
             therefore
             this
             meer
             heat
             and
             cold
             ,
             or
             Motion
             and
             Rest
             ,
             without
             any
             Art
             and
             Direction
             ,
             made
             the
             
               Silver
               Seal
            
             too
             ,
             and
             graved
             upon
             it
             so
             curiously
             some
             Coate
             of
             Arms
             ,
             or
             the
             shape
             of
             some
             Bird
             or
             Beast
             ,
             as
             an
             Eagle
             ,
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             nay
             indeed
             this
             inference
             is
             more
             tolerable
             far
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             these
             effects
             of
             Art
             being
             more
             easie
             ,
             and
             less
             noble
             then
             those
             other
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             any
             deficiency
             at
             all
             in
             the
             Works
             of
             
               Nature
               ,
            
             that
             some
             particular
             
               Phaenomena
            
             be
             but
             the
             easie
             results
             of
             that
             general
             motion
             communicated
             unto
             the
             matter
             from
             
               God
               ;
            
             others
             the
             effects
             of
             more
             curious
             contrivance
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             
               Divine
               Ar●
               ,
            
             or
             
               Reason
               ,
            
             (
             for
             such
             are
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             
               Rationes
               Seminales
            
             )
             incorporated
             in
             the
             Matter
             ,
             especially
             the
             Matter
             it self
             being
             in
             some
             sort
             vital
             ,
             else
             it
             would
             not
             continue
             the
             motion
             that
             it
             is
             put
             upon
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             occasionally
             this
             or
             the
             other
             way
             moved
             ;
             
             and
             besides
             the
             Nature
             of
             
               God
            
             being
             the
             most
             perfect
             fulness
             of
             life
             that
             is
             possibly
             conceiveable
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             congruous
             that
             this
             outmost
             and
             remotest
             shadow
             of
             himself
             ,
             be
             some
             way
             ,
             though
             but
             obscurely
             vital
             :
             Wherefore
             things
             falling
             off
             by
             degrees
             from
             the
             highest
             perfection
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             no
             uneven
             or
             unproportionable
             step
             ,
             if
             descending
             from
             the
             top
             of
             this
             utmost
             Creation
             ,
             
               Man
               ,
            
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             a
             more
             fine
             conception
             ,
             or
             reflexive
             Reason
             ,
             which
             hangs
             on
             ,
             as
             every
             man
             hath
             so
             much
             experience
             as
             to
             have
             seen
             the
             
               Sun
               ,
            
             and
             other
             visible
             objects
             by
             reflexion
             in
             the
             Water
             and
             Glasses
             ;
             and
             this
             as
             yet
             shall
             be
             all
             I
             will
             say
             for
             this
             reason
             ;
             I
             will
             give
             you
             more
             then
             I
             promised
             in
             the
             Contents
             ,
             by
             four
             propositions
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             conceptions
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             proved
             ;
             and
             also
             of
             the
             main
             deception
             of
             
               sence
               ,
            
             that
             
               Colour
            
             and
             
               Image
            
             may
             be
             there
             where
             the
             thing
             seen
             is
             not
             :
             But
             because
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             That
             notwithstanding
             the
             
               Image
            
             in
             the
             
               Water
            
             be
             not
             in
             the
             object
             ,
             but
             a
             thing
             meerly
             
               phantastical
               ,
            
             yet
             there
             may
             be
             colours
             really
             in
             the
             thing
             it self
             ,
             I
             will
             urge
             further
             this
             experience
             ,
             That
             divers
             times
             men
             see
             directly
             the
             same
             object
             double
             ,
             as
             two
             Candles
             for
             one
             ,
             which
             may
             happen
             from
             distemper
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             without
             distemper
             if
             a
             man
             will
             ;
             the
             
               Organs
            
             being
             either
             in
             their
             right
             temper
             ,
             or
             equally
             distempered
             ,
             the
             
               colours
            
             and
             
               images
            
             in
             two
             such
             
               characters
            
             of
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             cannot
             be
             inherent
             therein
             ,
             because
             the
             thing
             seen
             cannot
             be
             in
             two
             places
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             these
             
               Images
            
             therefore
             is
             not
             inherent
             in
             the
             
               Object
            
             but
             the
             seeing
             ,
             the
             
               Organs
            
             of
             the
             sight
             are
             then
             in
             equal
             temper
             or
             distemper
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             them
             is
             no
             more
             inherent
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             neither
             of
             them
             both
             are
             in
             the
             
               Objects
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             first
             proposition
             mentioned
             in
             the
             precedent
             number
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             Image
             of
             any
             thing
             by
             reflexion
             in
             a
             glass
             ,
             or
             water
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             is
             not
             any
             thing
             in
             ,
             or
             behind
             the
             glass
             ,
             or
             in
             ,
             or
             under
             the
             Water
             ,
             every
             man
             may
             grant
             to
             himself
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             second
             proposition
             of
             
               Des Cartes
               .
            
             For
             thirdly
             We
             are
             to
             consider
             ,
             first
             ,
             That
             every
             great
             agitation
             or
             concussion
             of
             the
             brain
             (
             as
             it
             happeneth
             from
             a
             stroke
             ,
             especially
             if
             the
             stroke
             be
             upon
             the
             eye
             )
             whereby
             the
             Optick
             Nerve
             suffereth
             any
             great
             violence
             ,
             there
             
               appeareth
            
             before
             the
             
               Eyes
            
             a
             certain
             
             
               light
               ,
            
             which
             light
             is
             nothing
             without
             ,
             but
             an
             apparition
             onely
             ;
             all
             that
             is
             real
             being
             the
             concussion
             or
             motion
             of
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             Nerve
             ;
             from
             which
             experience
             we
             may
             conclude
             ,
             That
             apparition
             of
             light
             is
             really
             nothing
             but
             motion
             within
             .
             If
             therefore
             from
             Lucid
             bodies
             there
             can
             be
             derived
             motion
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             affect
             the
             Optick
             Nerve
             in
             such
             manner
             as
             is
             proper
             thereunto
             ,
             there
             will
             follow
             an
             Image
             of
             light
             some-where
             in
             that
             line
             by
             which
             the
             motion
             was
             last
             derived
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             In
             the
             object
             ,
             if
             we
             look
             directly
             on
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Glass
             or
             Water
             ,
             when
             we
             look
             upon
             it
             in
             the
             line
             of
             reflexion
             ,
             which
             in
             effect
             is
             the
             third
             proposition
             ,
             namely
             ,
             That
             image
             and
             colour
             is
             but
             an
             apparition
             to
             us
             of
             that
             motion
             ,
             agitation
             ,
             or
             alteration
             ,
             which
             the
             object
             worketh
             in
             the
             brain
             or
             spirits
             ,
             or
             some
             internal
             substance
             in
             the
             head
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             from
             all
             lucid
             ,
             shining
             ,
             and
             illuminate
             bodies
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             motion
             produced
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             and
             thorow
             the
             eye
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Optick
               Nerve
            
             and
             so
             into
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
             by
             which
             the
             apparition
             of
             light
             or
             colour
             is
             effected
             ,
             is
             not
             hard
             to
             prove
             .
             And
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             the
             Fire
             ,
             the
             onely
             lucid
             body
             here
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             worketh
             by
             motion
             equally
             every
             way
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             the
             motion
             thereof
             stopped
             or
             inclosed
             ,
             it
             is
             presently
             extinguished
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             fire
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             That
             that
             motion
             whereby
             the
             fire
             worketh
             ,
             is
             dilation
             and
             contraction
             of
             it self
             alternately
             ,
             commonly
             called
             Scintillation
             ,
             or
             glowing
             ,
             is
             manifest
             also
             by
             experience
             ;
             from
             such
             motion
             in
             the
             fire
             must
             needs
             arise
             a
             rejection
             ,
             or
             casting
             from
             it self
             off
             that
             part
             of
             the
             medium
             which
             is
             contiguous
             to
             it
             ,
             whereby
             that
             part
             also
             rejecteth
             the
             next
             ,
             and
             so
             successively
             one
             part
             beateth
             back
             another
             to
             the
             very
             eye
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             the
             exteriour
             part
             of
             the
             eye
             presseth
             the
             interiour
             ,
             (
             the
             Laws
             of
             refraction
             still
             observed
             .
             )
             Now
             the
             interior
             coat
             of
             the
             eye
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             Optick
             Nerve
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             motion
             is
             still
             continued
             thereby
             into
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
             and
             by
             resistance
             or
             re-action
             of
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
             is
             also
             a
             rebound
             into
             the
             Optick
             Nerve
             again
             ,
             which
             we
             not
             conceiving
             as
             motion
             or
             rebound
             from
             within
             ,
             do
             think
             it
             is
             without
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             Light
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             already
             shewed
             by
             the
             experience
             of
             a
             stroake
             :
             We
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             doubt
             that
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Light
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             worketh
             by
             any
             other
             ways
             then
             the
             
               Fire
               ,
            
             at
             least
             
             in
             this
             matter
             ;
             and
             thus
             all
             vision
             hath
             its
             original
             from
             such
             motion
             as
             is
             here
             described
             ;
             for
             where
             there
             is
             no
             light
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             sight
             ;
             and
             therefore
             colour
             must
             be
             the
             same
             thing
             with
             light
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             effect
             of
             the
             lucid
             bodies
             ,
             their
             difference
             being
             onely
             this
             ,
             That
             when
             the
             light
             cometh
             directly
             from
             the
             Fountain
             to
             the
             eye
             ,
             or
             indirectly
             by
             reflexion
             from
             clean
             and
             polite
             bodies
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             not
             any
             polite
             bodies
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             not
             any
             particular
             motion
             internal
             to
             alter
             it
             ,
             we
             call
             it
             light
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             cometh
             to
             the
             eye
             by
             reflexion
             from
             uneven
             ,
             rough
             ,
             and
             course
             bodies
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             are
             affected
             with
             internal
             motion
             of
             their
             own
             that
             may
             alter
             it
             ,
             then
             we
             call
             it
             
               Colour
               ;
            
             colour
             and
             light
             differing
             onely
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             is
             pure
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             perturbed
             light
             ;
             by
             that
             which
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             not
             onely
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             third
             proposition
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             whole
             manner
             of
             producing
             light
             and
             colour
             ,
             is
             apparent
             .
          
           
             As
             colour
             is
             not
             inherent
             in
             the
             object
             ,
             but
             an
             effect
             thereof
             upon
             us
             ,
             caused
             by
             such
             motion
             in
             the
             object
             as
             hath
             been
             described
             ;
             so
             neither
             is
             sound
             in
             the
             thing
             we
             hear
             ,
             but
             in
             our selves
             ;
             one
             manifest
             sign
             thereof
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             as
             man
             may
             see
             ,
             so
             also
             he
             may
             hear
             double
             &
             trebble
             by
             multiplication
             of
             Ecchoes
             ,
             which
             Ecchoes
             are
             sounds
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Original
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             cannot
             be
             inherent
             in
             the
             body
             that
             maketh
             them
             ;
             nothing
             can
             make
             any
             thing
             which
             is
             not
             in
             it self
             ;
             the
             Clapper
             of
             a
             Bell
             hath
             no
             sound
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             motion
             ,
             and
             maketh
             motion
             in
             the
             internal
             parts
             of
             the
             Bell
             ;
             so
             the
             Bell
             hath
             motion
             and
             not
             sound
             ,
             that
             imparteth
             motion
             to
             the
             air
             ;
             and
             the
             aire
             hath
             motion
             ,
             but
             not
             sound
             ;
             the
             air
             imparteth
             motion
             by
             the
             ear
             and
             nerve
             unto
             the
             
               Brain
               ;
            
             and
             the
             Brain
             hath
             motion
             ,
             but
             not
             sound
             ;
             from
             the
             Brain
             it
             reboundeth
             back
             into
             the
             Nerves
             outward
             ,
             and
             thence
             it
             becommeth
             an
             Apparition
             without
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             sound
             ;
             And
             to
             proceed
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             sences
             ,
             it
             is
             apparent
             enough
             ,
             that
             the
             smell
             and
             taste
             of
             the
             same
             thing
             are
             not
             the
             same
             to
             every
             man
             ,
             and
             therefore
             are
             not
             in
             the
             thing
             smelt
             or
             tasted
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             men
             ;
             so
             likewise
             the
             heat
             we
             feel
             from
             the
             fire
             is
             manifestly
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             is
             quite
             different
             from
             the
             heat
             which
             is
             in
             the
             fire
             ;
             for
             our
             heat
             is
             pleasure
             or
             pain
             ,
             according
             as
             it
             is
             great
             or
             moderate
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             cool
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             :
             By
             this
             the
             last
             is
             proved
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             as
             in
             vision
             ,
             
             so
             also
             in
             Conceptions
             that
             arise
             from
             other
             senses
             ,
             the
             subject
             of
             their
             inherence
             is
             not
             in
             the
             object
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Sentinent
             ;
             And
             from
             hence
             also
             it
             followeth
             that
             whatsoever
             accidents
             or
             qualities
             our
             sences
             make
             us
             think
             there
             be
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             be
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             are
             seeming
             and
             apparitions
             only
             ;
             the
             things
             that
             really
             are
             in
             the
             world
             without
             us
             ,
             are
             those
             motions
             by
             which
             these
             seemings
             are
             caused
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             the
             great
             deception
             of
             sence
             ,
             which
             also
             is
             to
             be
             by
             sence
             corrected
             :
             for
             as
             sence
             telleth
             me
             when
             I
             see
             directly
             ,
             that
             the
             colour
             seemeth
             to
             be
             in
             the
             object
             ;
             so
             also
             sence
             telleth
             me
             when
             I
             see
             by
             reflection
             ,
             that
             colour
             is
             in
             the
             object
             .
             But
             now
             I
             am
             out
             of
             the
             way
             from
             the
             outward
             Creation
             of
             Man
             ,
             in
             whom
             there
             is
             a
             principle
             of
             more
             fine
             and
             reflexive
             reason
             ,
             which
             hangs
             on
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             that
             manner
             ,
             in
             the
             more
             perfect
             kinde
             of
             Brutes
             ,
             as
             sence
             also
             (
             loth
             to
             be
             curbed
             with
             too
             narrow
             compass
             )
             layes
             hold
             upon
             some
             kinde
             of
             plants
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             sundry
             sorts
             of
             
               Zoophyta
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             rest
             there
             are
             no
             further
             footsteps
             discovered
             of
             an
             animadversive
             forme
             abiding
             in
             them
             ;
             yet
             there
             be
             the
             effects
             of
             an
             inadvertent
             forme
             (
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             )
             of
             materiated
             or
             incorporated
             Art
             or
             seminal
             Reason
             ;
             I
             say
             it
             is
             no
             uneven
             jot
             to
             pass
             from
             the
             more
             faint
             and
             obscure
             example
             of
             Spermatical
             life
             ,
             to
             the
             more
             Considerable
             effects
             of
             general
             Motion
             in
             
               Mineralls
               ,
               Metalls
               ,
            
             nor
             yet
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Medicines
             extracted
             ,
             mortified
             ,
             fixt
             ,
             dissolv'd
             and
             incorporated
             with
             their
             proper
             Veagles
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             intended
             it
             our
             last
             business
             to
             return
             to
             Mineralls
             ,
             Mettals
             ,
             and
             sundry
             Meteors
             ,
             whose
             easie
             and
             rude
             shapes
             have
             no
             need
             of
             any
             particular
             principle
             of
             life
             ,
             or
             Spermatical
             form
             distinct
             from
             the
             rest
             ,
             or
             motion
             of
             the
             particles
             of
             the
             matter
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             that
             curiosity
             of
             form
             and
             beauty
             in
             the
             more
             noble
             kinde
             of
             Plants
             ,
             bearing
             such
             a
             sutableness
             and
             harmony
             with
             the
             more
             refined
             sence
             and
             sagacity
             of
             the
             soul
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             choose
             (
             his
             intellectual
             touch
             being
             so
             sweetly
             gratified
             by
             what
             it
             deprehends
             in
             such
             like
             objects
             ,
             )
             but
             acknowledge
             that
             some
             hidden
             cause
             much
             a-kin
             to
             his
             own
             nature
             that
             is
             intellectual
             ,
             is
             the
             contriver
             and
             perfecter
             of
             these
             so
             pleasant
             spectacles
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             at
             all
             to
             the
             purpose
             to
             object
             that
             this
             business
             of
             
             
               Beauty
            
             and
             comeliness
             of
             proportion
             is
             but
             a
             conceit
             ,
             because
             some
             men
             acknowledge
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             are
             alike
             handsome
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             yet
             notwithstanding
             have
             the
             use
             of
             their
             eyes
             as
             well
             as
             other
             folks
             ;
             for
             I
             say
             ,
             this
             rather
             makes
             for
             what
             we
             aim
             at
             ,
             that
             
               Pulchritudo
            
             is
             conveyed
             indeed
             by
             the
             outward
             sences
             unto
             the
             soul
             ,
             but
             a
             more
             intellectual
             faculty
             is
             that
             which
             relishes
             it
             ;
             as
             an
             
               Astrologicall
               ,
            
             or
             better
             ,
             a
             
               Geometricall
               Scheam
            
             is
             let
             in
             by
             the
             eyes
             ,
             but
             the
             
               Demonstration
            
             is
             discern'd
             by
             
               Reason
               :
            
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             more
             rational
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             some
             intellectual
             principle
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             
               Pulchritude
            
             of
             things
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             should
             be
             thus
             fashion'd
             without
             the
             help
             of
             that
             principle
             :
             And
             to
             say
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             
               Pulchritude
               ,
            
             and
             some
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             
               way
               to
               felicity
               ;
            
             The
             first
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             is
             because
             some
             mens
             souls
             are
             so
             dull
             and
             stupid
             .
             And
             the
             second
             is
             that
             they
             never
             knew
             
               The
               way
               to
               bliss
               ,
            
             The
             first
             cannot
             relish
             all
             objects
             alike
             in
             that
             respect
             ;
             The
             second
             knows
             not
             
               Happiness
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               way
               to
               long
               life
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               means
               to
               Health
               ,
            
             nor
             how
             to
             
               return
               from
               Age
               to
               Youth
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             is
             as
             absurd
             and
             groundless
             as
             to
             conclude
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             
               Reason
            
             and
             
               Demonstration
               ,
            
             because
             a
             natural
             fool
             cannot
             reach
             unto
             it
             .
             But
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             
               The
               way
               to
               Bliss
               ,
               Long
               life
               ,
            
             and
             a
             certain
             way
             to
             
               Health
               ,
            
             not
             as
             yet
             known
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             I
             will
             demonstrate
             in
             a
             Treatise
             by
             it self
             ;
             
               The
               way
               to
               Health
            
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             anon
             in
             this
             book
             ,
             the
             rest
             in
             another
             Part
             ,
             as
             I
             promised
             you
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             Beauty
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             whole
             generations
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             Trees
             ,
             flowers
             and
             fruits
             ,
             and
             the
             adorning
             of
             buildings
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             is
             an
             example
             ,
             and
             undenyable
             testimony
             ;
             for
             what
             is
             more
             and
             ordinary
             with
             them
             then
             taking
             in
             flowers
             and
             fruitage
             for
             the
             garnishing
             of
             their
             work
             ?
             Besides
             I
             appeal
             to
             any
             man
             that
             is
             not
             sunk
             into
             so
             forlorne
             a
             pitch
             of
             Degeneracy
             ;
             that
             he
             is
             as
             stupid
             to
             these
             things
             as
             the
             basest
             of
             Beasts
             ,
             whether
             for
             example
             ,
             a
             rightly
             cut
             
               Tetrae●rum
               ,
               cube
            
             or
             
               Icosa●drum
               ,
            
             have
             no
             more
             pulchritude
             in
             them
             ,
             then
             any
             rude
             
               broken
               s●one
            
             lying
             in
             the
             field
             or
             high-wayes
             ;
             Or
             to
             name
             other
             solid
             Figures
             which
             though
             they
             be
             not
             regular
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             yet
             have
             a
             setled
             Idea
             ,
             &
             Nature
             ,
             as
             a
             
               Cone
               ,
               Sphere
               ,
            
             or
             
               Cylinder
               ,
            
             whether
             the
             sight
             of
             these
             
             do
             not
             gratifie
             the
             mindes
             of
             men
             more
             ,
             and
             pretend
             to
             more
             elegancy
             of
             shape
             ,
             then
             those
             rude
             cuttings
             or
             chippings
             of
             
               free-stone
            
             that
             fall
             from
             the
             Masons
             hands
             ,
             and
             serve
             for
             nothing
             but
             to
             fill
             up
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             wall
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             be
             hid
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             Man
             for
             their
             ugliness
             :
             And
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             That
             if
             Nature
             shape
             any
             thing
             neer
             this
             
               Geometrical
            
             accuracy
             ,
             that
             we
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             with
             much
             content
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             be
             but
             exactly
             round
             ,
             as
             there
             be
             abundance
             of
             such
             stones
             upon
             
               Mesque
               ,
            
             a
             hill
             in
             
               Arabia
               ,
            
             I
             have
             seen
             them
             there
             ,
             or
             ordinarily
             Quinquangular
             ,
             or
             have
             the
             sides
             but
             parallels
             ,
             though
             the
             Angles
             be
             unequal
             ,
             as
             is
             seen
             in
             some
             little
             stones
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             kinde
             of
             Alablaster
             found
             here
             in
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             other
             pretty
             stones
             found
             upon
             
               Bulverton-hill
            
             neer
             
               Sidmouth
            
             in
             
               Devonshire
               ;
            
             and
             neer
             
               Stratford
            
             upon
             
               Avon
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
               Tyms
               Grove
            
             at
             
               Colton
            
             in
             
               Warwickeshire
               ,
            
             are
             found
             such
             stones
             that
             grow
             naturally
             carved
             with
             various
             works
             ,
             some
             with
             Roses
             ,
             others
             with
             Lyons
             ,
             Eagles
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             delightfull
             works
             ;
             These
             stones
             I
             say
             ,
             gratifie
             our
             sight
             ,
             as
             having
             a
             nearer
             cognation
             with
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             that
             is
             rational
             and
             intellectual
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             well
             pleased
             when
             it
             meets
             with
             any
             outward
             object
             that
             fits
             and
             agrees
             with
             those
             congenite
             Ideas
             her
             own
             nature
             is
             furnished
             with
             :
             For
             
               Symmemetry
               ,
               Equality
               ,
            
             and
             
               Correspondency
            
             of
             parts
             ,
             is
             the
             discernment
             of
             Reason
             ,
             not
             the
             object
             of
             Sence
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             in
             another
             place
             proved
             .
          
           
             Now
             therefore
             it
             being
             evident
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             
               Beauty
               ,
               Symmetry
            
             and
             
               Comeliness
            
             of
             proportion
             ,
             (
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             the
             delightful
             mixture
             of
             colours
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             is
             the
             proper
             object
             of
             the
             Understanding
             and
             Reason
             ;
             for
             these
             things
             be
             not
             taken
             notice
             of
             by
             the
             Beasts
             )
             I
             think
             I
             may
             safely
             inferre
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             is
             the
             first
             and
             principal
             cause
             of
             changing
             the
             fluid
             and
             undeterminated
             Matter
             into
             shapes
             so
             comely
             and
             symmetrical
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             in
             flowers
             and
             trees
             ,
             is
             an
             understanding
             Principle
             ,
             and
             knowes
             both
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             objects
             he
             offers
             to
             his
             sight
             in
             this
             outward
             and
             visible
             world
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             man
             search
             and
             finde
             out
             those
             secrets
             by
             the
             which
             he
             might
             keep
             his
             body
             in
             health
             many
             hundreds
             of
             years
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             find
             
               the
               way
               to
               Bliss
               ;
            
             for
             these
             things
             cannot
             come
             by
             chance
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             Multiranious
             attempt
             of
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             matter
             
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             for
             then
             it
             were
             likely
             that
             the
             species
             of
             things
             though
             some
             might
             hit
             right
             ,
             yet
             most
             would
             be
             maimed
             and
             ridiculous
             ;
             but
             now
             there
             is
             not
             any
             ineptitude
             in
             any
             thing
             which
             is
             a
             sign
             that
             the
             fluidnesse
             of
             the
             matter
             is
             guided
             and
             determined
             by
             the
             overpowering
             counsel
             of
             an
             eternall
             mind
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             were
             not
             needlesse
             ,
             I
             might
             instance
             in
             sundry
             kinds
             of
             flowers
             herbs
             and
             trees
             ;
             but
             these
             objects
             being
             so
             obvious
             ,
             and
             every
             mans
             fancy
             being
             brauched
             with
             the
             remembrance
             of
             
               Roses
               ,
               Marigolds
               ,
               Gelliflowers
               ,
               Pionies
               ,
               Tulips
               ,
               Pausies
               ,
               Primroses
               ,
            
             the
             leaves
             and
             clusters
             of
             the
             Vine
             &c.
             
             Of
             all
             which
             you
             must
             confess
             that
             there
             is
             in
             them
             beauty
             and
             symetry
             ,
             and
             use
             in
             Physick
             ,
             and
             gratefull
             proportion
             ;
             I
             hold
             it
             superfluity
             to
             weary
             you
             with
             any
             longer
             induction
             ,
             but
             shall
             pass
             on
             to
             those
             considerations
             behind
             ,
             of
             their
             seed
             ,
             signaure
             and
             usefullness
             ,
             and
             shall
             pass
             through
             them
             very
             briefly
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             shall
             come
             to
             minerall
             Medicines
             ,
             these
             observables
             being
             very
             necessary
             first
             to
             be
             known
             by
             way
             of
             an
             Introduction
             ,
             and
             as
             ordinary
             and
             easily
             Intelligible
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Seeds
               and
               Signatures
               of
               Plants
               ,
               and
               wherefore
               
                 GOD
              
               made
               them
               .
            
          
           
             EVery
             plant
             hath
             its
             seed
             ;
             Rosie
             Crucians
             therefore
             say
             there
             are
             secret
             Mysteries
             lye
             hidden
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             should
             be
             our
             delight
             to
             find
             out
             ;
             for
             Divine
             Providence
             made
             all
             good
             for
             the
             use
             of
             man
             :
             And
             this
             being
             no
             necessary
             result
             of
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             as
             the
             whole
             contrivance
             of
             the
             plant
             indeed
             is
             not
             ;
             and
             it
             being
             of
             great
             consequence
             that
             they
             have
             Seed
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             propagation
             of
             their
             whole
             Species
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             gratifying
             of
             mans
             Art
             also
             ,
             industry
             and
             necessitie
             ,
             (
             for
             much
             of
             Husbandry
             and
             Gardening
             lies
             in
             this
             )
             it
             cannot
             but
             be
             the
             Act
             of
             
               Counsel
            
             to
             furnish
             the
             several
             kinds
             of
             Plants
             with
             their
             Seeds
             ,
             especially
             the
             Earth
             being
             of
             such
             a
             nature
             that
             though
             at
             first
             for
             a
             while
             it
             might
             bring
             forth
             all
             manner
             of
             
               Plantts
               ,
            
             (
             as
             some
             will
             have
             it
             also
             to
             have
             brought
             forth
             all
             kinds
             of
             
               Animals
            
             )
             yet
             at
             last
             it
             would
             grow
             so
             sluggish
             ,
             that
             without
             the
             advantage
             of
             those
             small
             compendious
             principles
             of
             generation
             ,
             the
             Grain
             of
             Seed
             would
             yeild
             no
             such
             births
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             a
             Pump
             grown
             dry
             will
             yeild
             any
             Water
             ,
             unless
             you
             pour
             a
             little
             Water
             into
             it
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             for
             so
             many
             Basons
             full
             ,
             you
             may
             fetch
             up
             as
             many
             Tankards
             full
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             material
             to
             object
             that
             stinking
             Weeds
             ,
             and
             
               poysonous
               Plants
            
             bear
             
               Seed
            
             too
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             most
             pleasant
             and
             useful
             ;
             for
             even
             those
             stinking
             
               Weeds
               ,
            
             and
             
               poysonous
               Plants
            
             have
             their
             use
             in
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Physick
               ,
            
             as
             you
             shall
             know
             hereafter
             ;
             besides
             our
             common
             Physick-Mongers
             often
             use
             them
             as
             their
             Fancy
             guides
             them
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             no
             other
             reason
             then
             woful
             and
             deadly
             experience
             ;
             sometimes
             the
             industry
             of
             man
             is
             exercised
             by
             them
             to
             weed
             them
             out
             where
             they
             are
             hurtful
             ,
             which
             reasons
             if
             they
             seeme
             sleight
             ,
             let
             us
             but
             consider
             ,
             that
             if
             humane
             industry
             had
             nothing
             to
             conflict
             and
             struggle
             with
             ,
             the
             fire
             of
             mans
             spirit
             would
             behalf
             extinguished
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             shall
             acknowledge
             that
             that
             which
             I
             have
             alledged
             is
             not
             so
             contemptible
             nor
             invalid
             .
          
           
             But
             secondly
             ,
             Who
             knows
             but
             it
             is
             so
             with
             poysonous
             
               Plants
               ,
            
             as
             vulgarly
             is
             fancyed
             concerning
             Toads
             ,
             and
             other
             poysonous
             
             Serpents
             that
             lick
             the
             Venom
             from
             off
             the
             Earth
             ?
             So
             poysonous
             Plants
             may
             well
             draw
             to
             them
             all
             the
             Maligne
             Juice
             and
             nourishment
             ,
             that
             the
             other
             may
             be
             more
             pure
             and
             defaecate
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             Recepticles
             in
             the
             body
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             Emunctories
             to
             drain
             them
             of
             superfluous
             Choler
             and
             Melancholy
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             It
             is
             very
             well
             known
             by
             them
             that
             know
             any
             thing
             in
             Nature
             and
             Physick
             ,
             That
             those
             Herbs
             that
             the
             rude
             and
             ignorant
             would
             call
             
               Weeds
               ,
            
             are
             the
             materials
             of
             very
             
               soveraign
               Medicines
               ,
            
             that
             
               Aconitum
               Hyemale
               ,
            
             or
             
               Winter
               Wolfs
               bain
               ,
            
             that
             otherwise
             is
             rank
             poyson
             ,
             is
             reported
             to
             prevail
             mightily
             against
             the
             biting
             of
             Vipers
             ,
             Scorpions
             ,
             and
             mad
             dogs
             ,
             which
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Heydon
            
             assenteth
             unto
             ;
             and
             that
             that
             plant
             that
             bears
             death
             in
             the
             very
             Name
             of
             it
             ,
             
               Solanum
               Lethiferum
               ,
            
             prevents
             death
             by
             procuring
             sleep
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             ayplyed
             in
             a
             Fever
             ;
             nor
             are
             those
             things
             to
             be
             deemed
             uprofitable
             ,
             say
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             whose
             use
             our
             heavy
             ignorance
             will
             not
             let
             us
             understand
             ;
             but
             they
             will
             teach
             us
             as
             followeth
             .
          
           
             We
             come
             now
             to
             the
             signatures
             of
             plants
             ,
             which
             indeed
             respects
             us
             more
             properly
             and
             adaequately
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Key
             (
             as
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             say
             )
             to
             enter
             man
             into
             the
             knowledge
             and
             use
             of
             the
             Treasures
             of
             nature
             ;
             I
             demand
             therefore
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             very
             easie
             and
             Genuine
             inference
             from
             the
             observing
             that
             several
             herbs
             are
             marked
             with
             some
             mark
             or
             sign
             that
             intimates
             their
             vertue
             ,
             what
             they
             are
             good
             for
             ;
             and
             there
             being
             such
             a
             creature
             as
             man
             in
             the
             World
             that
             can
             read
             &
             understand
             these
             signs
             and
             characters
             ,
             hence
             to
             collect
             that
             the
             Author
             both
             of
             man
             and
             them
             ,
             knew
             the
             nature
             of
             them
             both
             ;
             and
             besides
             divine
             providence
             would
             onely
             initiate
             and
             enter
             mankind
             in
             the
             useful
             knowledge
             of
             her
             Treasures
             by
             the
             Seraphical
             illuminated
             Rosie
             Crucians
             ,
             leaving
             the
             rest
             to
             employ
             the
             vulgar
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             idle
             ;
             for
             the
             Theater
             of
             the
             World
             is
             an
             exercise
             of
             mans
             wit
             ,
             and
             therefore
             all
             things
             are
             in
             some
             measure
             obscure
             and
             intricate
             ;
             that
             the
             sedulity
             of
             that
             divine
             spark
             ,
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             ,
             may
             have
             matter
             of
             conquest
             and
             triumph
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             done
             bravely
             by
             a
             superadvenient
             assistance
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             there
             be
             some
             plants
             that
             bear
             a
             very
             evident
             signature
             of
             their
             nature
             and
             use
             ,
             for
             example
             ,
             
               Capillus
               veneris
               ,
               Politrichon
               ,
            
             or
             
               Maiden-hair
               ;
            
             the
             Lye
             in
             which
             it
             is
             sodden
             or
             infus'd
             ,
             
             is
             good
             to
             wash
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             
               hair
               grow
            
             in
             those
             places
             that
             are
             
               bare
               ;
            
             the
             
               decoction
               of
               Quinces
               ,
            
             which
             are
             a
             downey
             and
             hairy
             Fruit
             ,
             is
             accounted
             good
             for
             the
             
               fetching
               again
               hair
            
             that
             hath
             been
             fallen
             by
             the
             
               French
               Pox
               ;
            
             the
             Leaf
             of
             
               Balm
               and
               Alleluia
               ,
            
             or
             
               Wood-Sorrel
               ,
            
             as
             also
             the
             
               roots
               of
               Anthora
               ,
            
             represent
             the
             heart
             in
             figure
             ,
             and
             are
             
               Cordiacal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walnuts
            
             beare
             the
             whole
             
               signature
            
             of
             the
             
               head
               ;
            
             the
             outward
             green
             
               Cortex
            
             answers
             to
             the
             
               Pericranium
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Salt
             made
             of
             it
             is
             singular
             good
             for
             Wounds
             in
             that
             part
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Kernel
            
             is
             good
             for
             the
             
               Brains
               ,
            
             which
             it
             resembles
             .
          
           
             
               Vmbelicus
               Veneris
            
             is
             powerful
             to
             provoke
             
               lust
               ,
            
             as
             Doctor
             
               Culpepper
            
             affirms
             ;
             as
             also
             your
             several
             sorts
             of
             
               Satyrions
               ,
            
             which
             have
             the
             evident
             resemblance
             of
             the
             genetal
             parts
             upon
             them
             ;
             
               Aron
            
             especially
             ,
             and
             all
             your
             
               Orchisses
               ,
            
             that
             they
             have
             given
             Names
             unto
             ,
             from
             some
             beast
             or
             other
             ,
             as
             
               Cynosorchis
               ,
               Orchis
               Miodes
               ,
               Tragorchis
               ,
               &c.
            
             the
             last
             whereof
             notoriorious
             for
             its
             Goatish
             smell
             ,
             and
             Tufts
             not
             unlike
             the
             Beard
             of
             that
             Lecherous
             Animal
             ,
             is
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             the
             most
             powerful
             incentive
             to
             lust
             .
          
           
             The
             Leaves
             of
             
               Hypericon
            
             are
             very
             thick
             pricked
             ,
             or
             pointed
             with
             little
             holes
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             singular
             good
             Wound-herb
             ,
             as
             useful
             also
             for
             de-obstructing
             the
             pores
             of
             the
             body
             .
          
           
             
               Scorpioides
               ,
               Echium
               ,
            
             or
             
               Scorpions
               grasse
               ,
            
             is
             like
             the
             crooked
             Tayle
             of
             a
             
               Scorpion
               ;
            
             and
             
               Ophioglossum
               ,
            
             or
             
               Adders
               Tongue
               ,
            
             hath
             a
             very
             plain
             and
             perfect
             resemblance
             of
             the
             Tongue
             of
             a
             Serpent
             ;
             as
             also
             
               Ophioscorodon
            
             of
             the
             intire
             head
             and
             upper-parts
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             all
             held
             very
             good
             against
             poyson
             ,
             and
             the
             biting
             of
             Serpents
             ;
             and
             generally
             all
             such
             plants
             as
             are
             speckled
             with
             spots
             like
             the
             Skins
             of
             Vipers
             ,
             or
             other
             venemous
             creatures
             ,
             are
             known
             to
             be
             good
             against
             the
             stings
             or
             bitings
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             powerful
             objects
             against
             poyson
             .
          
           
             Thus
             did
             divine
             providence
             by
             natural
             
               Hieroglyphicks
               ,
            
             read
             short
             
               Lectures
            
             to
             the
             rude
             wit
             of
             vulgar
             man
             ;
             others
             of
             the
             
               Seraphically
               illuminated
               Fraternity
               ,
            
             being
             entred
             ,
             and
             sufficiently
             experienced
             of
             these
             ,
             found
             out
             the
             rest
             ,
             it
             being
             very
             reasonable
             that
             other
             herbs
             that
             had
             not
             such
             signatures
             ,
             might
             be
             very
             good
             for
             Medicinal
             uses
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             that
             had
             .
          
           
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             have
             quickned
             and
             actuated
             their
             Phlegmatick
             natures
             to
             more
             frequent
             and
             effectual
             
               venery
               ;
            
             for
             their
             
               long
               
               lives
               health
               ,
            
             &
             
               youthfulness
               ,
            
             shews
             they
             were
             not
             very
             fiery
             ,
             to
             say
             nothing
             of
             their
             
               happinesse
               ,
               riches
               ,
               wisdom
               and
               vertue
               ,
            
             because
             I
             have
             in
             my
             Treatise
             of
             
               The
               way
               to
               blisse
               ,
            
             spoken
             of
             it
             largely
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               usefulnesse
               of
               Plants
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             YOu
             shal
             now
             briefly
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             usefulnes
             &
             profitableness
             of
             plants
             both
             for
             Physick
             and
             Food
             ,
             and
             then
             pass
             on
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             inspired
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             what
             their
             Medicines
             are
             :
             As
             for
             the
             common
             uses
             of
             Plants
             ,
             
               Herbals
            
             teach
             you
             something
             ;
             but
             I
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             
               singular
               Medicines
               of
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             in
             my
             Book
             of
             
               The
               way
               to
               bliss
            
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             your
             health
             ,
             Animals
             know
             as
             much
             by
             instinct
             and
             nature
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             is
             most
             observable
             here
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             brute
             Beasts
             know
             as
             much
             as
             many
             Physicians
             do
             that
             are
             taught
             by
             Herbals
             onely
             ;
             and
             these
             deny
             the
             power
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Works
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             Nature
             in
             the
             skill
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             impossible
             to
             make
             
               Trees
               bear
               fruit
               in
               December
               ,
               and
               Apple-trees
               to
               grow
               to
               blossom
               ,
               and
               bear
               Apples
               contrary
               to
               kind
               in
               March
               .
            
          
           
             Beasts
             have
             knowledge
             in
             the
             vertue
             of
             Plants
             as
             well
             as
             men
             ,
             for
             the
             Toad
             being
             overcharged
             with
             the
             poyson
             of
             the
             Spider
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             well
             known
             )
             hath
             recourse
             to
             the
             Plantane-Leaf
             .
             The
             Weasel
             when
             she
             is
             to
             encounter
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             arms
             her self
             with
             eating
             of
             Rue
             .
             The
             Dog
             when
             he
             is
             sick
             at
             the
             stomack
             ,
             knows
             his
             cure
             ,
             falls
             to
             his
             grass
             ,
             vomits
             ,
             and
             is
             well
             .
             The
             Swallows
             make
             use
             of
             
               Celandine
               ,
            
             the
             Lennet
             of
             
               Euphragia
            
             for
             the
             repairing
             of
             their
             sight
             .
             And
             the
             Ass
             when
             he
             is
             oppressed
             with
             melancholy
             ,
             eats
             of
             the
             Herb
             
               Asplenium
               ,
            
             or
             
               Miltwast
            
             &
             so
             eases
             himself
             of
             the
             swelling
             of
             the
             spleen
             .
             The
             Raven
             makes
             use
             of
             
               Cinquefoyle
            
             for
             the
             prolongation
             of
             his
             life
             to
             somtimes
             six
             or
             sevenhundred
             years
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             think
             it
             is
             that
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             prescribe
             the
             oyle
             of
             
               Ravens
               ,
               Swallows
               ,
            
             and
             
               Harts
            
             for
             the
             use
             of
             man
             to
             annoint
             himself
             ,
             to
             continue
             his
             flesh
             and
             well-complexioned
             body
             from
             wrinkles
             and
             lameness
             ;
             and
             
               Dictamnum
               Cretense
            
             is
             much
             used
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             in
             my
             
               Wise
               mans
               Crown
               ;
               Cretian
               Dittany
            
             cures
             Wounds
             of
             what
             nature
             soever
             .
          
           
           
             Which
             thing
             I
             conceive
             no
             obscure
             indigation
             of
             providence
             ;
             for
             they
             doing
             that
             by
             instinct
             and
             Nature
             ,
             which
             men
             who
             have
             free
             Reason
             cannot
             but
             acknowledge
             to
             be
             very
             pertinent
             and
             fitting
             ,
             nay
             such
             that
             the
             skilfullest
             Physician
             will
             approve
             and
             allow
             ;
             and
             these
             creatures
             having
             no
             such
             reason
             and
             skill
             themselves
             as
             to
             turn
             Physicians
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             concluded
             by
             vertue
             of
             that
             principle
             that
             contrived
             them
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             of
             that
             Nature
             they
             are
             ,
             enabled
             them
             also
             to
             do
             these
             things
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             now
             consider
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Trees
             ,
             where
             I
             think
             it
             will
             appear
             very
             manifestly
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             one
             
               worker
               of
               Miracles
               ,
               and
               inspirer
               of
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ;
            
             I
             might
             now
             reach
             out
             to
             Exortick-Plants
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             
               Cinamon-Tree
               ,
            
             the
             
               Balsome-Tree
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Tree
             that
             bears
             the
             Nutmeg
             ,
             invelopped
             the
             Mace
             ;
             as
             also
             the
             famous
             Indian
             Nut-Tree
             ,
             which
             at
             once
             (
             as
             the
             Rosie
             Crucians
             say
             )
             affords
             almost
             all
             the
             necessaries
             of
             life
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             cut
             but
             the
             Twigs
             at
             Evening
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             plentiful
             and
             pleasant
             Juice
             comes
             out
             ,
             which
             they
             receive
             into
             Bottles
             ,
             and
             drink
             instead
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             which
             they
             extract
             such
             an
             Aquae
             Vitae
             as
             is
             very
             soveraign
             against
             all
             manner
             of
             sicknesses
             ,
             the
             branches
             and
             boughs
             they
             make
             their
             Houses
             of
             ,
             and
             the
             body
             of
             the
             tree
             being
             very
             spongy
             within
             ,
             though
             hard
             without
             ,
             they
             easily
             contrive
             into
             the
             frame
             and
             use
             of
             their
             
               Canoes
               ,
            
             or
             
               boats
               .
            
             the
             Kernel
             of
             the
             Nut
             serves
             them
             for
             bread
             and
             meat
             ,
             and
             the
             Shells
             for
             Cups
             to
             drink
             in
             ;
             and
             indeed
             they
             are
             not
             meer
             empty
             Cups
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             found
             a
             delicious
             cooling
             milk
             in
             them
             ;
             besides
             there
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             hemp
             that
             incloses
             the
             Nut
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             make
             Ropes
             and
             Cables
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             finest
             of
             it
             ,
             Sayles
             for
             their
             ships
             ;
             and
             the
             Leaves
             are
             so
             hard
             and
             sharp
             pointed
             ,
             that
             they
             easily
             make
             Needles
             or
             Bodkins
             of
             them
             for
             stitching
             their
             Sayles
             ,
             and
             for
             other
             necessary
             purposes
             ;
             and
             that
             Providence
             may
             shew
             her self
             benigne
             as
             well
             as
             wise
             ,
             this
             so
             notable
             a
             Plant
             is
             not
             restrain'd
             to
             one
             coast
             of
             the
             World
             as
             the
             East-Indies
             ,
             but
             is
             found
             in
             
               Affrica
               ,
               Arabia
               ,
            
             and
             in
             all
             the
             Islands
             of
             the
             West-Indies
             ,
             as
             
               Hispaniola
               ,
               Cuba
               ,
            
             where
             our
             men
             are
             victorers
             ;
             and
             several
             other
             places
             of
             the
             new-found
             World
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             insist
             upon
             these
             things
             by
             way
             of
             introduction
             ,
             but
             to
             contain
             my self
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             such
             
             objects
             as
             are
             necessary
             for
             our
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             familiarly
             and
             ordinarily
             before
             our
             eyes
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             the
             better
             (
             these
             things
             understood
             )
             take
             occasion
             from
             thence
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             Rosie
             Crucian
             way
             to
             health
             ,
             and
             their
             ordinary
             Medicines
             which
             to
             us
             are
             not
             as
             yet
             known
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               The
               
                 Rosie
                 Crucian
              
               way
               how
               to
               get
               health
               ;
               The
               causes
               why
               we
               eat
               food
               ;
               Of
               the
               first
               nature
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               A
               measure
               of
               raw
               and
               temperate
               meat
               ,
               and
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               fiery
               ,
               and
               soummy
               Gall
               and
               needless
               muddy
               bowels
               the
               melt
               ;
               nature
               careless
               of
               making
               the
               reins
               of
               Urine
               drawers
               ,
               drinkless
               animals
               have
               none
               at
               all
               ;
               how
               to
               clense
               your self
               from
               these
               idle
               Bowels
               and
               avoid
               all
               diseases
               .
            
          
           
             DO
             you
             not
             consider
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             man
             ,
             what
             faculties
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             order
             he
             is
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             creatures
             ;
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             observe
             though
             his
             body
             be
             weake
             and
             disarmed
             ,
             yet
             his
             inward
             abilities
             of
             reason
             ,
             and
             artificiall
             contrivance
             is
             admirable
             ;
             he
             is
             much
             given
             to
             search
             out
             the
             
               Medicinall
               virtues
            
             of
             
               Plants
               ,
               Wights
               ,
            
             and
             
               Mineralls
               ,
            
             and
             hath
             found
             out
             those
             that
             were
             of
             so
             present
             and
             great
             consequence
             as
             to
             be
             Antidotes
             against
             poyson
             that
             would
             so
             quickly
             have
             dispatched
             mankind
             ,
             it
             were
             good
             for
             us
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Medicines
               ,
            
             now
             our
             
               land
               is
               afflicted
               with
               a
               sickness
               called
               the
               new
               disease
               ,
               of
               which
               all
               sorts
               dye
               ,
            
             without
             remedy
             ,
             for
             none
             as
             yet
             have
             prescribed
             a
             
               Medicine
               ,
               for
               young
               men
            
             that
             desire
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             for
             old
             men
             that
             wish
             for
             health
             ,
             without
             which
             no
             life
             is
             sweet
             and
             savory
             ,
             then
             let
             us
             bend
             our selves
             to
             cure
             our
             brethren
             first
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             shew
             the
             means
             (
             besides
             the
             commmon
             Collegian
             Doctors
             drenches
             ,
             or
             
               Culpepers
            
             way
             ,
             how
             every
             man
             may
             get
             and
             keep
             his
             health
             ,
             that
             is
             something
             strange
             but
             a
             vowed
             truth
             ;
             the
             consent
             &
             equall
             (
             I
             mean
             agreeable
             to
             kind
             )
             temper
             &
             dulling
             our
             four
             first
             beginnings
             ,
             the
             staff
             of
             our
             bodies
             ,
             for
             if
             this
             knot
             be
             
             broken
             ,
             &
             they
             loos
             towards
             their
             former
             liberty
             ,
             they
             wax
             proud
             and
             strong
             ,
             and
             fight
             ,
             for
             their
             nature
             is
             together
             by
             the
             ears
             ,
             and
             put
             us
             to
             pain
             ,
             and
             lets
             the
             rule
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             call
             the
             disease
             .
          
           
             Then
             to
             handle
             one
             at
             once
             as
             our
             manner
             is
             ,
             and
             will
             keep
             our
             custom
             still
             ,
             to
             keep
             our
             health
             and
             body
             in
             temper
             ,
             seems
             no
             such
             matter
             to
             me
             as
             the
             world
             would
             make
             it
             ,
             even
             plainly
             impossible
             ,
             when
             I
             know
             all
             the
             wayes
             and
             entries
             to
             let
             in
             diseases
             and
             distempers
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             may
             by
             small
             heed
             be
             
               stoped
            
             and
             
               fenced
               .
            
          
           
             Wee
             must
             needs
             draw
             breath
             and
             eat
             meat
             ;
             for
             the
             cause
             I
             shall
             speake
             of
             it
             in
             its
             place
             ;
             and
             as
             this
             is
             not
             all
             clear
             and
             agreeable
             ,
             so
             
               nature
            
             hath
             her
             leavings
             ;
             and
             again
             
               labour
            
             and
             
               rest
            
             are
             
               needful
               ,
            
             and
             perhaps
             we
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             be
             moved
             in
             mind
             with
             joy
             ,
             greife
             ,
             fear
             ,
             hope
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             passions
             ,
             though
             the
             
               Stoick
            
             deny
             necessity
             ,
             saith
             
               Des Carte
               .
            
          
           
             By
             so
             many
             wayes
             and
             gat●s
             diseases
             may
             enter
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             well
             watced
             and
             looked
             unto
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             done
             in
             reason
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             done
             often
             ,
             as
             they
             assure
             us
             that
             have
             lived
             long
             without
             all
             disease
             and
             sicknesses
             ,
             as
             
               Iohn
               Harding
            
             relates
             of
             a
             Minister
             called
             
               Iohn
               Macklaine
            
             to
             have
             continued
             for
             these
             fourscore
             years
             last
             past
             together
             in
             health
             ,
             &
             after
             his
             hair
             ,
             teeth
             ,
             eys
             &
             flesh
             renued
             ,
             &
             became
             yong
             again
             ,
             &
             such
             like
             stories
             are
             to
             be
             found
             enough
             if
             we
             might
             stay
             to
             seek
             them
             ;
             some
             are
             contented
             for
             all
             but
             air
             and
             meat
             ,
             but
             these
             say
             they
             have
             often
             seeds
             of
             diseases
             lye
             hid
             in
             them
             unable
             to
             be
             foreseen
             or
             prevented
             ,
             as
             we
             find
             those
             meats
             that
             make
             the
             finest
             shew
             ,
             (
             as
             Wine
             and
             Sugar
             )
             and
             such
             enticeing
             baites
             ,
             to
             have
             hid
             in
             them
             most
             hateful
             diseases
             and
             dregs
             in
             the
             bottom
             ;
             so
             the
             air
             when
             it
             seems
             the
             best
             and
             highest
             ,
             yet
             is
             sometimes
             infected
             and
             poysoned
             with
             venemous
             breath
             sent
             out
             and
             thrust
             into
             it
             either
             from
             below
             or
             from
             the
             scars
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             cause
             is
             hidden
             and
             unknown
             to
             us
             ,
             so
             the
             hurt
             impossible
             to
             be
             avoyed
             and
             prevented
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             list
             to
             let
             my
             speech
             run
             at
             large
             ,
             especialy
             in
             other
             mens
             grounds
             ,
             I
             could
             finde
             that
             that
             Division
             is
             false
             ,
             first
             ,
             (
             to
             come
             to
             meat
             anon
             )
             and
             then
             if
             it
             were
             
             true
             ,
             yet
             the
             cause
             of
             that
             infection
             not
             unable
             to
             be
             foreseen
             and
             warded
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             so
             sorry
             for
             the
             fault
             above
             ,
             that
             I
             can
             the
             better
             take
             heed
             hereafter
             ;
             yet
             methinks
             it
             is
             a
             grief
             to
             hear
             the
             harmless
             and
             glorious
             divine
             things
             above
             so
             defaced
             with
             stander
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             makes
             answer
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Gentle
             Reader
             ,
             be
             pleased
             to
             stay
             a
             little
             ;
             If
             the
             
               Stars
            
             have
             no
             light
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             power
             but
             from
             the
             
               Sun
               ,
            
             that
             most
             wholsome
             and
             prosperous
             creature
             ,
             then
             they
             hurt
             him
             most
             wrongfully
             ,
             and
             reprove
             themselves
             very
             rightly
             .
             And
             again
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             but
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             finer
             part
             ;
             and
             first
             nature
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             shewed
             in
             my
             Book
             of
             the
             
               The
               Wise
               Mans
               Crown
               ,
            
             then
             they
             be
             the
             wholsomest
             things
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             so
             far
             be
             they
             from
             poysoned
             slander
             :
             And
             so
             let
             their
             Lights
             be
             never
             so
             grosly
             mingled
             in
             their
             meetings
             ,
             and
             thereby
             that
             state
             of
             the
             Weather
             changed
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             our
             bodie
             's
             troubled
             and
             turned
             into
             Diseases
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             prepared
             and
             made
             ready
             for
             it
             ,
             yet
             the
             things
             are
             good
             and
             prosperous
             ;
             and
             by
             knowledge
             of
             Astrology
             ,
             or
             influences
             of
             the
             Planets
             ,
             and
             races
             of
             the
             stars
             ,
             we
             may
             prepare
             our selves
             ,
             and
             prevent
             all
             ,
             if
             we
             cannot
             have
             that
             happiness
             to
             converse
             with
             our
             
               Guardian
               Genius
               .
            
             Now
             for
             lower
             reflexion
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             worth
             the
             answering
             when
             there
             is
             so
             much
             waste
             ground
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             then
             let
             us
             pass
             over
             to
             that
             other
             
               Breach
               ;
            
             may
             we
             not
             shun
             the
             leaving
             baits
             in
             our
             Dyet
             ,
             and
             take
             such
             meat
             as
             is
             most
             temperate
             and
             near
             our
             Nature
             ,
             and
             then
             dress
             the
             same
             after
             the
             most
             kindly
             and
             wholsome
             manner
             ,
             seasoning
             it
             well
             with
             labour
             ,
             mirth
             and
             sleep
             ?
          
           
             And
             to
             be
             plain
             ,
             I
             have
             shewed
             in
             another
             Treatise
             of
             mine
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               way
               to
               blisse
               ,
            
             so
             much
             noted
             by
             our
             Writers
             ,
             what
             a
             jewel
             of
             health
             it
             were
             to
             use
             all
             raw
             &
             temperate
             meat
             ,
             or
             becaus
             we
             be
             wise
             &
             vertuous
             ,
             and
             this
             Dyet
             would
             perhaps
             change
             our
             Nature
             of
             fire
             ,
             but
             like
             
               Philosophers
               ,
            
             a
             quite
             contrary
             way
             ;
             taking
             the
             best
             ,
             when
             as
             none
             is
             lost
             ,
             and
             leaving
             the
             worst
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             we
             now
             take
             ,
             a
             Way
             I
             say
             ,
             to
             strip
             of
             all
             grossness
             and
             foulness
             of
             bodies
             ,
             the
             only
             hurt
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Food
             of
             all
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             another
             way
             which
             you
             will
             think
             strange
             ,
             but
             you
             shall
             find
             it
             true
             ;
             if
             the
             meat
             be
             temperate
             ,
             as
             I
             bid
             you
             
             chuse
             it
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             hurt
             can
             come
             thereby
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             keep
             measure
             in
             your selves
             )
             save
             from
             your
             leavings
             ;
             these
             in
             so
             clear
             a
             Dyet
             first
             will
             be
             very
             few
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             would
             be
             ruled
             by
             my
             
               Counsel
               which
               Nature
               taught
               me
               ,
            
             those
             few
             should
             never
             hurt
             you
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             the
             Leavings
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             there
             are
             three
             which
             the
             liver
             maketh
             most
             troublesome
             unto
             us
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             rest
             are
             easily
             dispatched
             )
             a
             light
             and
             easie
             ,
             or
             rather
             a
             
               fiery
            
             (
             as
             some
             call
             )
             
               Choller
               ;
            
             a
             cold
             and
             heavy
             mud
             ,
             called
             
               Melancholly
               ;
            
             and
             the
             third
             is
             
               Vrine
               ,
            
             which
             I
             wil
             treat
             of
             in
             the
             next
             Chapter
             but
             those
             two
             the
             worser
             ,
             and
             this
             fault
             is
             not
             in
             themselves
             ,
             but
             all
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             needless
             and
             hurtful
             bowels
             in
             our
             bodies
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Seeds-man
             useth
             to
             sow
             good
             and
             bad
             together
             )
             which
             being
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             and
             quality
             with
             those
             humors
             ,
             do
             draw
             and
             pul
             them
             stil
             unto
             them
             (
             as
             all
             other
             parts
             and
             things
             do
             )
             for
             their
             Food
             and
             nourishment
             and
             so
             by
             the
             narrow
             passages
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             their
             greediness
             in
             pulling
             and
             holding
             ,
             and
             a
             hundred
             such
             means
             ,
             subject
             to
             great
             mischances
             ,
             have
             brought
             in
             as
             many
             mischiefs
             ,
             whereas
             Nature
             the
             great
             expeller
             of
             her
             unlike
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             ,
             if
             she
             had
             free
             choice
             and
             liberty
             ,
             would
             otherwise
             with
             case
             ,
             and
             without
             hurt
             ,
             expel
             those
             Leavings
             ,
             especially
             so
             small
             a
             number
             of
             the
             better
             sort
             in
             so
             clean
             a
             Dyet
             ;
             nay
             ,
             set
             the
             malice
             of
             those
             parts
             ,
             (
             those
             parts
             are
             
               Melt-Gall
               ,
            
             and
             
               Reins
            
             )
             if
             there
             be
             not
             sufficient
             store
             of
             other
             soul
             meat
             at
             hand
             ,
             like
             a
             poysoned
             or
             a
             purging
             Medicine
             ,
             they
             use
             to
             draw
             good
             Juices
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Food
             of
             them
             ;
             what
             is
             not
             manifested
             in
             this
             chapter
             ,
             shall
             methodically
             be
             demonstrated
             in
             the
             ensuing
             ,
             for
             I
             intend
             to
             be
             serious
             in
             this
             part
             of
             my
             Book
             ,
             and
             will
             shew
             you
             what
             Nature
             taught
             me
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Medicines
               made
               plain
               by
               examples
               ,
               and
               those
               are
               above
               controlement
               ;
               That
               the
               wet
               Sun-beams
               declare
               some
               fine
               and
               forrain
               fatness
               to
               nourish
               mankind
               .
               How
               to
               live
               twenty
               yeers
               without
               Food
               ,
               as
               many
               creatures
               do
               .
               Vse
               and
               Custom
               a
               second
               Nature
               :
               The
               Bird
               called
               Manuda
               Diaoa
               ,
               and
               the
               singing
               Dog
               ,
               and
               Camelian
               that
               never
               eat
               food
               .
               An
               experienced
               Medicine
               ,
               and
               how
               to
               apply
               it
               ,
               Paracelse
               ,
               and
               the
               Rosie
               Crucian
               new
               Art
               of
               Healing
               .
            
          
           
             OF
             
               Aristotle
            
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             the
             witty
             Spye
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             made
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             he
             shews
             the
             need
             and
             use
             of
             the
             greater
             Entralls
             and
             Bowels
             of
             
               Wights
               ,
            
             and
             saith
             very
             truly
             and
             wisely
             ,
             The
             Heart
             and
             Liver
             as
             the
             spring
             of
             Life
             and
             Food
             ,
             to
             be
             needful
             for
             all
             
               VVights
               ,
            
             adding
             to
             the
             hotter
             one
             ,
             the
             
               Brain
            
             to
             
               cool
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Lights
            
             to
             clense
             the
             
               Heat
               ,
            
             staying
             there
             as
             if
             he
             thought
             the
             other
             three
             unprofitable
             ;
             nay
             for
             one
             of
             them
             in
             the
             same
             Book
             ,
             (
             I
             say
             )
             telling
             the
             stories
             of
             the
             Hart
             and
             Camel
             ,
             and
             giving
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             be
             both
             so
             swift
             ,
             healthful
             ,
             long-liv'd
             and
             other
             good
             properties
             above
             the
             rest
             enfeoffed
             ,
             vouched
             in
             plain
             tearms
             ,
             the
             want
             of
             the
             fiery
             and
             scummy
             Gall
             ,
             as
             a
             great
             Enemy
             to
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             Melt
             that
             muddy
             Bowel
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             left
             out
             as
             needless
             in
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             better
             creatures
             .
             The
             Meadows
             near
             
               Cortinae
            
             and
             
               Muggadore
            
             declare
             when
             by
             a
             strange
             and
             hidden
             vertue
             they
             bereave
             the
             Beasts
             thereof
             that
             graze
             upon
             them
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Herb
             is
             called
             
               Asplenium
               ;
            
             as
             I
             told
             you
             in
             the
             preceding
             Chapters
             ,
             nay
             ,
             that
             the
             Milt
             is
             not
             onely
             idle
             ,
             but
             hurtful
             ,
             which
             all
             experience
             ,
             even
             in
             our selves
             hath
             taught
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Turks
            
             light
             Footmen
             ,
             (
             I
             say
             ,
             which
             I
             know
             not
             by
             what
             example
             unless
             it
             were
             the
             want
             of
             the
             same
             in
             the
             Camel
             ,
             making
             the
             Beast
             able
             to
             travel
             an
             hundred
             miles
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             so
             without
             drink
             fifteen
             dayes
             together
             )
             being
             in
             their
             childhood
             purged
             of
             their
             Milt
             ,
             prove
             thereby
             the
             most
             light
             ,
             swift
             ,
             sound
             and
             lasting
             Footmen
             in
             the
             World
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             the
             veins
             of
             Urine-drawers
             ,
             as
             drinkless
             creatures
             have
             none
             at
             all
             ,
             so
             some
             men
             have
             but
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             nature
             passed
             not
             to
             make
             any
             at
             all
             ;
             if
             we
             could
             forbear
             our
             drink
             (
             as
             these
             Beasts
             do
             by
             kinde
             ,
             and
             some
             men
             by
             custom
             )
             we
             might
             the
             better
             spare
             them
             ,
             and
             avoid
             many
             mischiefs
             in
             our
             bodies
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             the
             odd
             man
             ,
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
            
             I
             know
             not
             by
             what
             light
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               Cross
               ,
            
             (
             cast
             in
             I
             think
             from
             seraphical
             illumination
             )
             not
             onely
             sees
             these
             faults
             ,
             but
             also
             finds
             wayes
             to
             amend
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             cut
             the
             mischiefs
             off
             all
             these
             three
             noysome
             parts
             ,
             not
             with
             any
             yeilding
             Craft
             ,
             but
             with
             Rosie
             Crucian
             divine
             kind
             of
             Healing
             ,
             with
             
               Aurum
               protabile
               ,
               &c.
            
             so
             that
             to
             avoid
             all
             diseases
             that
             spring
             of
             the
             Leavings
             ,
             take
             of
             
               Aurum
               potabile
               ,
            
             one
             ounce
             ;
             one
             pound
             of
             the
             Oyle
             of
             Ravens
             ;
             two
             pound
             of
             
               Miltwast
               ,
            
             or
             
               Asplenium
               ;
            
             a
             handful
             of
             
               Cinkefoyle
               ,
            
             of
             
               Dictamnum
               Cretense
               ,
               Ophioglossum
            
             and
             
               Scorpioides
               ,
               Echium
               ,
            
             of
             each
             a
             like
             quantity
             ,
             and
             observe
             the
             Ascendent
             ,
             and
             his
             Lord
             ;
             and
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             the
             sixt
             ,
             at
             your
             discretion
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             quantity
             of
             a
             Walnut
             every
             night
             and
             morning
             ,
             and
             anoynt
             the
             face
             &
             hands
             ,
             &
             (
             if
             you
             wil
             )
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             body
             :
             Rosie
             Crucians
             have
             other
             healing
             and
             yeilding
             Medicines
             ,
             you
             shall
             know
             them
             in
             their
             places
             ;
             this
             is
             such
             an
             experienced
             Medicine
             ,
             that
             you
             know
             where
             to
             find
             it
             ;
             I
             need
             not
             shew
             you
             to
             put
             out
             the
             sway
             and
             power
             of
             these
             idle
             bowels
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             it
             should
             not
             need
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             stock
             that
             easeth
             our
             clean
             Dyet
             Nature
             her self
             as
             she
             doth
             in
             those
             Meadows
             by
             other
             creatures
             would
             also
             quite
             raze
             and
             dispatch
             them
             within
             a
             few
             generations
             .
          
           
           
             But
             I
             will
             go
             further
             ,
             Hear
             a
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             new
             and
             unheard
             of
             opinion
             ,
             and
             yet
             let
             not
             your
             judgement
             run
             ,
             before
             you
             see
             good
             reason
             ;
             
               What
               if
               we
               could
               fast
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               live
               without
               all
               food
               ?
            
             might
             not
             all
             hurt
             and
             danger
             of
             meat
             be
             then
             forestalled
             ?
             if
             other
             
               Creatures
               ,
            
             whose
             life
             hangeth
             upon
             the
             same
             hold
             ,
             by
             the
             sufferance
             ,
             nay
             by
             the
             commandement
             
               of
               God
            
             and
             
               Nature
               ,
            
             do
             last
             for
             ever
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             
               Reason
            
             but
             the
             same
             
               common
               Nature
            
             will
             at
             last
             suffer
             it
             in
             us
             ;
             Let
             us
             see
             .
             And
             to
             step
             over
             the
             
               Camelion
               ,
            
             because
             it
             is
             a
             
               Cold
            
             and
             
               bloodless
               Creature
               ;
            
             what
             say
             we
             to
             a
             
               Bird
               ,
            
             which
             is
             an
             hot
             and
             perfect
             one
             ?
             
               a
               bird
            
             in
             the
             
               Molucco
               Islands
               ,
               Manuda
               Diaca
            
             by
             name
             ,
             that
             hath
             no
             feet
             at
             all
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             an
             ordinary
             fish
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Moore
            
             saith
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             seen
             her
             ;
             the
             bigness
             of
             her
             body
             and
             bill
             ,
             as
             likewise
             the
             form
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             much
             what
             of
             a
             
               Swallows
               ,
            
             but
             the
             spreading
             out
             of
             her
             
               wings
            
             and
             
               Tail
            
             has
             no
             less
             compass
             then
             an
             
               Eagles
               ;
            
             she
             
               lives
            
             and
             breeds
             in
             the
             
               Aire
               ,
            
             born
             up
             by
             the
             force
             of
             
               wind
            
             with
             more
             ease
             then
             
               Archytas
            
             his
             
               Dove
               ,
            
             and
             comes
             not
             near
             the
             
               earth
            
             but
             for
             her
             
               Burial
               ;
            
             for
             the
             largeness
             and
             lightness
             of
             her
             wings
             and
             tail
             sustain
             her
             without
             Lassitude
             ,
             and
             the
             laying
             of
             her
             
               Egges
            
             and
             brooding
             of
             her
             young
             is
             upon
             the
             back
             of
             the
             
               Male
               ,
            
             which
             is
             made
             hollow
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             breast
             of
             the
             
               Female
               ,
            
             for
             the
             more
             easie
             incubation
             ,
             taking
             no
             other
             food
             ,
             as
             alas
             how
             should
             she
             ?
             then
             there
             is
             found
             :
             but
             whether
             she
             lives
             meerly
             of
             the
             dew
             of
             
               Heaven
               ,
            
             or
             of
             flies
             and
             such
             like
             insects
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             others
             to
             dispute
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             heard
             of
             the
             
               Little
               Dog
            
             in
             the
             
               West
               Indies
               ,
            
             which
             singeth
             so
             sweetly
             all
             the
             night
             long
             ,
             neither
             night
             nor
             day
             eating
             any
             thing
             ?
             But
             there
             be
             examples
             in
             our
             kind
             as
             well
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             certain
             above
             controlment
             :
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Heydon
            
             saith
             there
             is
             a
             
               Mouthless
               and
               so
               a
               meatless
               people
               or
               kind
               of
               men
            
             about
             the
             head
             of
             
               Ganges
               ,
            
             which
             liveth
             by
             the
             breath
             of
             their
             
               Nostrils
               ,
            
             except
             when
             they
             take
             a
             far
             journey
             ,
             they
             mend
             their
             
               Diet
            
             with
             the
             smell
             of
             
               flowers
               :
            
             and
             lest
             you
             may
             think
             I
             lean
             upon
             bare
             Authorities
             without
             the
             stay
             of
             reason
             ,
             all
             the
             matter
             rests
             upon
             this
             reason
             I
             told
             you
             before
             ,
             that
             our
             life
             lay
             in
             the
             hand
             (
             beside
             a
             little
             exercise
             )
             of
             two
             like
             meats
             ,
             one
             for
             the
             
               Soul
            
             and
             
               Natural
               heat
            
             which
             is
             within
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             finest
             and
             first
             moisture
             in
             our
             body
             ,
             the
             others
             is
             without
             any
             meat
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Temper
             with
             our
             body
             as
             near
             as
             may
             be
             ;
             to
             uphold
             the
             frame
             and
             building
             of
             
             the
             same
             which
             
               I
            
             said
             to
             be
             a
             fine
             
               Aiery
               and
               Fiery
               flame
               .
            
          
           
             And
             we
             are
             now
             grown
             so
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             estranged
             from
             our
             
               Etherial
            
             first
             
               Moisture
            
             and
             the
             life
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             that
             we
             creep
             downward
             towards
             the
             
               Earth
            
             through
             diseases
             ,
             before
             we
             can
             reach
             the
             
               Life
               of
               the
               Vehicle
               ;
            
             within
             sixscore
             years
             we
             dye
             ,
             and
             are
             hidden
             from
             the
             sensible
             approch
             of
             renewing
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               Nature
               and
               her
               medicines
               experienced
               by
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               occult
               virtue
               of
               Mysteries
               ;
               of
               the
               healing
               and
               consuming
               medicines
               and
               of
               their
               use
               ;
               of
               the
               Gout
               ,
               Leprosie
               ,
               Dropsie
               and
               Falling
               Sickness
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             NOW
             the
             
               Aire
            
             it self
             ,
             especially
             when
             it
             is
             ever
             more
             as
             the
             
               wet
               Sunbeams
            
             declare
             ,
             so
             sprinkled
             with
             some
             
               Fine
               forraign
               fatness
               ,
            
             may
             seem
             sufficient
             food
             to
             nourish
             the
             finer
             part
             of
             our
             
               Frame
               ,
            
             wherein
             the
             temper
             of
             
               mankind
               ,
            
             and
             his
             
               life
            
             (
             touching
             that
             point
             )
             standeth
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             any
             meat
             can
             do
             to
             
               life
               ,
            
             (
             for
             it
             is
             not
             fed
             by
             common
             food
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             above
             )
             though
             not
             enough
             for
             strength
             ,
             because
             the
             grosser
             ,
             sounder
             ,
             and
             tougher
             parts
             wherein
             the
             strength
             lyeth
             ,
             shall
             want
             food
             in
             this
             
               Dyet
               ,
            
             and
             fail
             no
             doubt
             greatly
             ,
             
               yet
               life
               shall
               last
               still
               ,
            
             as
             long
             as
             
               Aire
            
             and
             
               first
               moisture
            
             holds
             ,
             in
             my
             opinion
             :
             or
             if
             we
             think
             that
             so
             spare
             a
             Diet
             ,
             we
             may
             mend
             it
             (
             as
             the
             
               mouthless
               people
               do
            
             )
             with
             smell
             of
             
               Flowers
               :
            
             or
             rather
             ,
             as
             we
             know
             
               Nature
            
             is
             able
             to
             draw
             
               Aire
            
             and
             other
             food
             which
             she
             desireth
             through
             the
             skin
             into
             all
             places
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             so
             if
             she
             had
             meat
             applyed
             to
             the
             stomach
             ,
             she
             would
             no
             doubt
             satisfie
             herself
             that
             way
             most
             finely
             ,
             without
             the
             heap
             of
             hurts
             let
             in
             at
             the
             broad
             and
             common
             gates
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             by
             example
             for
             
               Drink
               ,
            
             that
             all
             the
             while
             we
             sit
             in
             
               Water
            
             we
             shall
             never
             thirst
             ▪
             And
             for
             meat
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             say
             ,
             by
             applying
             of
             
               wine
            
             in
             this
             sort
             they
             fasted
             without
             all
             hunger
             for
             two
             years
             together
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             like
             manner
             I
             have
             experienced
             this
             ,
             and
             fasted
             two
             dayes
             when
             I
             first
             studied
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             
               Guardian
               Genii
               :
            
             But
             if
             that
             would
             not
             serve
             the
             turn
             ,
             and
             we
             must
             needs
             receive
             in
             
             meat
             at
             the
             common
             gate
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             let
             it
             pass
             no
             further
             then
             the
             gate
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             stomach
             in
             the
             mouth
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             use
             of
             some
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             when
             they
             are
             
               Seraphically
               illuminated
               ;
            
             and
             to
             provide
             enough
             for
             life
             and
             strength
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             better
             for
             our
             health
             ,
             then
             we
             do
             ,
             because
             the
             clearer
             part
             alone
             should
             be
             received
             ,
             And
             moreover
             
               I
            
             say
             ,
             for
             the
             clear
             dispatch
             of
             that
             our
             ordinary
             trouble
             and
             anoyance
             which
             your
             reverence
             will
             not
             suffer
             me
             to
             name
             ,
             although
             
               I
            
             might
             among
             
               Physicians
               ,
            
             but
             they
             know
             my
             meaning
             :
             But
             it
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             steal
             shifts
             and
             holds
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             that
             we
             may
             easily
             fast
             all
             our
             life
             (
             though
             it
             be
             
               three
               hundred
               years
               together
            
             )
             without
             all
             kind
             of
             meat
             ,
             and
             so
             cut
             off
             all
             doubts
             and
             dangers
             of
             diseases
             thereof
             springing
             ;
             and
             for
             my
             own
             part
             ,
             I
             know
             some
             that
             have
             fasted
             and
             lived
             in
             the
             
               holy
               orders
               of
               the
               Fraternity
            
             without
             all
             food
             
               ten
               years
            
             space
             together
             .
             What
             need
             we
             say
             more
             ?
             if
             you
             be
             both
             so
             hard
             of
             belief
             ,
             and
             dull
             of
             sight
             ,
             and
             reports
             of
             good
             Authors
             ,
             nor
             my
             own
             experience
             will
             sink
             into
             you
             ,
             nor
             yet
             can
             you
             see
             the
             light
             of
             reason
             shining
             before
             you
             ,
             take
             here
             a
             few
             of
             ordinary
             matters
             in
             the
             
               life
            
             and
             use
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             weigh
             one
             with
             another
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             as
             common
             in
             use
             ,
             and
             indeed
             needful
             ,
             to
             spit
             ,
             and
             avoid
             another
             nameless
             leaving
             ?
             and
             to
             
               Drink
            
             but
             to
             sleep
             especially
             ?
             If
             some
             of
             these
             ,
             nay
             all
             may
             be
             spared
             ,
             why
             not
             our
             meat
             also
             ?
             let
             us
             see
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             by
             example
             ,
             because
             Reason
             is
             both
             too
             long
             and
             too
             open
             to
             cavil
             .
          
           
             To
             leave
             drink
             ,
             which
             many
             have
             all
             their
             lives
             left
             ;
             
               Elizabeth
               Drewe
               ,
               a
               Devonshire
               Gentlewoman
               ,
               is
               reported
               never
               to
               have
               spat
               ,
               nor
               the
               whole
               Indian
               Nation
               .
            
             Sr.
             
               Iohn
               Heydon
            
             saith
             ,
             
               he
               knew
               one
               that
               kept
               the
               nameless
               matter
               forty
               daies
               together
               .
            
             And
             although
             this
             answereth
             not
             the
             question
             ,
             yet
             it
             sheweth
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             former
             
               Holy
               Story
               ,
            
             for
             if
             in
             so
             foul
             and
             gross
             a
             thing
             as
             dyet
             is
             ,
             he
             could
             so
             long
             want
             it
             ,
             why
             not
             these
             men
             for
             ever
             ,
             in
             so
             clear
             and
             fine
             adiet
             ,
             almost
             empty
             and
             void
             of
             all
             leavings
             ?
             For
             the
             grosser
             sort
             ,
             which
             make
             up
             this
             foul
             and
             shameful
             one
             we
             left
             before
             ,
             as
             you
             heard
             ,
             and
             the
             finer
             in
             the
             passage
             from
             the
             
               Stomach
            
             through
             the
             former
             Gates
             were
             drawn
             all
             away
             to
             the
             
               Liver
               ,
            
             as
             the
             like
             is
             ever
             in
             us
             and
             voided
             otherwaies
             .
             To
             close
             up
             all
             ,
             I
             was
             at
             Sea
             with
             one
             that
             slept
             not
             one
             wink
             for
             these
             three
             years
             last
             past
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Knotsford
            
             is
             a
             Witness
             to
             this
             truth
             ,
             and
             Capt.
             
               Windsor
               .
            
          
           
           
             And
             thus
             we
             see
             these
             strange
             things
             fall
             our
             in
             proof
             ,
             but
             how
             I
             cannot
             stand
             to
             shew
             :
             First
             ,
             nature
             suffers
             them
             ,
             then
             use
             and
             custome
             another
             Nature
             brings
             them
             in
             ,
             yet
             we
             may
             well
             beleeve
             the
             like
             in
             this
             matter
             of
             meat
             we
             have
             in
             hand
             ;
             For
             as
             the
             
               Bear
            
             (
             according
             to
             the
             guise
             of
             many
             Beasts
             that
             lurk
             in
             Winter
             )
             fasteth
             fourty
             daies
             ,
             so
             
               Eugenius
               Theodidactus
               ,
            
             the
             reported
             
               Rosie-Crucian
            
             tells
             of
             a
             
               Scottish
               young
               man
               ,
               David
               Zeamons
               ,
            
             that
             waited
             on
             him
             ,
             that
             by
             use
             brought
             himself
             to
             fast
             three
             daies
             together
             ,
             which
             by
             use
             might
             have
             been
             three
             hundred
             as
             well
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             ordered
             himself
             thereafter
             by
             slow
             and
             creeping
             custome
             ,
             as
             Captain
             
               Copeland
            
             calls
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             such
             means
             as
             
               I
            
             set
             down
             before
             .
          
           
             So
             we
             see
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             great
             wordly
             wonders
             prove
             plain
             and
             easie
             truths
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             Wisdome
             :
             you
             have
             read
             of
             the
             wonderful
             works
             of
             
               God
            
             in
             the
             
               Acourate
               Structure
               of
               mans
               Body
               ,
            
             of
             his
             
               Soul
               ,
            
             of
             his
             
               Senses
               ,
            
             of
             
               Plants
               ,
            
             of
             
               Minerals
               ;
            
             and
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               medicine
            
             shall
             be
             that
             which
             
               I
            
             will
             insist
             upon
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             means
             aforesaid
             (
             where
             are
             more
             than
             one
             ,
             if
             this
             like
             them
             not
             ,
             they
             may
             take
             another
             )
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             all
             men
             by
             kind
             and
             custome
             to
             keep
             their
             health
             for
             ever
             :
             Let
             us
             come
             to
             the
             next
             point
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             aswell
             to
             be
             recovered
             if
             it
             were
             lost
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             diseases
             may
             be
             cured
             .
             This
             is
             a
             point
             much
             harder
             then
             the
             first
             ,
             even
             so
             beset
             and
             stopt
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             lets
             and
             incumbrances
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             can
             scarce
             tell
             which
             way
             to
             set
             his
             foot
             forwards
             .
             First
             appears
             
               Aesculapius
               ,
               Hippocrates
               ,
            
             and
             
               Plato
               ,
            
             the
             chief
             among
             the
             
               Grecians
               ,
            
             bearing
             in
             hand
             sundry
             diseases
             of
             both
             kinds
             (
             both
             come
             by
             descent
             ,
             and
             gotten
             by
             purchase
             )
             hopeless
             and
             past
             recovery
             ,
             and
             giving
             over
             the
             men
             that
             owe
             them
             ,
             for
             troublesome
             to
             themselves
             and
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             :
             Then
             you
             may
             see
             
               Galen
               ,
            
             and
             his
             soft
             and
             fine
             Company
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             follow
             these
             are
             
               Gerard
            
             and
             
               Riverius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Culpepper
               ,
            
             and
             these
             with
             a
             long
             train
             of
             
               hedge-Doctours
               ;
            
             and
             among
             these
             stands
             
               Freeman
               ,
            
             with
             
               Caterers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cooks
               ,
            
             laden
             after
             them
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             
               dainty
               Druggs
               ,
            
             stand
             forth
             and
             
               Cry
               ,
            
             they
             have
             these
             many
             ages
             devoured
             heaps
             of
             Books
             ,
             and
             took
             endless
             pains
             in
             searching
             out
             the
             
               Nature
            
             of
             single
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             making
             mixtures
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             yet
             could
             hardly
             cure
             some
             
               Agues
               ,
            
             and
             other
             less
             diseases
             ;
             But
             for
             the
             four
             great
             diseases
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               Gout
               ,
               Leprosie
               ,
               Dropsie
               ,
               
               Falling
               Sickness
               ,
            
             they
             could
             never
             heal
             them
             ,
             and
             have
             therefore
             for
             
               Oracles
            
             set
             them
             down
             incurable
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               That
               the
               knowledge
               and
               vertue
               of
               Medicines
               are
               secretly
               hid
               from
               vulgar
               understanding
               :
               how
               they
               may
               be
               gotten
               :
               and
               of
               what
               lies
               couched
               in
               the
               Oil
               of
               Bodies
               :
               of
               the
               use
               ,
               and
               how
               to
               fetch
               it
               out
               by
               Skill
               ,
               the
               Haven
               of
               Medicine
               .
            
          
           
             VVHat
             is
             left
             to
             be
             done
             in
             this
             Matter
             ?
             what
             shall
             we
             set
             against
             the
             weight
             of
             so
             many
             great
             mens
             
               Authorities
               ?
            
             Equally
             put
             them
             in
             the
             
               Ballance
               ,
            
             as
             we
             have
             done
             hitherto
             ,
             and
             weigh
             them
             with
             
               truth
            
             and
             
               reason
               :
            
             But
             where
             shall
             we
             find
             it
             ?
             say
             they
             ;
             As
             it
             is
             every where
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Hobbs
            
             said
             ,
             drowned
             in
             the
             deep
             ,
             so
             in
             this
             matter
             it
             is
             scattered
             all
             about
             ,
             and
             largely
             spread
             withall
             ;
             for
             there
             be
             three
             things
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             full
             of
             under-Branches
             
               ,
            
             belonging
             to
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Art
               and
               way
               of
               Healing
               ;
               The
               first
               is
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Diseases
               ,
               the
               second
               the
               remedies
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               of
               the
               Appliance
               of
               the
               remedies
               ,
            
             all
             which
             should
             be
             traversed
             in
             this
             Methodical
             mysterious
             Treatise
             :
             but
             it
             shall
             not
             need
             I
             hope
             ,
             nay
             we
             must
             take
             heed
             how
             we
             enter
             into
             so
             long
             and
             large
             a
             race
             ,
             in
             so
             short
             and
             narrow
             a
             compass
             of
             time
             appointed
             ,
             especially
             being
             never
             run
             before
             by
             any
             man
             but
             our self
             ,
             not
             one
             of
             the
             wise
             
               Egyptians
               ,
            
             nor
             our
             
               Ancestours
               ,
               the
               holy
               Company
               of
               Moses
               and
               Elias
               ,
            
             whose
             steps
             we
             strive
             to
             follow
             ,
             and
             their
             successours
             ;
             for
             when
             they
             have
             once
             hit
             the
             mark
             they
             have
             shot
             at
             ,
             and
             gotten
             the
             great
             and
             general
             Medicine
             
               Caput
               mortuum
               A.
               P.
            
             curing
             with
             ease
             all
             diseases
             ,
             they
             think
             it
             straight
             enough
             ,
             and
             an
             empty
             and
             needless
             Labour
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             indeed
             ,
             to
             trouble
             
               themselves
            
             and
             their
             
               Children
            
             with
             large
             Rules
             about
             innumerable
             
               Signs
            
             and
             
               Causes
            
             of
             infinite
             diseases
             ,
             and
             about
             other
             small
             particulars
             in
             appliance
             .
             Neither
             would
             I
             have
             you
             set
             
               Sendivogius
               ,
               Paracelse
               ,
            
             and
             their
             heirs
             upon
             me
             ,
             and
             say
             they
             have
             taken
             great
             and
             goodly
             pains
             in
             this
             field
             ;
             you
             will
             then
             force
             me
             to
             speak
             my
             thoughts
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             these
             men
             ,
             (
             to
             let
             
               Philalethes
               ,
               Vaughan
               ,
            
             and
             
               Culpepper
               ,
               Varlet
               ,
               Freeman
               ,
            
             and
             other
             
               Pretenders
               ,
               with
               some
               Schollars
               goe
               ,
               as
               too
               young
               and
               childish
               yet
               ,
            
             )
             by
             great
             light
             of
             Wit
             wherewith
             they
             flowed
             ,
             and
             by
             long
             proling
             both
             with
             eies
             ,
             ears
             ,
             and
             hands
             ,
             in
             the
             mysteries
             of
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             saw
             and
             performed
             many
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             deep
             secrets
             ,
             yea
             and
             there
             got
             most
             of
             their
             worldly
             praise
             ,
             although
             I
             think
             a
             number
             feigned
             ,
             yet
             
               Paracelse
            
             his
             new
             Art
             and
             Rules
             of
             Healing
             are
             not
             good
             in
             my
             opinion
             ;
             For
             first
             ,
             against
             the
             example
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               crucians
               ,
            
             from
             whom
             he
             had
             received
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             then
             in
             despight
             and
             disgrace
             of
             
               Galen
               ,
            
             for
             mis-calling
             his
             Countrymen
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             carryed
             away
             with
             a
             mad
             and
             raging
             desire
             of
             
               Fame
            
             and
             
               Honour
               ,
            
             which
             
               Culpepper
            
             alwaies
             despised
             ,
             yet
             the
             
               Starres
            
             favoured
             him
             ,
             when
             I
             assisted
             to
             set
             up
             that
             new
             ,
             famous
             and
             strange
             work
             of
             
               Physick
               ,
            
             now
             well
             known
             and
             practised
             ,
             which
             
               Paracelse
            
             when
             he
             took
             in
             hand
             ,
             a
             man
             unfit
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             to
             pull
             down
             and
             raze
             the
             old
             Work
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             up
             our
             new
             experienced
             secret
             ,
             which
             he
             could
             never
             do
             all
             his
             life
             .
          
           
             Then
             we
             see
             how
             it
             is
             performed
             ,
             he
             sets
             down
             some
             false
             rules
             ,
             some
             wast
             ,
             idle
             ,
             and
             some
             wanting
             ,
             and
             all
             unconstant
             ,
             disordered
             ,
             and
             unlearned
             ;
             when
             he
             doth
             well
             (
             as
             he
             doth
             sometime
             )
             he
             doth
             no
             more
             then
             was
             done
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             brings
             in
             the
             same
             thing
             disguised
             with
             new
             ,
             odd
             ,
             cross
             ,
             and
             unheard
             of
             names
             ,
             such
             as
             may
             move
             wonder
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             be
             scanned
             ,
             Laughter
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Moor
            
             saith
             of
             
               Eugenius
               Philalethes
            
             his
             like
             devises
             in
             his
             
               Aula
               Lucis
               Adamica
               Magica
               &
               Euphrates
               ,
            
             and
             others
             of
             his
             Welch
             Philosophie
             .
             And
             that
             I
             doe
             not
             slander
             them
             where
             there
             is
             no
             cause
             ,
             I
             could
             prove
             ,
             if
             this
             place
             would
             admit
             a
             Volume
             .
             Wherefore
             let
             us
             follow
             the
             true
             and
             right
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             as
             easily
             you
             may
             know
             them
             by
             their
             actions
             ,
             if
             ever
             you
             fortune
             to
             see
             them
             and
             be
             acquainted
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             leave
             
               Paracelse
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             in
             this
             ill
             matter
             ,
             and
             Light
             and
             Apish
             ,
             as
             he
             makes
             it
             ;
             and
             why
             should
             we
             spend
             all
             our
             care
             and
             thought
             about
             a
             small
             matter
             ?
             you
             have
             a
             good
             
               Medicine
            
             and
             remedy
             against
             diseases
             ,
             when
             
               old
               wives
            
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             some
             good
             
               Women
               ,
            
             amongst
             other
             Dr.
             
               Culpeppers
               late
               wife
               ,
            
             and
             
               Simple
               men
               ,
            
             on
             our
             side
             (
             I
             mean
             Simple
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             
               Grecian
            
             subtilties
             about
             nothing
             )
             when
             these
             people
             have
             healed
             most
             ,
             nay
             ,
             
             even
             all
             diseases
             ,
             and
             with
             which
             womanish
             Medicines
             indeed
             ,
             the
             German
             Doctour
             (
             let
             us
             give
             him
             his
             due
             praise
             )
             hath
             quite
             slain
             the
             
               Grecian
               Physick
               ,
            
             and
             here
             done
             much
             for
             mankind
             ,
             by
             describing
             and
             dispatching
             our
             close
             and
             secret
             enemie
             ,
             which
             under
             colour
             of
             friendship
             and
             fighting
             against
             our
             enemies
             hath
             this
             long
             time
             betrayed
             us
             and
             done
             us
             much
             mischief
             ;
             which
             thing
             one
             of
             their
             best
             
               Captains
            
             of
             their
             State
             ,
             
               Fernell
            
             by
             name
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             been
             a
             while
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             began
             to
             smell
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             repent
             himself
             of
             all
             his
             former
             pains
             (
             which
             we
             know
             were
             great
             )
             bestowed
             in
             that
             kind
             of
             
               Healing
               ,
            
             saying
             it
             to
             be
             but
             words
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             force
             and
             weight
             of
             this
             
               Art
            
             to
             lean
             upon
             the
             knowledge
             and
             vertues
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             
               secretly
               hid
               and
               couched
               in
               the
               midst
               and
               oyl
               of
               bodies
               ,
            
             to
             be
             fetched
             out
             and
             gotten
             by
             the
             skilful
             means
             of
             
               Alchymists
               ;
            
             even
             so
             of
             that
             Art
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             condemned
             of
             his
             fellows
             before
             and
             since
             him
             ,
             have
             fled
             and
             do
             daily
             flie
             from
             the
             daily
             toil
             and
             trouble
             of
             their
             
               fruitless
               and
               barren
               dead
               Sea
               :
            
             Now
             let
             us
             shift
             our
             
               Sailes
               ,
            
             and
             flie
             further
             too
             ,
             I
             hope
             of
             wind
             and
             tide
             and
             all
             ;
             which
             we
             have
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             mount
             up
             to
             the
             
               main-mast
               top
            
             of
             our
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             see
             if
             we
             can
             describe
             the
             
               Haven
               of
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Medicines
               ,
            
             and
             see
             what
             marks
             it
             hath
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             differs
             from
             other
             Creeks
             adjoining
             ,
             lest
             at
             our
             journeys
             end
             we
             miss
             ,
             with
             more
             shame
             and
             grief
             ,
             and
             suffer
             shipwrack
             .
             A
             
               medicine
            
             is
             that
             which
             kills
             the
             face
             of
             that
             which
             hurts
             us
             ;
             and
             this
             it
             doth
             many
             waies
             ,
             and
             yet
             also
             to
             one
             end
             (
             which
             is
             is
             the
             end
             of
             all
             doing
             and
             working
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             for
             his
             food
             and
             sustenance
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               Medicines
               against
               Witchcraft
               ,
               and
               to
               cure
               those
               that
               are
               afflicted
               thereby
               ,
               although
               their
               bodies
               be
               possessed
               with
               evill
               spirits
               ,
               that
               cause
               them
               to
               vomit
               up
               Needles
               ,
               Thimbles
               ,
               Pots
               ,
               Glasses
               ,
               Hair
               ,
               and
               shreds
               of
               cloth
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Divil
               were
               conveyed
               into
               the
               body
               .
               That
               Winds
               and
               Tempests
               are
               raised
               by
               Witches
               upon
               meer
               ceremonies
               of
               Medicines
               ,
               and
               of
               poysons
               ;
               with
               the
               examples
               also
               of
               other
               supernatural
               effects
               of
               unclean
               spirits
               ,
               and
               of
               imagination
               .
               How
               to
               cure
               a
               Witch
               ,
               and
               to
               take
               away
               her
               power
               .
            
          
           
             A
             
               Servant
               of
               God
               and
               Secretary
               of
               Nature
               ,
            
             must
             be
             well
             advised
             of
             what
             he
             writes
             ,
             especially
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             matter
             
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Physick
               ,
            
             lest
             he
             should
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             fail
             in
             this
             design
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             may
             be
             a
             shame
             that
             he
             should
             be
             reproved
             ,
             by
             the
             pretenders
             to
             those
             wise
             truths
             he
             alone
             hath
             opened
             to
             publick
             view
             ;
             then
             let
             us
             come
             again
             and
             sort
             our
             speeches
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Medicine
               heals
               us
               ,
               and
               kills
               our
               enemie
               ,
            
             either
             by
             dulling
             or
             consuming
             it
             ;
             for
             when
             it
             meets
             with
             a
             contrary
             of
             even
             strength
             (
             as
             when
             oyl
             and
             poyson
             &c.
             joyn
             )
             then
             in
             strength
             they
             neither
             eat
             up
             nor
             destroy
             one
             another
             ,
             but
             both
             are
             dulled
             and
             weakned
             ,
             and
             make
             one
             heavy
             thing
             which
             nature
             casteth
             out
             for
             an
             unlike
             and
             unkindly
             dead
             thing
             ,
             which
             they
             call
             an
             excrement
             ,
             or
             (
             Leaving
             ;
             )
             but
             in
             case
             it
             be
             of
             more
             strength
             and
             power
             then
             our
             enemie
             ,
             then
             it
             quite
             destroyes
             ,
             devours
             ,
             and
             turns
             him
             into
             his
             own
             nature
             .
             And
             this
             consumer
             is
             either
             like
             the
             thing
             that
             hurts
             us
             ,
             in
             which
             sort
             even
             as
             every
             herb
             of
             sundry
             qualities
             draws
             and
             feeds
             upon
             his
             own
             
               juice
            
             in
             a
             
               Garden
               ;
            
             so
             one
             Poyson
             doth
             cure
             another
             ,
             and
             all
             purging
             and
             drawing
             things
             do
             heal
             us
             ,
             and
             all
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               hid
            
             and
             
               Divine
               properties
            
             do
             work
             by
             plain
             reason
             ;
             or
             else
             it
             is
             unlike
             and
             contrary
             to
             their
             custome
             ;
             after
             which
             manner
             as
             
               dry
               sticks
               ,
               and
               Tow
               ,
               and
               vinegar
               quench
               wild
               fire
               ,
            
             or
             other
             
               Fat
               Fires
               ,
            
             before
             
               water
               ,
            
             whose
             fatness
             feeds
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             strong
             contrary
             quality
             quelling
             and
             eating
             up
             the
             weaker
             ;
             so
             doth
             any
             cold
             and
             dry
             thing
             as
             
               Bolearminick
               ,
               Terra
               Lemnia
               ,
            
             &c.
             cure
             a
             Rotten
             poyson
             :
             and
             so
             are
             a
             great
             number
             of
             cures
             done
             ;
             which
             
             onely
             course
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             use
             for
             
               Physick
               ,
            
             and
             not
             indeed
             without
             good
             success
             ;
             we
             heard
             even
             now
             of
             two
             hinderances
             of
             healing
             ,
             which
             our
             common
             
               Physicians
            
             did
             take
             unawares
             ,
             and
             
               Paracelse
            
             pretends
             to
             have
             found
             out
             before
             me
             ,
             gave
             any
             hint
             to
             the
             World
             of
             our
             experienced
             inventions
             ,
             of
             
               Gold
               dissolved
               and
               made
               potable
               ,
               being
               incorporated
               with
               its
               proper
               Veyle
               ,
            
             which
             we
             now
             use
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Aurum
               potabile
               ;
            
             but
             
               Paracelse
            
             straieth
             much
             in
             the
             making
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             knows
             it
             not
             no
             more
             than
             that
             
               tattered
               Doctor
               Freeman
               ,
            
             so
             shamefully
             
               called
               amongst
               Physicians
               :
            
             Whither
             in
             their
             poisons
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             when
             they
             think
             all
             cures
             thereby
             performed
             .
          
           
             Now
             when
             the
             Consuming
             Medicines
             have
             done
             their
             duties
             ,
             Nature
             expells
             them
             for
             poison
             and
             unlike
             strange
             things
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Axiomata
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Grecian
               Rules
               ,
            
             because
             all
             their
             Medicines
             were
             not
             approved
             by
             the
             Fraternity
             ,
             and
             were
             by
             their
             confession
             such
             :
             But
             if
             they
             had
             either
             thought
             of
             the
             dulling
             nourisher
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             takes
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             leaving
             or
             excrement
             ,
             or
             had
             known
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             wholsome
             
               Medicine
               ,
            
             they
             would
             have
             made
             another
             reckoning
             ;
             But
             let
             them
             go
             ,
             and
             us
             see
             out
             in
             time
             towards
             the
             
               Haven
               of
               Health
               ,
            
             If
             the
             Art
             of
             Healing
             be
             nothing
             but
             destroying
             hurtful
             things
             ,
             And
             their
             stronger
             enemies
             (
             but
             equality
             will
             sometimes
             serve
             the
             turn
             )
             or
             likes
             together
             ;
             and
             the
             world
             be
             full
             of
             both
             these
             kinds
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             following
             the
             nature
             of
             their
             Parents
             of
             four
             beginnings
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             we
             see
             ,
             some
             like
             ,
             and
             some
             contrary
             one
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             Then
             sure
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             Art
             of
             
               Healing
            
             is
             not
             (
             as
             some
             may
             say
             )
             impossible
             ,
             truly
             it
             wanteth
             nothing
             ,
             but
             a
             man
             well
             skilled
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             things
             ,
             
               A
               servant
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Secretary
               of
               Nature
               by
               name
               ;
            
             for
             (
             I
             think
             )
             I
             need
             not
             put
             in
             a
             
               Physician
               ,
            
             to
             know
             what
             other
             part
             the
             Causes
             of
             the
             diseases
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             known
             and
             matched
             ,
             because
             as
             Sr.
             
               Christopher
               Heydon
            
             the
             
               Seraphically
               Illuminated
               Rosie
               Crucian
               ,
            
             and
             learned
             
               Astrologer
               ,
            
             well
             saith
             ,
             He
             that
             knoweth
             the
             changes
             and
             chances
             of
             things
             in
             the
             
               great
               World
               ,
            
             may
             soon
             find
             them
             in
             the
             
               Little
               .
            
          
           
             But
             our
             nought-Healing
             Bill-men
             ,
             that
             daub
             Medicines
             upon
             every
             Wall
             and
             Post
             ,
             and
             some
             Leaches
             ,
             will
             step
             in
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             diseases
             are
             in
             some
             so
             great
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             mans
             wit
             is
             
             so
             weak
             and
             shallow
             ,
             and
             the
             Medicines
             so
             hid
             and
             drowned
             in
             the
             deep
             of
             Nature
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             to
             find
             them
             all
             ;
             or
             if
             they
             were
             found
             ,
             to
             apply
             them
             with
             such
             discretion
             as
             Nature
             might
             abide
             those
             poisoned
             Fraies
             and
             Battels
             within
             her
             .
             And
             again
             ,
             admit
             all
             this
             untrue
             ,
             yet
             there
             be
             some
             diseases
             sent
             from
             
               Witchcraft
               and
               Sorcery
               ,
            
             and
             other
             means
             which
             have
             their
             cause
             ,
             and
             so
             their
             Cure
             .
             I
             have
             read
             of
             som
             that
             have
             vomited
             uppieces
             of
             Cloth
             with
             Pins
             stuck
             in
             them
             ,
             
               Nails
               ,
               Needles
               ,
            
             &
             such
             like
             stuff
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             
               ingested
            
             into
             the
             
               Stomach
               ,
            
             by
             the
             
               prestigious
            
             Sleights
             of
             
               Witches
               ;
            
             Others
             I
             have
             seen
             vomit
             up
             Hair
             ,
             Glass
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             and
             pieces
             of
             Wood
             with
             Pins
             stuck
             in
             it
             ;
             anothers
             Corps
             was
             dissected
             ,
             and
             
               ripping
               up
               the
               Ventricle
               ,
            
             there
             they
             found
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             
               round
               piece
               of
               Wood
               ,
               four
               Knives
               ,
            
             some
             
               even
               and
               sharp
               ,
               others
               were
               indented
               like
               a
               Saw.
               
               Others
               do
               Miracles
            
             by
             casting
             
               Flint-stones
               behind
               their
               Backs
            
             towards
             the
             
               West
               ,
            
             or
             striking
             
               a
               River
               with
               Broom
               ,
            
             or
             
               flinging
               of
               Sand
               in
               the
               Air
               ,
            
             the
             
               stirring
               of
               Urine
               in
               a
               hole
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
            
             or
             
               boyling
               of
               Hogges
               Bristles
               in
               a
               pot
               ;
            
             some
             by
             
               whispering
               some
               words
               in
               the
               Ear
               of
               an
               horse
               or
               wild
               Stagg
               ,
               could
               direct
               him
               a
               journey
               according
               to
               their
               own
               desire
               .
            
             But
             what
             are
             these
             things
             available
             ?
             to
             gather
             
               Clouds
               ,
            
             and
             to
             cover
             the
             
               Air
            
             with
             darkness
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             make
             the
             ground
             smoke
             with
             peals
             of
             
               Hail
            
             and
             
               Rain
               ,
            
             and
             make
             the
             
               Air
            
             terrible
             with
             frequent
             
               Lightning
            
             and
             ratling
             Claps
             of
             
               Thunder
               :
            
             But
             this
             is
             from
             the
             power
             of
             the
             
               Divel
            
             (
             as
             some
             fancy
             )
             which
             he
             hath
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             of
             the
             Air
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Remedy
             of
             these
             mischiefs
             ,
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             man
             was
             present
             ,
             when
             some
             have
             vomited
             up
             
               Needles
               ,
               Thimbles
               ,
               Shreds
               of
               Cloth
               ,
               pieces
               of
               Pots
               ,
               Glass
               ,
               Hair
               ;
            
             another
             would
             suffer
             himself
             for
             
               money
            
             to
             be
             
               run
               thorow
            
             with
             a
             sword
             when
             I
             was
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             it
             appeared
             to
             me
             a
             Fable
             .
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             Rosie
             Crucian
             Physician
             cure
             these
             afflicted
             People
             .
             But
             if
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             There
             is
             a
             touchstone
             whereby
             we
             may
             discerne
             the
             truth
             of
             Metals
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             whereby
             we
             may
             discover
             the
             truth
             of
             
               Miracles
            
             recorded
             every where
             in
             History
             .
             But
             I
             answer
             there
             is
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             this
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             If
             what
             is
             recorded
             was
             avouched
             by
             such
             persons
             ,
             who
             had
             no
             end
             nor
             interest
             in
             avouching
             such
             things
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             many
             eye-witnesses
             of
             the
             same
             matter
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             If
             these
             things
             which
             are
             so
             strange
             and
             miraculous
             leave
             any
             sensible
             effects
             behind
             them
             ;
             Though
             I
             will
             not
             acknowledge
             that
             all
             those
             Stories
             are
             false
             that
             want
             these
             Conditions
             ,
             yet
             I
             dare
             affirme
             that
             it
             is
             meer
             Humour
             and
             Sullenness
             in
             a
             man
             to
             reject
             the
             
               Truth
               ,
            
             of
             those
             that
             hear
             them
             :
             For
             it
             is
             to
             believe
             nothing
             but
             what
             he
             seeth
             himself
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             will
             follow
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             to
             read
             nothing
             of
             History
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             neither
             Pleasure
             nor
             any
             usefulnesse
             ,
             if
             it
             deserve
             no
             Belief
             .
          
           
             Another
             Remedy
             for
             these
             
               Supernatural
               diseases
               ,
            
             is
             ,
             Let
             one
             watch
             the
             
               party
               Suspected
               ,
            
             when
             they
             go
             home
             to
             their
             
               house
               ,
            
             and
             presently
             after
             ,
             before
             any body
             goe
             into
             the
             house
             after
             him
             or
             her
             ,
             let
             one
             pull
             a
             handful
             of
             the
             
               Thatch
               ,
            
             or
             a
             
               Tyle
            
             that
             is
             over
             the
             
               Door
               ,
            
             and
             if
             it
             be
             a
             
               Tyle
               ,
            
             make
             a
             good
             
               Fire
               ,
            
             and
             heat
             it
             
               red
               hot
            
             therein
             ,
             setting
             a
             
               Trivet
            
             over
             it
             ;
             then
             take
             the
             parties
             
               Water
               ,
            
             if
             it
             be
             a
             
               Man
               ,
               Woman
               ,
            
             or
             
               Child
               ,
            
             and
             poure
             it
             upon
             the
             
               red
               hot
               Tyle
               ,
            
             upon
             one
             side
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             again
             put
             the
             Tyle
             into
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             extremely
             hot
             ,
             turning
             it
             ever
             and
             anon
             ,
             and
             let
             no body
             come
             into
             the
             house
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             be
             Cattle
             that
             are
             bewitched
             ,
             take
             some
             of
             the
             Hair
             of
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             mix
             the
             Hair
             in
             fair
             water
             ,
             or
             wet
             it
             well
             ,
             and
             then
             lay
             it
             under
             the
             
               Tyle
               ,
            
             the
             Trevet
             standing
             over
             the
             Tyle
             ,
             make
             a
             lusty
             fire
             ,
             turne
             your
             Tyle
             oft
             upon
             the
             Hair
             ,
             and
             stir
             up
             the
             Hair
             ever
             and
             anon
             ;
             after
             you
             have
             done
             this
             by
             the
             space
             of
             a
             
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               ;
            
             let
             the
             fire
             alone
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Ashes
             are
             cold
             ,
             bury
             them
             in
             the
             ground
             towards
             that
             quarter
             of
             Heaven
             where
             the
             suspected
             Witch
             lives
             ;
             this
             Mr.
             
             
               Lilly
            
             saith
             he
             hath
             experienced
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             
               Witch
               live
            
             where
             there
             is
             no
             
               Tyle
               ,
            
             but
             
               Thatch
               ,
            
             then
             take
             a
             great
             handful
             thereof
             ,
             and
             wet
             it
             in
             the
             parties
             
               Water
               ,
            
             or
             else
             in
             common
             
               Water
            
             mixed
             with
             some
             
               Salt
               ,
            
             then
             lay
             it
             in
             the
             
               Fire
               ,
            
             so
             that
             it
             may
             
               molter
               and
               smother
            
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             long
             time
             :
             setting
             a
             Trivet
             over
             it
             .
             Or
             else
             take
             
               two
               new
               Horse-shooes
               ,
            
             heat
             them
             red
             hot
             ,
             and
             nail
             one
             of
             them
             on
             the
             
               Threshold
            
             of
             the
             
               Door
               ,
            
             but
             quench
             the
             other
             in
             the
             
               Urine
            
             of
             the
             party
             so
             
               bewitched
               ,
            
             then
             set
             the
             
               Urine
            
             over
             the
             
               fire
               ,
            
             and
             put
             the
             
               Horse-shooe
               in
               it
               ,
            
             setting
             a
             
               Tryvet
            
             over
             the
             
               Pipkin
            
             or
             
               Pan
            
             wherein
             the
             Urine
             is
             ;
             make
             
             the
             urine
             boil
             with
             a
             little
             salt
             put
             into
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Horse
             nailes
             ,
             until
             it
             s
             almost
             consumed
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               Urine
               ;
            
             what
             is
             not
             boiled
             fully
             away
             pour
             into
             the
             fire
             :
             
               Keep
               your
               Hors-shoe
               and
               Nails
               in
               a
               clean
               Cloth
               or
               Paper
               ,
            
             and
             do
             likewise
             three
             several
             times
             ;
             the
             operation
             will
             be
             far
             more
             effectual
             if
             you
             do
             these
             things
             at
             the
             very
             
               change
               or
               full
               Moon
               ,
            
             or
             at
             the
             very
             
               hour
               of
               the
               first
               or
               second
               Quarter
               .
            
          
           
             If
             they
             be
             Cattel
             ,
             you
             must
             mix
             the
             hair
             of
             their
             Tails
             with
             the
             
               Thatch
               ,
            
             and
             moisten
             them
             being
             well
             bound
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             them
             be
             a
             long
             time
             in
             the
             fire
             consuming
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             heard
             the
             Cause
             of
             some
             of
             these
             diseases
             ,
             and
             have
             heard
             the
             Cure
             by
             
               Sympathie
            
             also
             ;
             but
             these
             are
             without
             the
             compass
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             them
             pass
             with
             our
             fickle
             standing
             ,
             which
             is
             daily
             and
             hourely
             so
             beset
             with
             destinies
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             can
             warrant
             nothing
             .
          
           
             Truly
             destinies
             are
             so
             deep
             and
             bottomless
             ,
             (
             to
             return
             straight
             
               Homer-like
            
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             were
             best
             indeed
             to
             let
             them
             goe
             ,
             and
             the
             applying
             of
             the
             
               Medicines
            
             with
             them
             )
             The
             rather
             because
             the
             other
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             former
             )
             is
             so
             slight
             a
             matter
             to
             a
             discreet
             
               Physician
               ,
            
             such
             a
             one
             as
             is
             pointed
             out
             by
             their
             old
             and
             famous
             Leader
             
               Hippocrates
               ,
            
             who
             both
             in
             this
             and
             all
             other
             duties
             of
             his
             Art
             made
             such
             speed
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             passed
             all
             his
             fellowes
             (
             as
             none
             since
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             good
             time
             ,
             could
             ever
             overtake
             him
             )
             no
             nor
             yet
             come
             so
             neer
             as
             to
             keep
             the
             sight
             of
             him
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             in
             chase
             and
             followed
             .
          
           
             Then
             for
             those
             
               Supernatural
               causes
               ,
            
             which
             I
             shall
             not
             stand
             here
             to
             search
             (
             for
             so
             they
             are
             called
             )
             if
             they
             flow
             from
             
               unclean
               and
               wicked
               Spirits
            
             (
             as
             some
             think
             )
             they
             are
             not
             the
             Stuff
             of
             the
             things
             that
             hurt
             us
             ,
             though
             somtimes
             they
             dwell
             in
             and
             possess
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             windy
             matters
             ,
             much
             like
             unto
             those
             fierce
             and
             sudden
             changes
             of
             the
             Weather
             ,
             proceeding
             from
             the
             Influences
             of
             the
             Planets
             and
             fixed
             Stars
             ,
             and
             working
             the
             like
             effects
             in
             mens
             bodies
             ,
             so
             that
             sith
             the
             nearest
             cause
             is
             Natural
             ,
             let
             the
             rest
             be
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             and
             the
             Cure
             be
             done
             by
             Natural
             means
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             by
             experience
             amongst
             us
             :
             And
             therefore
             
               E.
               A.
            
             that
             pretends
             this
             ,
             and
             puts
             the
             fault
             in
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             as
             far
             
               above
               Nature
               ,
            
             yet
             holds
             its
             Cure
             with
             a
             
               Natural
               Medicine
               ,
            
             which
             we
             call
             a
             
               Quintessence
               .
            
          
           
           
             Although
             I
             am
             not
             willing
             ,
             that
             sometimes
             this
             
               sickness
               is
               such
            
             as
             he
             bids
             us
             sometimes
             withstand
             it
             with
             another
             as
             strong
             a
             belief
             set
             against
             it
             ,
             but
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             cannot
             reach
             it
             with
             my
             conceit
             (
             let
             deeper
             heads
             then
             mine
             or
             the
             
               Vice-Chancellor
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               Doctor
               Owen
               ,
            
             think
             upon
             it
             )
             how
             these
             beliefs
             and
             imaginations
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             and
             powers
             of
             the
             soul
             or
             mind
             of
             man
             ,
             can
             so
             flye
             out
             of
             their
             own
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             
               Reigne
            
             over
             
               a
               forraign
               body
               ,
            
             when
             we
             know
             the
             
               Soul
               and
               minde
            
             is
             so
             fast
             bound
             in
             
               the
               body
               indurance
               ,
            
             and
             so
             like
             to
             be
             ,
             untill
             it
             be
             the
             great
             pleasure
             of
             the
             
               Omnipotent
               and
               the
               Omnissent
               God
               ,
            
             the
             
               chief
               good
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             committed
             them
             ,
             to
             let
             them
             loose
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             full
             at
             
               Liberty
               ;
            
             and
             this
             may
             be
             disputed
             with
             
               Grace
               and
               knowledge
            
             on
             my
             part
             ;
             Let
             this
             man
             therefore
             buzze
             against
             my
             
               knowledge
               ,
            
             which
             he
             would
             have
             to
             be
             more
             
               then
               Grace
               ,
            
             I
             
               appeal
            
             to
             the
             
               Naturall
               faculties
            
             of
             any
             
               free
               judge
               ,
               whether
               there
               be
               not
               as
               much
               Grace
               in
               me
               as
               there
               is
               honesty
               in
               him
               :
            
             All
             men
             censure
             as
             they
             like
             of
             Stories
             ;
             so
             let
             them
             pass
             amongst
             old
             wives
             tales
             for
             me
             ,
             we
             will
             severely
             follow
             our
             task
             .
             That
             if
             the
             effect
             do
             not
             cease
             which
             the
             object
             hath
             wrought
             upon
             the
             
               Brain
               ,
            
             so
             soon
             as
             ever
             by
             turning
             aside
             of
             the
             
               Organs
            
             the
             
               object
            
             ceaseth
             to
             work
             
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             though
             the
             
               sence
            
             be
             past
             ;
             As
             the
             stroke
             of
             a
             stone
             ,
             a
             blast
             of
             wind
             ,
             puts
             standing
             water
             into
             Motion
             ,
             and
             it
             doth
             not
             
               presently
               give
               over
               moving
            
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             
               wind
               ceaseth
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Stone
               setleth
               :
            
             so
             the
             
               Image
            
             or
             
               Conception
               remaineth
               ,
            
             but
             more
             obscure
             ,
             while
             
               we
               are
               awake
               ,
            
             because
             some
             object
             or
             other
             continually
             plyeth
             and
             solliciteth
             our
             eyes
             and
             ears
             ,
             keepeth
             the
             mind
             in
             a
             stronger
             Motion
             ,
             whereby
             the
             weaker
             doth
             not
             easily
             appear
             .
             And
             this
             obscure
             conception
             is
             that
             we
             call
             
               Phantasie
               ,
            
             or
             
               Imagination
               ;
               Imagination
            
             being
             (
             to
             define
             it
             )
             
               conception
               remaining
               ,
            
             and
             by
             little
             and
             little
             
               decaying
               from
               and
               after
               the
               act
               of
               sense
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             If
             some
             of
             these
             diseases
             spring
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Moore
               ,
            
             Doctor
             
               Culpeper
               ,
            
             and
             some
             others
             hold
             ,
             and
             with
             good
             reason
             ,
             from
             neither
             of
             both
             these
             two
             roots
             named
             ,
             but
             from
             a
             foul
             and
             venomous
             breath
             ,
             sent
             forth
             from
             a
             poysoned
             temper
             of
             the
             
               Witches
               body
               ,
            
             through
             the
             
               windiness
            
             of
             
               hatefull
               eyes
               :
            
             For
             
               Thought
               fashioneth
            
             the
             
               blood
            
             and
             
               Spirits
            
             almost
             at
             
               his
               pleasure
               ;
            
             then
             all
             the
             causes
             being
             ordinary
             ,
             and
             agreeing
             to
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             cured
             and
             put
             to
             flight
             by
             the
             same
             course
             and
             means
             ;
             which
             opinion
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             to
             bear
             
             with
             my
             tarrying
             ,
             it
             is
             worth
             the
             handling
             ,
             taketh
             hold
             upon
             this
             reason
             ,
             because
             (
             as
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             do
             witness
             )
             some
             beasts
             of
             ranker
             venome
             ,
             do
             witch
             and
             hurt
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ;
             as
             an
             old
             Toad
             by
             stedfast
             view
             ,
             not
             onely
             prevails
             ,
             but
             benums
             a
             
               Weasell
               ,
            
             but
             kills
             a
             young
             child
             .
             And
             by
             the
             same
             means
             the
             
               Bever
            
             hunts
             the
             little
             fish
             ,
             and
             takes
             his
             prey
             :
             But
             most
             fiercely
             and
             mischieously
             of
             all
             creatures
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             two
             monsters
             in
             kind
             ,
             the
             
               Cockatrice
            
             and
             
               Apoblepas
               :
            
             again
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             eye
             of
             a
             menstruous
             woman
             (
             as
             all
             report
             )
             doth
             spot
             the
             glass
             which
             it
             beholdeth
             ;
             and
             moreover
             
               Eugenius
               Theodidactus
               ,
            
             in
             
               the
               wisemans
               Crown
               ,
            
             telleth
             of
             many
             folk
             that
             through
             a
             poysoned
             prerogative
             ,
             which
             a
             monstrous
             Mark
             of
             a
             double-sighted
             eye
             gave
             unto
             them
             ,
             were
             able
             to
             
               bewitch
               to
               death
            
             all
             those
             upon
             whom
             that
             
               eye
            
             was
             
               angerly
            
             and
             
               surely
            
             set
             and
             
               fastned
               ;
            
             but
             chiefly
             because
             we
             see
             them
             that
             use
             this
             wicked
             trade
             ,
             to
             be
             by
             kind
             of
             a
             
               muddy
            
             and
             
               Earthlike
               complexion
            
             and
             
               nature
               ,
            
             brought
             by
             age
             ,
             as
             they
             be
             most
             commonly
             
               long
               life
               ,
            
             and
             
               gross
               diet
               ,
            
             to
             the
             
               pitch
               of
               melancholy
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             a
             cold
             and
             most
             dry
             nature
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             For
             certain
             proof
             whereof
             ,
             bring
             one
             of
             them
             out
             of
             that
             beast-like
             life
             ,
             brought
             unto
             merry
             company
             ,
             and
             fed
             full
             with
             dainty
             
               Diet
               ,
            
             and
             within
             
               twenty
               days
               ,
            
             as
             hath
             by
             a
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             been
             tried
             a
             truth
             ,
             the
             whole
             state
             and
             nature
             of
             her
             body
             will
             be
             so
             changed
             ,
             as
             it
             shall
             not
             suffer
             her
             to
             bewitch
             and
             hurt
             again
             ;
             as
             you
             may
             read
             in
             my
             
               Familiar
               Spirit
            
             or
             
               Guardian
               Genius
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Naturall
               effects
               of
               Medicine
               :
               the
               force
               and
               power
               of
               mineralls
               in
               diseases
               ;
               with
               examples
               also
               that
               every
               disease-breeder
               hath
               the
               cure
               or
               remedy
               in
               it
               :
               examples
               that
               poyson
               prepared
               cures
               poysoned
               people
               :
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Arts
               :
               the
               virtue
               and
               power
               of
               the
               Planets
               and
               heavenly
               Stars
               poured
               through
               the
               influence
               of
               the
               moon
               upon
               the
               Lower
               Creatures
               :
               of
               Hot
               Stomachs
               :
               of
               the
               Etherial
               first
               moisture
               of
               of
               man
               :
               examples
               also
               of
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Natural
               and
               supernaturall
               cures
               :
               of
               the
               understanding
               of
               these
               experienced
               truths
               by
               the
               wit
               of
               man
               :
               
                 of
                 Paracelsus
                 and
                 Culpeper
                 .
              
            
          
           
             LEt
             us
             come
             to
             the
             next
             and
             chiefest
             point
             ;
             And
             there
             we
             must
             not
             say
             for
             shame
             ,
             that
             these
             helps
             and
             remedies
             lye
             hid
             in
             nature
             ,
             too
             far
             for
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             to
             find
             ,
             unless
             we
             will
             accuse
             our
             own
             sloth
             and
             dulness
             :
             For
             
               nature
            
             hath
             brought
             them
             forth
             and
             laid
             them
             open
             aswel
             as
             the
             Poysons
             and
             hurtful
             things
             ,
             or
             else
             she
             were
             very
             cross
             and
             ill-willing
             to
             him
             for
             whose
             sake
             it
             seems
             she
             doth
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             Nay
             further
             (
             as
             Mr.
             
               Hobs
            
             saith
             )
             her
             good
             will
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             she
             hath
             not
             only
             laid
             them
             open
             ,
             but
             given
             us
             wayes
             to
             come
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             means
             of
             speech
             ,
             hands
             and
             wit
             also
             ,
             far
             above
             all
             other
             living
             creatures
             .
             And
             yet
             she
             hath
             not
             left
             us
             so
             ,
             but
             lest
             by
             chance
             we
             might
             go
             wide
             and
             miss
             them
             ,
             to
             shew
             her
             motherly
             love
             and
             affection
             towards
             us
             ,
             she
             hath
             guided
             (
             as
             Mr.
             
               Moor
            
             saith
             )
             many
             witless
             Beasts
             ,
             even
             by
             common
             sense
             ,
             unto
             their
             speedy
             helps
             and
             remdies
             in
             their
             diseases
             :
             That
             we
             by
             the
             plainness
             and
             shame
             of
             the
             example
             (
             as
             Mr.
             
               Gadbury
            
             wisely
             saith
             )
             might
             be
             taught
             and
             moved
             to
             seek
             out
             the
             mysterious
             truths
             of
             nature
             
               in
               Celestial
               bodies
               ,
            
             as
             wel
             as
             beasts
             that
             seek
             and
             find
             us
             Medicines
             helpful
             in
             the
             like
             diseases
             ,
             for
             our
             
               Terrestial
               Tabernacle
               .
            
             As
             to
             name
             a
             few
             not
             unworthy
             meaning
             ;
             she
             maketh
             the
             beast
             
               Hippotamus
            
             in
             time
             of
             his
             fulness
             and
             fatness
             to
             go
             to
             a
             reed
             ,
             and
             by
             rubbing
             a
             vain
             to
             let
             himself
             blood
             ,
             and
             to
             stop
             it
             again
             by
             laying
             mud
             upon
             it
             ;
             A
             sick
             
               dog
            
             to
             seek
             an
             Herb
             and
             purge
             himself
             ;
             and
             the
             
               bear
            
             to
             do
             the
             same
             after
             his
             long
             fast
             in
             
               Winter
               ;
            
             she
             leads
             the
             
               Panther
               ,
            
             when
             he
             is
             poysoned
             ,
             to
             her
             foul
             and
             nameless
             
             leaving
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Tortoyse
               ,
            
             after
             he
             hath
             eat
             a
             Viper
             ,
             to
             Summer
             Savery
             :
             And
             the
             Hedg-hog
             is
             so
             good
             a
             natural
             Astronomer
             ,
             that
             he
             fortifies
             his
             hole
             against
             foul
             weather
             ;
             the
             Hog
             will
             gather
             Moss
             and
             straw
             to
             cover
             himself
             a
             little
             before
             it
             rains
             ;
             The
             dog
             knows
             the
             influence
             of
             Mars
             when
             he
             doth
             sleep
             by
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             go
             out
             a
             dores
             when
             he
             is
             in
             any
             evil
             position
             :
             and
             many
             such
             like
             examples
             hath
             nature
             laid
             before
             us
             for
             our
             instruction
             ;
             by
             which
             at
             last
             wise
             
               Plato
               ,
               Philo
               ,
               Apollonius
               ,
               Pythagoras
               ,
            
             and
             painful
             men
             of
             
               Greece
               ,
            
             as
             they
             themselves
             report
             ,
             be
             they
             
               Elias
               or
               Elisha
               ,
            
             from
             whom
             the
             order
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               Cross
            
             came
             ,
             (
             as
             some
             say
             )
             or
             else
             as
             others
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             from
             
               Moses
               ,
               or
               Ezekiel
               ,
            
             or
             whosoever
             ,
             and
             by
             laying
             reason
             and
             further
             proof
             together
             ,
             first
             made
             the
             Art
             and
             rules
             of
             
               Healing
               ,
            
             to
             know
             whence
             diseases
             came
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             recover
             them
             .
             And
             then
             seeking
             all
             about
             for
             remedies
             to
             serve
             each
             turne
             ,
             by
             little
             and
             little
             they
             matched
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             lesser
             rank
             with
             single
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             ones
             they
             doubled
             and
             coupled
             many
             together
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             at
             last
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             
               Hippocrates
            
             time
             ,
             they
             were
             able
             to
             heal
             all
             (
             saving
             four
             ,
             )
             of
             the
             greatest
             and
             deepest
             diseases
             ,
             the
             
               Gout
               ,
            
             the
             
               Dropsie
               ,
            
             the
             
               Leprosie
               ,
            
             the
             
               Falling
               sickness
               ;
            
             which
             are
             now
             healed
             by
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               onely
               .
            
             But
             this
             race
             is
             below
             the
             
               Seraphically
               illuminated
               Fraternity
               :
            
             now
             not
             a
             
               Physician
            
             that
             is
             lined
             with
             Plush
             in
             
               England
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Germany
               ,
               or
               France
               ;
            
             but
             holds
             that
             
               Long-life
               ,
            
             Health
             ,
             Youth
             ,
             not
             attainable
             ,
             they
             therefore
             with
             one
             consent
             ,
             amongst
             the
             other
             four
             ,
             call
             them
             impossible
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             come
             to
             the
             point
             ;
             what
             wrong
             this
             was
             both
             to
             
               skill
            
             and
             
               nature
               ,
            
             they
             do
             easily
             see
             and
             laugh
             at
             ,
             which
             know
             that
             in
             this
             labour
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             onely
             oversee
             and
             skip
             the
             
               Minerals
               ,
            
             the
             stoutest
             helps
             in
             the
             whole
             store-house
             of
             
               Nature
            
             (
             although
             they
             could
             dig
             them
             out
             well
             enough
             to
             other
             and
             worser
             uses
             )
             but
             also
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             all
             ,
             did
             let
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             skill
             of
             preparing
             
               Medicines
               ,
            
             whereby
             weak
             things
             are
             made
             almighty
             ,
             quite
             escape
             them
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             to
             make
             up
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Art
               of
               healing
               ,
            
             and
             to
             make
             it
             able
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             to
             help
             and
             cure
             all
             diseases
             came
             in
             ,
             or
             rather
             went
             before
             them
             ,
             into
             mans
             body
             ;
             The
             
               Egyptians
            
             in
             great
             savour
             too
             with
             
               nature
            
             both
             for
             their
             soil
             and
             bringing
             up
             ,
             
             so
             notably
             commended
             above
             all
             
               nations
               ,
            
             (
             having
             for
             example
             ,
             to
             move
             and
             teach
             them
             even
             the
             great
             weight
             of
             the
             world
             as
             Sr.
             
               Iohn
               Heydon
            
             saith
             )
             for
             wits
             to
             devise
             ,
             and
             bodies
             to
             put
             in
             practise
             .
          
           
             Whereby
             in
             short
             time
             they
             unfolded
             the
             knot
             why
             the
             
               Minerals
            
             were
             of
             greatest
             force
             and
             power
             against
             diseases
             ;
             and
             soon
             after
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             divine
             light
             ,
             and
             in-sight
             ,
             they
             perceived
             the
             huge
             labour
             of
             seeking
             such
             a
             huge
             sort
             of
             singles
             and
             mixtures
             to
             be
             vain
             and
             empty
             ,
             and
             pittiful
             among
             wisemen
             .
          
           
             Because
             first
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             hurtful
             and
             a
             breeder
             of
             disease
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             the
             heal
             and
             remedy
             for
             the
             same
             about
             him
             :
             For
             the
             
               wings
            
             and
             
               feet
            
             of
             
               Cantharides
               ,
            
             the
             
               Fruit
            
             of
             the
             
               Root
               Bezar
               ,
            
             the
             Ashes
             of
             Scorpions
             ,
             Toads
             ,
             and
             Vipers
             ;
             and
             divers
             other
             stronger
             poysons
             ,
             both
             by
             nature
             and
             skill
             drest
             and
             prepared
             ,
             do
             cure
             and
             heal
             their
             own
             and
             all
             other
             Poysons
             ;
             nay
             as
             all
             stronger
             likes
             do
             cure
             their
             likes
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             of
             diseases
             ,
             even
             so
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             found
             out
             the
             thing
             that
             hurts
             him
             ,
             he
             may
             by
             easie
             skill
             mingle
             and
             break
             the
             temper
             of
             the
             same
             further
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             make
             it
             able
             to
             eat
             up
             and
             consume
             it self
             as
             easily
             ,
             without
             any
             further
             doubt
             ,
             toil
             and
             labour
             ;
             But
             especially
             because
             there
             is
             no
             one
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             take
             what
             you
             will
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             the
             vertues
             of
             the
             
               Planets
            
             arrested
             and
             fastened
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             the
             qualities
             thereof
             within
             it self
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             as
             good
             as
             all
             ,
             and
             may
             serve
             instead
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             not
             able
             to
             cure
             all
             diseases
             ;
             which
             thing
             weighed
             ,
             and
             with
             discourse
             of
             wit
             and
             reason
             fully
             reached
             ,
             they
             went
             to
             practise
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             like
             sharpness
             of
             wit
             ,
             they
             found
             out
             the
             kindly
             and
             ready
             way
             to
             dress
             and
             make
             fit
             these
             three
             kinds
             of
             Medicines
             aforesaid
             ,
             which
             contain
             all
             the
             Art
             of
             healing
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             but
             wast
             words
             and
             grievous
             toyl
             ,
             to
             tire
             a
             world
             of
             wits
             about
             a
             bootless
             matter
             ,
             as
             saith
             
               Des Cartes
               .
            
             But
             especially
             they
             rested
             in
             the
             last
             ,
             which
             is
             enough
             alone
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             without
             great
             forecast
             ,
             to
             chuse
             one
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             very
             best
             of
             all
             ,
             for
             their
             ease
             in
             dressing
             .
             Though
             Dr.
             
               Culpeper
            
             of
             late
             was
             not
             content
             with
             this
             ,
             but
             ran
             through
             the
             rest
             ,
             aswell
             to
             spite
             his
             enemies
             ,
             the
             
               Colledge
            
             of
             
               Physicians
               ,
            
             as
             to
             make
             himself
             famous
             in
             
               Taverns
            
             and
             
               Alehouses
               ,
            
             as
             
               Paracelse
            
             in
             his
             time
             did
             ▪
             whose
             steps
             he
             strove
             to
             follow
             against
             the
             rule
             of
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               wisdom
               and
               vertue
               ;
            
             
             and
             the
             example
             of
             his
             ancestors
             .
          
           
             But
             hath
             every
             thing
             all
             the
             vertues
             and
             influences
             taken
             from
             the
             
               Planets
            
             and
             
               Stars
            
             by
             the
             
               Moon
               ,
            
             to
             the
             earth
             ;
             That
             is
             ,
             all
             the
             curing
             and
             healing
             power
             of
             all
             the
             things
             in
             the
             world
             ?
             very
             well
             you
             must
             remember
             that
             I
             proved
             above
             all
             the
             
               vertues
            
             and
             
               powers
            
             of
             
               heaven
               ,
            
             poured
             down
             through
             the
             
               Influence
            
             of
             the
             
               Moon
               ,
            
             upon
             these
             lower
             
               creatures
               ,
            
             to
             be
             nothing
             else
             (
             as
             
               Captain
               George
               Wharton
            
             truly
             saith
             )
             but
             one self
             same
             life
             and
             Soul
             ,
             and
             
               heavenly
            
             heat
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             And
             again
             ,
             that
             all
             diseases
             flow
             from
             distemper
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             discord
             of
             the
             Natural
             consent
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             then
             that
             thing
             which
             is
             endued
             with
             store
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             with
             exact
             and
             perfect
             temperateness
             ,
             seated
             upon
             both
             a
             subtile
             and
             strong
             body
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             thing
             in
             the
             bottom
             is
             )
             able
             alone
             by
             subduing
             his
             weaker
             enemies
             ,
             those
             distempered
             diseases
             ,
             by
             strengthening
             his
             fellow
             life
             ,
             
               Aurum
               Potabile
               ,
            
             in
             our
             bodies
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             by
             orderly
             binding
             together
             the
             frame
             that
             was
             slipt
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             to
             do
             as
             much
             as
             all
             the
             powers
             and
             forces
             of
             all
             the
             
               Plants
               ,
               Weights
               ,
               and
               minerals
            
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             put
             to
             flight
             all
             trouble
             of
             diseases
             ,
             and
             restore
             the
             body
             to
             perfect
             health
             and
             quierness
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             is
             all
             this
             done
             ?
             we
             talk
             of
             high
             things
             ,
             and
             huddle
             up
             too
             many
             great
             matters
             together
             .
             It
             were
             good
             for
             us
             to
             work
             them
             out
             distinctly
             ;
             when
             this
             
               Aurum
               Potabile
            
             we
             speak
             of
             ,
             and
             strong
             tempered
             
               medicines
               ,
            
             slip
             into
             the
             stomach
             ,
             it
             stayes
             no
             long
             digestion
             ,
             being
             already
             digested
             ,
             nor
             look
             for
             any
             ordinary
             passages
             to
             be
             opened
             unto
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             is
             raised
             out
             of
             sleep
             by
             his
             fellow
             ,
             the
             natural
             heat
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             he
             flyes
             our
             ,
             and
             skowers
             about
             ,
             as
             fast
             as
             the
             
               Dolphine
            
             after
             his
             prey
             ,
             or
             as
             nature
             her self
             ,
             whom
             Mr.
             
               Booker
               ,
            
             as
             I
             take
             it
             (
             saith
             )
             to
             pierce
             bounds
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             seek
             his
             like
             food
             ,
             and
             sustenance
             ,
             whereby
             to
             preserve
             his
             state
             and
             being
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             purpose
             of
             all
             things
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             above
             .
          
           
             Now
             there
             is
             nothing
             so
             like
             and
             neer
             a
             perfect
             temperature
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Etherial
               first
               moisture
            
             in
             man
             ;
             But
             what
             this
             is
             ,
             you
             may
             read
             in
             my
             book
             entituled
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Ventus
               magnus
               .
            
          
           
             This
             is
             best
             and
             most
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
             the
             root
             of
             life
             ,
             then
             thither
             it
             hyeth
             and
             preyeth
             upon
             that
             part
             first
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             
             it
             presently
             restoreth
             a
             man
             half
             dead
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             pulls
             him
             out
             of
             the
             throat
             of
             
               death
               ;
            
             then
             it
             runs
             to
             the
             rest
             all
             about
             ,
             increasing
             by
             that
             means
             the
             natural
             heat
             ,
             and
             first
             moisture
             of
             every
             part
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             when
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             he
             turns
             upon
             the
             parts
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             encountring
             with
             them
             in
             the
             same
             sort
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             might
             ,
             feeds
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             brings
             them
             a
             certain
             way
             towards
             his
             own
             nature
             ,
             even
             so
             far
             as
             we
             will
             by
             our
             usage
             suffer
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             take
             it
             with
             measure
             and
             discretion
             ,
             it
             will
             bring
             our
             body
             to
             a
             middle
             mean
             and
             state
             ,
             between
             his
             own
             exact
             temperature
             and
             the
             distemper
             of
             diseases
             ,
             even
             a
             better
             state
             then
             ever
             it
             had
             before
             ;
             if
             we
             use
             it
             out
             of
             measure
             ,
             it
             takes
             us
             up
             too
             high
             ,
             and
             too
             near
             his
             own
             
               nature
               ,
            
             and
             makes
             us
             unmeet
             for
             the
             deeds
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             an
             
               earthly
               life
               .
            
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             this
             work
             ,
             we
             must
             know
             that
             by
             his
             exceeding
             heat
             and
             subtleness
             which
             is
             gotten
             by
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             skill
             ,
             and
             which
             make
             up
             the
             strength
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             it
             divides
             and
             scatters
             ,
             like
             smoke
             before
             the
             wind
             ,
             all
             distempered
             and
             hurtful
             things
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             cannot
             be
             reconciled
             and
             turned
             to
             goodness
             ,
             nature
             throws
             them
             out
             as
             dead
             ,
             and
             unfruitful
             leavings
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             do
             we
             talk
             ,
             (
             as
             Mr
             
               William
               Tub
            
             the
             Astrological
             
               Fencer
            
             saith
             )
             
               so
               much
               of
               exact
               and
               perfect
               temper
               ,
            
             when
             by
             the
             
               verdict
            
             of
             all
             the
             
               Quest
            
             in
             these
             cases
             there
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             found
             in
             
               nature
               ,
            
             but
             in
             
               heaven
               onely
               ?
            
             neither
             heard
             you
             me
             say
             that
             it
             floated
             aloft
             ,
             
               but
               was
               sunk
               to
               the
               bottom
               of
               all
               nature
               ;
            
             notwithstanding
             by
             a
             true
             and
             Holy
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             to
             be
             sounded
             and
             weighed
             up
             .
             For
             as
             heaven
             was
             once
             a
             gross
             and
             distempered
             lump
             (
             as
             I
             told
             you
             in
             my
             book
             
               of
               the
               nature
               and
               dignity
               of
               Angels
            
             )
             by
             the
             divine
             art
             of
             God
             that
             ordered
             all
             things
             (
             as
             you
             have
             read
             in
             the
             Introductory
             part
             of
             this
             book
             ,
             )
             refined
             and
             sundred
             away
             round
             to
             the
             place
             and
             
               nature
            
             where
             it
             now
             standeth
             ;
             even
             so
             one
             of
             our
             gross
             bodies
             here
             below
             ,
             being
             
               a
               piece
               of
               the
               same
               lump
            
             also
             ,
             and
             all
             one
             with
             that
             which
             Heaven
             once
             was
             ,
             may
             by
             the
             like
             art
             and
             cunning
             be
             refined
             and
             parted
             from
             all
             his
             distempered
             dross
             and
             foul
             drossiness
             ,
             and
             brought
             into
             a
             
               Heavenly
               nature
            
             of
             the
             best
             and
             goodliest
             thing
             in
             
               Heaven
               :
            
             And
             yet
             you
             must
             not
             take
             me
             as
             though
             I
             would
             have
             〈…〉
             wit
             of
             man
             ,
             which
             is
             b●t
             a
             spark
             of
             the
             divine
             g●
             〈…〉
             
             in
             my
             book
             called
             
               Ventus
               Ingens
            
             )
             to
             be
             able
             to
             reach
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             work
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             so
             great
             perfection
             ;
             if
             he
             do
             but
             shadow
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             Counterfeit
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             reach
             not
             so
             far
             as
             to
             make
             all
             things
             ,
             but
             to
             mend
             a
             few
             by
             this
             his
             Heaven
             ,
             all
             is
             well
             ,
             it
             is
             as
             much
             as
             I
             can
             look
             for
             at
             the
             hand
             of
             any
             man
             that
             is
             not
             a
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               .
            
             Now
             is
             the
             time
             to
             rest
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             the
             good
             use
             and
             practice
             of
             those
             that
             shall
             read
             our
             writing
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XV
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Sun
               ,
               or
               Spiritual
               Oyl
               .
               Of
               the
               Divine
               Works
               of
               God
               not
               yet
               observed
               .
               How
               we
               make
               Aether
               .
               Examples
               of
               Medicines
               Rosie
               Crucian
               and
               Grecian
               .
               Of
               Poison
               .
               Of
               the
               Supernatural
               Miracles
               of
               the
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
               with
               obedience
               to
               Reason
               .
               Another
               Medicine
               of
               Supernatural
               effect
               .
               Of
               the
               power
               and
               secret
               skill
               of
               Nature
               .
               How
               to
               dissolve
               Minerals
               :
               And
               how
               to
               prepare
               them
               for
               Mens
               Bodies
               .
            
          
           
             
               EUgenius
               Theodidactus
            
             hath
             shewed
             you
             this
             
               Heaven
               ,
            
             Nay
             this
             
               Sun
            
             of
             ours
             ,
             which
             is
             nought
             else
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             in
             one
             of
             my
             books
             of
             
               Astrologie
               ,
            
             but
             an
             
               Oyl
               full
               of
               heavenly
               Spirits
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             in
             Quality
             of
             his
             body
             just
             ,
             even
             and
             natural
             ,
             fine
             and
             piercing
             ,
             close
             and
             lasting
             ,
             able
             as
             well
             to
             rule
             this
             little
             World
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Heydon
            
             saith
             ,
             the
             great
             
               Sun
            
             is
             able
             to
             governe
             the
             great
             World
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             is
             he
             ,
             saies
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Cleeveland
               ,
            
             that
             can
             see
             this
             Divine
             Art
             and
             Way
             ,
             whereby
             God
             made
             his
             great
             and
             mighty
             work
             ,
             viz
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             as
             I
             shewed
             in
             my
             Book
             ,
             intituled
             ,
             
               Moses
               speech
               to
               God
               ,
            
             upon
             the
             second
             chapter
             of
             
               Genesis
               ?
            
             or
             if
             he
             saw
             it
             ,
             learne
             and
             match
             it
             by
             imitation
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             None
             but
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             I
             am
             a
             friend
             ,
             and
             they
             God
             hath
             enlightned
             and
             unsealed
             their
             eyes
             ,
             they
             have
             found
             the
             way
             lying
             open
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             
               Natural
               changes
               ,
            
             they
             see
             them
             pass
             and
             travel
             ,
             I
             say
             still
             ,
             the
             course
             that
             
               Heydon
            
             calls
             soft
             and
             witty
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             kindly
             separation
             :
             and
             if
             he
             be
             not
             swift
             and
             rash
             as
             many
             ,
             such
             as
             
               Thomas
               
               Vaughan
            
             and
             
               Street
               ,
            
             but
             will
             have
             sober
             patience
             ,
             his
             own
             skill
             and
             labour
             will
             be
             but
             little
             if
             he
             please
             ;
             for
             Nature
             her self
             very
             kindly
             will
             in
             her
             due
             time
             performe
             all
             ,
             and
             even
             all
             that
             heavenly
             workmanship
             be
             easily
             performed
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             mean
             not
             so
             but
             that
             Art
             must
             accompany
             and
             attend
             upon
             Nature
             (
             though
             with
             no
             great
             pains
             and
             skill
             )
             both
             forward
             and
             backward
             in
             this
             Journey
             (
             Doctour
             
               French
            
             knows
             my
             meaning
             ,
             so
             doth
             Doctour
             
               Owen
               ,
            
             if
             his
             angry
             Censure
             will
             suffer
             his
             Natural
             judgement
             )
             until
             he
             come
             to
             his
             wished
             rest
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             top
             of
             all
             perfection
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             perceive
             not
             ,
             consider
             the
             way
             whereby
             we
             made
             our
             
               Ether
            
             in
             our
             book
             abovenamed
             ,
             and
             matched
             our
             own
             first
             moisture
             ,
             a
             thing
             
               Etherial
               ,
            
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             almost
             Temperate
             ;
             mark
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             further
             end
             in
             the
             matter
             ,
             hold
             on
             the
             same
             means
             whereby
             you
             came
             so
             far
             through
             
               The
               wise
               mans
               Crown
               ,
            
             and
             are
             gone
             so
             far
             
               in
               the
               Way
               to
               bliss
               ,
            
             which
             is
             that
             I
             spake
             of
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             reach
             it
             .
          
           
             Then
             you
             see
             the
             way
             to
             cure
             all
             diseases
             by
             the
             third
             way
             of
             
               Egyptian
               healing
               ,
            
             which
             they
             doe
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             well
             call
             it
             the
             Egyptians
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             way
             far
             beneath
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             Art
             of
             Healing
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             shew
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             they
             will
             not
             yeeld
             yet
             to
             reason
             ,
             but
             mutter
             stil
             
               Thomas
               Street-like
            
             ,
             that
             these
             Heavenly
             Medicines
             of
             ours
             are
             very
             high
             for
             the
             reach
             of
             mens
             silly
             wits
             ,
             here
             strowed
             below
             upon
             the
             ground
             for
             other
             lesser
             and
             baser
             uses
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             man
             since
             the
             first
             man
             ,
             or
             if
             I
             will
             say
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             was
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             first
             found
             out
             these
             inventions
             as
             they
             call
             them
             ,
             after
             
               Adam
               ;
            
             and
             that
             none
             but
             the
             
               successors
               of
               Moses
            
             have
             been
             ever
             yet
             known
             to
             have
             found
             and
             wrought
             the
             same
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             stand
             to
             beat
             reason
             into
             such
             giddy-braindmen
             ,
             but
             go
             to
             the
             other
             two
             waies
             of
             healing
             ,
             which
             the
             
               Egyptians
            
             found
             out
             and
             used
             ,
             and
             called
             the
             first
             Mineral
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             these
             
               Moses
            
             taught
             the
             
               children
            
             of
             
               Israel
            
             in
             
               the
               valley
               of
               mount
               Sinai
               ,
               when
               he
               took
               the
               Golden
               Calf
               which
               he
               had
               made
               ,
               and
               calcined
               it
               in
               the
               fire
               ,
               and
               ground
               it
               to
               powder
               ,
               and
               incorporated
               it
               with
               a
               Solar
               Veagle
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               children
               of
               Israel
               drink
               Aurum
               potabile
               .
            
          
           
             And
             the
             next
             mysteries
             and
             secrets
             ,
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             
               Riverius
            
             his
             speaking
             of
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Secrets
               ,
            
             we
             fitly
             may
             call
             this
             second
             ,
             
             kind
             ,
             because
             that
             is
             too
             large
             a
             
               Name
            
             (
             if
             it
             be
             lawful
             for
             us
             as
             well
             as
             for
             all
             other
             
               Learned
               men
               ,
            
             where
             a
             fit
             word
             wants
             to
             make
             a
             new
             )
             we
             may
             do
             well
             I
             say
             to
             call
             it
             a
             
               Cure
               it self
               ,
            
             because
             it
             is
             by
             that
             way
             of
             healing
             ,
             whereby
             every
             self
             same
             thing
             further
             broken
             may
             cure
             it self
             ;
             and
             this
             inward
             and
             hidden
             thing
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             the
             outward
             and
             apparent
             by
             the
             course
             of
             kind
             ,
             whereby
             the
             stronger
             like
             eates
             up
             in
             triall
             and
             consumes
             the
             weaker
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             leave
             be
             once
             granted
             ,
             we
             will
             borrow
             a
             little
             more
             for
             the
             other
             two
             likewise
             ,
             because
             their
             names
             ,
             are
             not
             pertinent
             to
             our
             purpose
             ,
             and
             call
             that
             
               Heaven
            
             a
             
               Cure-all
               ,
            
             for
             so
             it
             doth
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             a
             
               Cure-the
               Great
               ,
            
             because
             the
             
               Order
            
             of
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             is
             alwayes
             to
             match
             the
             greater
             and
             more
             stubborn
             sort
             of
             diseases
             with
             the
             Stout
             and
             
               mighty
               minerals
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             with
             those
             hidden
             
               cure-themselves
               ,
            
             or
             at
             least
             in
             the
             lower
             rank
             of
             lighter
             diseases
             ,
             with
             their
             likes
             ,
             onely
             raw
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Grecians
            
             use
             them
             ,
             without
             any
             curious
             dressing
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             draw
             nearer
             a
             conclusion
             of
             the
             matter
             ;
             because
             
               Grecians
            
             themselves
             are
             able
             ,
             and
             our
             
               English
               Physicians
            
             that
             learn
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             cure
             the
             lighter
             sort
             of
             diseases
             ,
             and
             to
             heal
             all
             but
             the
             four
             aforesaid
             ,
             we
             will
             leave
             the
             rest
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             this
             second
             kind
             of
             healing
             go
             called
             
               our
               hidden
               cure
               themselves
               ,
            
             and
             bend
             all
             our
             batteries
             against
             these
             four
             which
             they
             call
             incurable
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             by
             force
             of
             our
             Mineral
             Medicines
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             cured
             :
             we
             see
             the
             Poysoned
             spirits
             and
             breaths
             of
             venomous
             things
             ,
             with
             what
             force
             they
             work
             upon
             our
             bodies
             ,
             things
             in
             
               Nature
            
             set
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             consume
             them
             ;
             If
             you
             do
             not
             see
             by
             imagination
             ,
             reason
             with
             your selves
             ,
             if
             not
             remember
             those
             above
             named
             ,
             that
             killed
             with
             their
             sight
             ;
             Hear
             one
             or
             two
             more
             that
             work
             the
             same
             by
             touch
             as
             violently
             .
             The
             
               Hare-fish
               ,
            
             a
             most
             cold
             and
             dry
             
               creature
            
             (
             to
             omit
             that
             she
             maketh
             a
             mans
             head
             ake
             by
             sight
             )
             if
             you
             touch
             her
             aloof
             onely
             with
             a
             staffe
             ,
             that
             her
             venomous
             breath
             may
             go
             straight
             and
             round
             unto
             you
             ,
             you
             die
             presently
             .
             The
             root
             
               Baazam
            
             in
             
               Palestine
               ,
            
             as
             
               Pythagoras
            
             writes
             ,
             kills
             the
             man
             that
             handleth
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             used
             to
             make
             a
             dog
             pull
             it
             up
             (
             as
             
               Ben.
               Iohnson
            
             saith
             )
             who
             thereby
             died
             imediately
             .
             To
             come
             into
             the
             body
             ;
             that
             
               costly
               poyson
            
             Mr.
             
               Linacre
            
             talks
             of
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             
               Nubia
               ,
            
             and
             one
             grain
             kills
             a
             man
             out
             of
             hand
             yet
             stay
             but
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hours
             working
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             grain
             divided
             will
             
             overcome
             ten
             men
             ;
             I
             hope
             you
             doubt
             not
             but
             these
             mighty
             poysons
             if
             they
             were
             like
             in
             
               Nature
            
             to
             the
             four
             great
             diseases
             ,
             and
             by
             little
             and
             little
             to
             be
             born
             by
             Nature
             ,
             and
             set
             upon
             them
             ,
             would
             be
             able
             easily
             ,
             by
             their
             great
             strength
             to
             devour
             and
             consume
             them
             ;
             or
             else
             sure
             such
             heaps
             of
             poyson
             as
             the
             
               Physicians
            
             give
             us
             would
             not
             dwell
             so
             long
             within
             us
             ,
             but
             would
             put
             out
             life
             in
             a
             moment
             .
             Now
             what
             are
             these
             poysoned
             
               Vapours
               ,
            
             but
             most
             cold
             and
             dry
             bodies
             ,
             wrought
             and
             broken
             up
             by
             naturall
             mingling
             ,
             unto
             great
             fineness
             and
             subtileness
             ,
             by
             this
             peircing
             swiftly
             all
             about
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             contrary
             qualities
             overcoming
             ?
             Then
             let
             us
             take
             the
             stoutest
             
               Minerals
               ,
            
             such
             as
             are
             called
             
               Middle
               Minerals
            
             by
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             or
             hard
             juices
             by
             Mr.
             
               Berkenhead
            
             (
             to
             leave
             the
             Metals
             for
             a
             better
             purpose
             )
             be
             they
             poysons
             ,
             as
             
               G.
               Agricola
            
             saith
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             be
             
               I
            
             care
             not
             ,
             and
             after
             we
             have
             by
             meer
             working
             ,
             cleansed
             them
             and
             stripped
             them
             of
             their
             cloggs
             and
             hinderances
             ,
             broken
             and
             raised
             them
             to
             a
             fine
             substance
             ,
             then
             match
             them
             with
             their
             likes
             ,
             the
             hurtfull
             things
             in
             our
             bodies
             ,
             shall
             they
             not
             let
             all
             the
             rest
             alone
             ,
             and
             straightway
             cleave
             to
             their
             fellows
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             purging
             
               medicines
               ,
            
             and
             so
             devour
             and
             draw
             them
             out
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ?
             If
             there
             be
             no
             likes
             ,
             I
             grant
             they
             will
             as
             well
             as
             that
             ,
             fall
             upon
             their
             enemies
             ,
             or
             good
             juices
             ,
             and
             feed
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             Then
             what
             do
             you
             doubt
             is
             not
             a
             Mineral
             body
             far
             better
             ?
             And
             therefore
             if
             it
             be
             raised
             to
             as
             great
             a
             fineness
             ,
             much
             stronger
             in
             working
             then
             the
             gentle
             and
             loose
             temper
             of
             a
             
               wight
            
             or
             
               plant
               :
            
             wherefore
             these
             our
             Mineral
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             forementioned
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             
               cure
               the
               great
               ,
            
             as
             we
             call
             them
             ,
             shall
             in
             any
             reason
             ,
             work
             more
             violently
             upon
             their
             likes
             ,
             then
             the
             natural
             
               poysons
            
             of
             
               Wights
            
             and
             
               Plants
            
             do
             upon
             their
             contraries
             ,
             both
             because
             the
             like
             doth
             more
             easily
             yield
             then
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             the
             lighter
             here
             is
             the
             stronger
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             you
             cannot
             see
             these
             things
             by
             the
             light
             of
             mind
             ,
             open
             your
             eyes
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             a
             little
             into
             the
             School
             of
             
               Alchimy
               ,
            
             into
             the
             lesser
             and
             lower
             school
             ,
             I
             mean
             of
             
               Germans
               ,
            
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             the
             Schollars
             ,
             especially
             the
             masters
             ,
             by
             stripping
             the
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             lifting
             up
             their
             properties
             ,
             but
             a
             few
             degrees
             ,
             to
             work
             wonders
             ;
             as
             to
             name
             three
             or
             four
             ,
             by
             quenching
             the
             
               Loadstone
            
             in
             the
             oyl
             of
             Iron
             ,
             his
             proper
             food
             ,
             they
             make
             him
             ten
             times
             stronger
             ,
             able
             to
             pull
             a
             nail
             out
             of
             a
             post
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             by
             this
             natural
             pattern
             they
             make
             
             Artificial
             drawers
             ,
             not
             for
             Iron
             onely
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             yea
             and
             some
             so
             mighty
             ,
             as
             they
             will
             lift
             up
             an
             Ox
             from
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             rent
             the
             arm
             of
             a
             Tree
             from
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Comer
            
             doth
             witness
             ;
             who
             reporteth
             again
             that
             he
             saw
             a
             flesh-drawer
             ,
             that
             pulled
             up
             100
             weight
             of
             flesh
             ,
             and
             a
             mans
             eye
             out
             of
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             his
             Lights
             up
             into
             his
             
               Throat
               and
               choaked
               him
               .
            
             They
             make
             
               binders
            
             also
             to
             
               glew
               two
               pieces
               of
               Iron
               together
               ,
            
             as
             fast
             as
             the
             
               Smith
            
             can
             joyn
             them
             To
             be
             short
             they
             make
             
               eaters
            
             also
             ,
             that
             will
             consume
             
               Iron
               stones
            
             or
             any
             
               hard
               thing
            
             to
             nought
             in
             a
             moment
             ;
             they
             
               dissolve
               Gold
            
             into
             an
             
               oyle
               ;
            
             they
             
               Fix
               Mercury
            
             with
             the
             
               smoke
               of
               Brimstone
               ,
            
             and
             make
             many
             rare
             devises
             of
             it
             ;
             And
             all
             these
             wonders
             and
             many
             more
             they
             do
             by
             certain
             reason
             :
             I
             could
             tell
             you
             ,
             if
             I
             could
             stand
             about
             it
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             consider
             ,
             if
             these
             or
             any
             other
             such
             like
             Minerals
             were
             raised
             higher
             ,
             and
             led
             to
             the
             top
             of
             their
             fineness
             and
             subtleness
             ,
             and
             matched
             with
             their
             like
             companions
             ,
             or
             with
             their
             contraries
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             ,
             those
             great
             diseases
             in
             our
             bodies
             ,
             what
             stirrs
             they
             would
             make
             among
             them
             ,
             how
             easily
             they
             would
             hew
             them
             ,
             pierce
             ,
             divide
             ,
             waste
             ,
             and
             consume
             them
             ?
             But
             you
             mus●
             alwayes
             have
             a
             special
             regard
             ,
             that
             the
             Medicines
             be
             not
             liker
             our
             natures
             ,
             then
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             that
             hurts
             us
             ;
             for
             then
             they
             would
             first
             fall
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             diseases
             alone
             ,
             which
             heed
             is
             easily
             taken
             in
             
               minerals
               ,
            
             things
             very
             far
             off
             our
             
               nature
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Des Cartes
               .
            
          
           
             And
             with
             these
             experience
             the
             wonderful
             vertue
             of
             the
             
               oyl
            
             and
             
               water
               of
               Tobacco
            
             wise
             men
             I
             have
             known
             do
             miracles
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             to
             be
             said
             more
             in
             these
             matters
             ?
             I
             think
             nothing
             ,
             unless
             through
             the
             countenance
             of
             an
             idle
             opinion
             that
             reigns
             among
             them
             ,
             they
             dare
             flye
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             the
             most
             slender
             shelter
             ,
             and
             deny
             our
             ability
             to
             break
             ,
             tame
             and
             handle
             as
             we
             list
             ,
             such
             stout
             and
             stubborn
             bodies
             :
             (
             what
             )
             because
             you
             know
             not
             how
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             will
             you
             fashion
             all
             men
             by
             your
             mould
             ?
             wise
             men
             would
             first
             look
             into
             the
             power
             and
             strength
             of
             skill
             and
             nature
             ,
             and
             see
             what
             they
             can
             do
             and
             measure
             it
             thereby
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             their
             own
             weakness
             ;
             there
             shall
             you
             understand
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             nature
             so
             strong
             and
             stubborn
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             its
             match
             at
             least
             ,
             if
             not
             his
             overmatch
             in
             
               Nature
               ,
            
             such
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             
               mans
               body
               ,
            
             of
             his
             
               Soul
            
             of
             
               signatures
            
             of
             
               Plants
               ,
            
             of
             
               mettals
               ,
            
             and
             
               minerals
               ,
            
             and
             other
             things
             also
             .
          
           
           
             But
             admit
             somewhat
             weaker
             as
             
               Herbs
            
             and
             
               Plants
               ,
            
             &c.
             yet
             this
             ,
             if
             he
             get
             the
             help
             of
             a
             wisemans
             Art
             unto
             him
             ,
             shall
             quickly
             wax
             great
             and
             mend
             in
             strength
             and
             be
             able
             easily
             to
             overcome
             ,
             that
             other
             ;
             mark
             how
             the
             
               dregs
            
             of
             
               Vinegar
               ,
            
             a
             thing
             sprung
             out
             from
             a
             weak
             beginning
             ,
             and
             it self
             as
             weak
             as
             water
             ,
             is
             able
             if
             it
             be
             but
             once
             
               distilled
               ,
            
             to
             make
             stouter
             things
             then
             
               minerals
            
             even
             
               mettals
               themselves
               ,
            
             all
             but
             
               silver
               and
               gold
               ,
            
             to
             yield
             and
             melt
             down
             to
             his
             own
             
               waterish
               nature
               ,
            
             nay
             which
             is
             more
             then
             
               Mild-dew
            
             of
             
               Heaven
               ,
            
             as
             Mr.
             
             
               Cooks
               the
               Vicar
            
             calls
             it
             ,
             wrought
             first
             by
             the
             
               Bee
            
             that
             cunning
             beast
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             twice
             or
             thrice
             by
             the
             distiller
             ,
             distilled
             will
             do
             the
             same
             ,
             you
             may
             judge
             with
             your self
             ,
             what
             not
             onely
             these
             ,
             but
             other
             fiercer
             and
             sharper
             things
             ,
             as
             Salts
             ,
             &c.
             more
             like
             to
             do
             upon
             Minerals
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             way
             consider
             ,
             if
             such
             mild
             things
             as
             wine
             and
             honey
             ,
             so
             meanly
             prepared
             ,
             are
             able
             to
             subdue
             in
             that
             sort
             the
             most
             stiffe
             and
             tough
             things
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             minerals
             cheaper
             then
             
               Aurum
               Potabile
               ,
            
             in
             their
             highest
             degree
             of
             dignity
             would
             cure
             the
             stoutest
             disease
             (
             being
             prepared
             fitly
             )
             that
             can
             grow
             in
             our
             bodies
             .
             Now
             let
             us
             sit
             and
             take
             our
             rest
             a
             little
             and
             then
             we
             will
             conclude
             our
             Rosie
             Crucian
             Medicines
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               How
               the
               Rosie
               Crucians
               make
               a
               Chirurgeons
               instrument
               ;
               that
               it
               shall
               pierce
               through
               any
               part
               of
               the
               whole
               body
               ,
               without
               sense
               or
               feeling
               ,
               and
               sound
               the
               depth
               of
               a
               wound
               .
               The
               difference
               of
               Common
               Physicians
               Raw
               ,
               Blunt
               ,
               and
               herby
               medicines
               ,
               and
               Rosie
               Crucians
               :
               What
               a
               Physician
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               learn
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               practise
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               shall
               love
               them
               of
               the
               order
               of
               the
               Rosie
               Cross
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             I
             wear
             away
             time
             in
             vain
             ,
             to
             speak
             so
             much
             about
             t
             is
             matter
             ;
             and
             yet
             sith
             all
             are
             not
             of
             like
             Capacity
             ,
             I
             will
             adde
             one
             yet
             familiar
             example
             ;
             when
             a
             
               Surgeon
            
             goeth
             about
             to
             search
             a
             wound
             that
             is
             deep
             ,
             if
             he
             thrust
             at
             it
             with
             a
             
               Butchers
               prick
            
             he
             would
             move
             
               Laughter
               ;
            
             let
             him
             take
             a
             
               Thorwe
               ,
            
             and
             it
             wil
             pierce
             somewhat
             prettily
             ;
             but
             to
             do
             it
             throughly
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             pleasure
             he
             will
             use
             ,
             (
             though
             to
             the
             great
             grief
             of
             his
             
               Patient
            
             )
             a
             fine
             and
             long
             instrument
             of
             Mettal
             .
             But
             a
             right
             
               Surgeon
            
             the
             common
             ones
             are
             but
             Butchers
             ,
             such
             a
             one
             as
             is
             a
             
               Physician
               ,
            
             and
             
               Astrologer
               ,
            
             nay
             a
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             also
             ,
             would
             touch
             his
             
               Instrument
               ,
            
             with
             a
             
               Loadstone
               ,
            
             that
             is
             commonly
             found
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             pierce
             throughout
             the
             body
             without
             all
             sense
             or
             feeling
             ;
             Even
             so
             good
             
               Physicians
            
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Lord
               Marques
               of
               Worcester
            
             had
             ,
             whom
             he
             taught
             many
             fine
             inventions
             :
             he
             told
             me
             of
             a
             
               Golden
            
             ball
             that
             this
             Lord
             made
             ,
             that
             let
             him
             throw
             it
             into
             a
             River
             or
             Pool
             ,
             it
             would
             arise
             aagain
             from
             the
             bottom
             at
             what
             hour
             he
             pleased
             .
             This
             
               noble
               Marques
            
             shewed
             me
             a
             key
             of
             the
             lock
             ,
             that
             would
             tell
             him
             who
             touched
             it
             .
             Nay
             if
             it
             fortuned
             to
             be
             pickt
             he
             could
             know
             who
             did
             it
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             taken
             away
             (
             before
             their
             faces
             )
             and
             many
             rare
             things
             I
             have
             seen
             this
             princely
             Philosopher
             do
             ,
             which
             his
             excellency
             was
             pleased
             to
             shew
             me
             ;
             such
             as
             these
             are
             hard
             to
             be
             found
             in
             this
             
               Government
               ,
            
             where
             none
             of
             these
             can
             live
             without
             great
             envie
             .
             If
             one
             of
             these
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             be
             to
             encounter
             with
             our
             greatest
             enemies
             ,
             these
             four
             we
             speak
             of
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             I
             hope
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             a
             true
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             be
             so
             mad
             as
             to
             thrust
             at
             them
             with
             the
             Raw
             and
             
             blunt
             
               Herby
            
             Medicines
             such
             as
             Dr.
             
               Scarborough
               ,
            
             prescribe
             ,
             no
             nor
             although
             they
             be
             sharpened
             by
             
               Iacob
               Heydon
               ,
            
             by
             plain
             distillations
             :
             neither
             would
             he
             ,
             I
             think
             for
             pitty
             ,
             sting
             the
             
               poor
               patieni
            
             with
             
               Eugenius
               Philalethes
            
             Martyrdome
             of
             rude
             and
             rank
             
               Minerals
               ,
            
             and
             unless
             they
             were
             made
             into
             a
             fine
             clean
             natural
             and
             temperate
             quality
             ,
             which
             would
             work
             mightily
             ,
             and
             destroy
             either
             of
             these
             four
             great
             diseases
             ,
             
               Leprosie
               ,
               Gout
               ,
               Dropsie
               ,
            
             and
             
               Falling
               sickness
               :
            
             but
             feed
             ,
             Comfort
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             not
             offend
             ,
             and
             hurt
             his
             patient
             ;
             they
             labour
             in
             vain
             that
             practise
             otherwise
             .
             These
             are
             the
             
               medecines
            
             which
             I
             onely
             use
             ,
             and
             which
             a
             good
             and
             wise
             
               Physician
            
             ought
             onely
             to
             seek
             and
             follow
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             cannot
             find
             it
             ,
             let
             him
             use
             the
             
               cure
               themselves
               .
            
             But
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             this
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             brought
             to
             this
             equality
             ,
             and
             fineness
             of
             frame
             and
             temper
             ,
             (
             were
             it
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             
               wight
               ,
               plant
               or
               mineral
            
             )
             was
             it
             which
             our
             
               father
            
             and
             
               founder
               Moses
               ,
            
             (
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             Rosie
             Cross
             )
             said
             is
             like
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             strength
             of
             all
             strengths
             piercing
             and
             subduing
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             it
             that
             warranted
             his
             
               Sons
            
             the
             
               rosie
               Crucians
            
             to
             avow
             so
             stoutly
             ,
             that
             Art
             was
             long
             and
             Life
             short
             ,
             and
             all
             diseases
             
               curable
               ,
            
             when
             
               Hippocrates
               the
               Father
               of
               Common
               Physicians
               ,
            
             was
             driven
             by
             the
             infirmity
             and
             endless
             matter
             of
             his
             weak
             body
             ,
             and
             envious
             mind
             tinctured
             with
             Covetousness
             ,
             and
             fickle
             Medicines
             ,
             to
             cry
             to
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             but
             they
             would
             not
             hear
             such
             hard-hearted
             Fellows
             ,
             nor
             give
             him
             
               long
               Life
               ,
            
             he
             said
             therefore
             that
             
               Art
            
             was
             
               long
               ,
            
             and
             
               Life
            
             was
             
               short
               .
            
             And
             whereas
             he
             and
             his
             off-spring
             were
             fain
             to
             leave
             many
             diseased
             helpless
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             shame
             of
             
               Art
            
             and
             
               Plague
            
             of
             
               mankind
               ,
            
             is
             it
             any
             marvel
             when
             as
             they
             prick
             at
             them
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             with
             a
             Butchers-prick
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             see
             what
             they
             do
             by
             their
             practice
             ,
             they
             be
             so
             far
             from
             all
             help
             and
             comfort
             to
             the
             Patient
             in
             greatest
             danger
             ,
             that
             they
             increase
             his
             wiser
             eys
             many
             waies
             ,
             except
             the
             great
             easer
             of
             all
             pain
             ,
             and
             their
             common
             Medicine
             
               Death
               ,
            
             be
             quickly
             administred
             :
             First
             ,
             they
             make
             the
             Patient
             suffer
             the
             punishment
             due
             to
             their
             own
             slothful
             Idleness
             ,
             burdening
             his
             stomach
             with
             that
             labour
             of
             loosnening
             and
             sundering
             the
             Fine
             from
             the
             Gross
             ,
             which
             they
             should
             before
             have
             taken
             into
             their
             
               Glasses
               :
            
             and
             then
             by
             doing
             these
             often
             ,
             they
             clean
             tire
             his
             feeble
             Nature
             (
             as
             it
             would
             tire
             a
             horse
             )
             when
             as
             by
             stripping
             the
             foul
             and
             gross
             stuff
             ,
             that
             dulls
             the
             working
             ,
             and
             reteining
             the
             
             Vertue
             in
             a
             narrow
             strong
             body
             ,
             they
             might
             doe
             as
             much
             at
             one
             time
             as
             they
             doe
             now
             in
             twenty
             ,
             and
             because
             their
             Medicines
             applyed
             are
             of
             smaller
             power
             and
             weaker
             than
             the
             things
             that
             hurt
             us
             ,
             they
             feed
             nourish
             and
             strengthen
             the
             disease
             and
             sickness
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             this
             if
             some
             of
             this
             company
             and
             side
             of
             Leeches
             have
             been
             and
             are
             yet
             sometimes
             able
             to
             heal
             all
             diseases
             in
             our
             body
             (
             though
             with
             much
             ado
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             )
             save
             the
             four
             named
             remediless
             ,
             yea
             and
             those
             aswell
             in
             their
             spring
             as
             before
             their
             ripeness
             ,
             as
             they
             themselves
             report
             .
             Is
             there
             any
             
               Proportion
            
             in
             
               Geometry
               ?
            
             Let
             the
             
               College
               of
               Physicians
            
             lay
             measures
             why
             the
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               mighty
               Medicines
            
             which
             I
             call
             
               Cure-the-greats
               ,
            
             passing
             these
             in
             power
             ,
             
               as
               much
               as
               the
               ripeness
               of
               a
               disease
               is
               above
               the
               Spring
               ,
            
             shall
             not
             overmatch
             the
             ripe
             as
             well
             as
             the
             green
             Diseases
             :
             Wherefore
             there
             be
             no
             doubts
             left
             ,
             but
             this
             plainly
             true
             ,
             That
             albeit
             the
             
               Grecians
            
             is
             weak
             and
             halting
             in
             this
             kind
             of
             healing
             ,
             yet
             is
             the
             
               Egyptian
               ,
            
             or
             (
             as
             now
             they
             terme
             it
             )
             the
             
               Paracelsians
            
             and
             Mineral
             skill
             sufficient
             to
             cure
             all
             diseases
             :
             Then
             I
             have
             paid
             the
             whole
             summe
             of
             my
             promise
             ,
             touching
             the
             second
             means
             and
             helps
             to
             
               Bliss
            
             and
             
               Happiness
               ,
            
             which
             is
             Life
             and
             Health
             .
          
           
             Before
             I
             close
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             very
             meet
             ,
             while
             the
             time
             and
             place
             very
             fitly
             serveth
             ,
             to
             do
             a
             good
             deed
             ,
             and
             this
             shall
             be
             my
             intent
             to
             admonish
             and
             exhort
             the
             Grecian
             Leaches
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Scholars
            
             the
             
               English
               ,
               Spanish
               ,
               and
               French
               Physicians
               ,
            
             whom
             if
             they
             follow
             
               Hippocrates
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Pythagoras
               ,
            
             and
             his
             fellows
             ,
             I
             love
             for
             their
             Learning
             ,
             and
             pitty
             for
             their
             misleading
             others
             (
             although
             it
             be
             grievous
             ,
             I
             know
             to
             old
             Scholars
             ,
             wone
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             Learning
             ,
             to
             unlearne
             all
             as
             it
             were
             and
             begin
             again
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             Credit
             and
             Virtue
             ,
             yea
             and
             profit
             sake
             also
             ,
             if
             they
             esteem
             that
             best
             ,
             to
             leave
             those
             
               Gilded
               Pills
               and
               Sugred
               Baits
               ,
            
             and
             all
             other
             
               crafty
               snares
               ,
            
             wherewith
             the
             World
             hath
             been
             so
             long
             caught
             and
             so
             long
             tormented
             ,
             and
             to
             seek
             this
             onely
             heavenly
             Society
             ;
             as
             (
             to
             you
             that
             are
             learned
             )
             easily
             may
             temper
             your selves
             ,
             and
             be
             acquainted
             with
             the
             ready
             ,
             true
             ,
             plain
             and
             certain
             way
             of
             Healing
             diseases
             .
             I
             think
             in
             former
             time
             they
             were
             not
             greatly
             to
             be
             blamed
             and
             accused
             but
             of
             dulness
             and
             weakness
             of
             understanding
             ,
             in
             not
             applying
             and
             seeing
             this
             perfection
             ,
             and
             supplying
             of
             all
             their
             wants
             ;
             but
             since
             they
             have
             been
             so
             often
             warned
             not
             
             with
             words
             only
             ,
             but
             with
             examples
             of
             Learned
             men
             ,
             
               Matheolus
               Fernelius
               ,
               Severinus
               Danus
               ,
               Philo
               Iudaeus
               ,
               Diodorus
               Siculus
               ,
            
             and
             other
             such
             like
             which
             have
             and
             doe
             revolt
             ,
             and
             flie
             away
             from
             them
             daily
             ,
             yea
             and
             by
             the
             certain
             deeds
             of
             
               Paracelse
               ,
            
             it
             were
             imqity
             to
             sit
             still
             :
             Well
             ,
             few
             words
             will
             serve
             to
             wise
             and
             vertuous
             
               Physicians
               ,
            
             such
             as
             are
             of
             themselves
             forward
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             another
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             afraid
             ,
             the
             greater
             sort
             ,
             less
             honest
             ,
             more
             Idle
             and
             Covetous
             ,
             full
             of
             windy
             Pride
             and
             Words
             ,
             but
             empty
             of
             all
             good
             learning
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             no
             friends
             to
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               ,
            
             nor
             they
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             these
             no
             gentle
             warning
             of
             any
             ,
             no
             though
             a
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
            
             himself
             should
             come
             and
             bring
             
               Truth
            
             her self
             along
             with
             him
             in
             person
             ,
             would
             prevail
             :
             who
             care
             not
             it
             seems
             if
             half
             mankind
             should
             perish
             for
             want
             of
             help
             and
             succour
             ,
             rather
             then
             lose
             their
             gains
             ;
             And
             which
             not
             onely
             speak
             foully
             but
             write
             foolishly
             ,
             against
             this
             overflourishing
             vertue
             ,
             but
             also
             like
             the
             giddy
             people
             of
             my
             time
             ,
             where
             they
             catch
             the
             State
             ,
             banish
             the
             men
             that
             hold
             and
             possess
             it
             ;
             whereas
             if
             it
             were
             a
             good
             Commonwealth
             (
             quoth
             
               Aristotle
            
             )
             the
             matter
             would
             be
             so
             far
             from
             
               Banishment
            
             or
             
               Imprisonment
               ,
            
             as
             they
             would
             esteem
             such
             a
             
               man
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Laws
            
             (
             for
             he
             is
             himself
             a
             Law
             )
             exempt
             from
             all
             obedience
             ,
             and
             judge
             him
             worthy
             to
             be
             followed
             and
             obeyed
             as
             a
             
               perpetual
               King
               .
            
          
           
             This
             untowardness
             and
             crookedness
             in
             men
             
               causod
               all
               our
               Alhealing
               Ancestors
               the
               Rosie
               Crucians
            
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             never
             to
             abide
             their
             Sentence
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             great
             hurt
             and
             loss
             of
             mankind
             go
             into
             willing
             
               Banishment
               ,
            
             you
             have
             established
             a
             kind
             of
             
               Government
            
             among
             you
             (
             to
             pursue
             the
             same
             ,
             like
             a
             little
             —
             )
             wherein
             you
             rule
             alone
             over
             the
             weak
             and
             sorry
             subjects
             of
             mens
             Bodies
             ,
             then
             their
             health
             and
             safety
             you
             ought
             to
             seek
             onely
             ,
             besides
             enough
             to
             maintain
             a
             contented
             estate
             also
             ,
             which
             
               Plato
            
             allowes
             his
             
               Governours
               ,
            
             and
             not
             profit
             only
             (
             that
             were
             Tyranny
             )
             both
             for
             humanity
             and
             Religion
             sake
             ,
             for
             to
             omit
             Religion
             ,
             which
             they
             do
             lightly
             omit
             ,
             if
             a
             Physitian
             begin
             once
             to
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             men
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             onely
             no
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             most
             Fierce
             and
             cruell
             Beast
             ,
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             compared
             and
             matched
             and
             matched
             anywhere
             ,
             if
             you
             seek
             all
             over
             the
             world
             as
             with
             the
             
               mishapen
               monster
            
             of
             
               India
               ,
            
             which
             
               Aristotle
            
             describes
             ,
             and
             calls
             
               Martichora
               ,
            
             which
             being
             by
             nature
             or
             custome
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             ,
             
             very
             greedy
             upon
             mans
             flesh
             ,
             is
             with
             manifold
             and
             wonderful
             helpes
             furnished
             ,
             and
             armed
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             First
             with
             a
             face
             like
             a
             
               Man
               ,
            
             a
             
               voice
            
             like
             a
             
               Trumpet
               ,
            
             two
             fit
             things
             to
             allure
             and
             call
             him
             in
             )
             and
             then
             if
             he
             flye
             ,
             with
             the
             swiftness
             of
             an
             Hart
             to
             overtake
             him
             ,
             he
             darts
             like
             a
             
               Porcupine
               ,
            
             to
             wound
             him
             afar
             of
             ;
             and
             with
             the
             tail
             of
             a
             
               Scorpion
               ,
            
             as
             it
             were
             a
             poysoned
             
               shaft
               ,
            
             near
             hand
             to
             sting
             him
             :
             furthermore
             ,
             lest
             all
             this
             might
             not
             serve
             ,
             by
             occasion
             of
             
               Armour
               ,
            
             he
             hath
             feet
             like
             a
             
               Lion
               ,
            
             fiercely
             and
             cruelly
             to
             tear
             him
             ,
             and
             three
             rowes
             of
             teeth
             ,
             on
             each
             Chap
             for
             the
             in
             devouring
             .
             Apply
             you
             and
             the
             Apothecarries
             ,
             the
             rest
             your selves
             ,
             in
             secret
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             not
             a
             Rosie
             Crucian
             ,
             so
             I
             am
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ,
             sorry
             to
             see
             evil
             done
             .
             And
             I
             am
             loath
             to
             speak
             evil
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             sure
             were
             not
             the
             great
             grief
             and
             envy
             I
             do
             bear
             ;
             and
             alwayes
             did
             ,
             to
             see
             desert
             trodden
             down
             by
             such
             unworthiness
             ,
             and
             some
             little
             hopes
             I
             have
             to
             hear
             of
             the
             amendment
             ,
             and
             so
             of
             the
             return
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             good
             men
             out
             of
             banishment
             and
             imprisonment
             ,
             you
             should
             have
             found
             me
             in
             
               Westminster-Hall
               :
            
             as
             I
             have
             been
             an
             
               Atturny
            
             in
             Terme
             time
             ,
             and
             mean
             to
             continue
             my
             practise
             there
             so
             long
             as
             I
             live
             ,
             except
             in
             the
             Vacation
             ,
             which
             I
             intend
             to
             spend
             
               in
               Chimical
            
             and
             
               Rosie
               Crucian
               Medicines
            
             for
             the
             good
             of
             
               honest
               plain
               meaning
               men
            
             and
             my self
             
               Eugenius
               Theodidactus
               .
            
          
           
             But
             some
             may
             ask
             what
             I
             mean
             by
             
               R.
               C.
            
             the
             
               Ceremonie
            
             is
             an
             
               Ebony
               Cross
               ,
            
             flourished
             and
             deckt
             with
             Roses
             of
             Gold
             ,
             the
             
               Cross
               typisies
               Christs
            
             sufferings
             upon
             the
             
               Cross
            
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             the
             
               Roses
               of
               Gold
            
             shew
             the
             
               Glory
            
             and
             
               Beauty
            
             of
             his
             
               Resurrection
            
             from
             death
             to
             life
             .
             And
             this
             is
             carried
             to
             
               Mesque
               ,
               Cascle
               ,
               Apamia
               ,
               Chaulatean
               Virissa
               Caunuch
               ,
               Mount
               Calvery
               ,
               Haran
            
             and
             
               Mount
               Sinai
               ,
            
             where
             they
             meet
             when
             they
             please
             and
             make
             Resolution
             of
             all
             their
             
               Actions
               ,
            
             and
             then
             disperse
             themselves
             abroad
             ,
             taking
             their
             pleasure
             alwayes
             in
             one
             of
             these
             
               places
               ,
            
             where
             they
             resolve
             also
             all
             questions
             
               of
               whatsoever
               hath
               been
               done
               ,
               is
               done
               ,
               or
               shall
               be
               done
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               to
               the
               end
               thereof
               .
            
             And
             these
             are
             the
             men
             are
             called
             
               Rosie
               Crucians
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .