Natures explication and Helmont's vindication. Or A short and sure way to a long and sound life: being a necessary and full apology for chymical medicaments, and a vindication of their excellency against those unworthy reproaches cast on the art and its professors (such as were Paracelsus and Helmont) by Galenists, usually called Methodists. Whose method so adored, is examined, and their art weighed in the ballance of sound reason and true philosophy, and are found too light in reference to their promises, and their patients expectation. The remedy of which defects is taught, and effectual medicaments discovered for the effectual cure of all both acute and chronical diseases. / By George Starkey, a philosopher made by the fire, and a professor of that medicine which is real and not histrionical.
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             Natures explication and Helmont's vindication. Or A short and sure way to a long and sound life: being a necessary and full apology for chymical medicaments, and a vindication of their excellency against those unworthy reproaches cast on the art and its professors (such as were Paracelsus and Helmont) by Galenists, usually called Methodists. Whose method so adored, is examined, and their art weighed in the ballance of sound reason and true philosophy, and are found too light in reference to their promises, and their patients expectation. The remedy of which defects is taught, and effectual medicaments discovered for the effectual cure of all both acute and chronical diseases. / By George Starkey, a philosopher made by the fire, and a professor of that medicine which is real and not histrionical.
             Starkey, George, 1627-1665.
             Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699.
          
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           NATURES
           EXPLICATION
           AND
           HELMONT'S
           VINDICATION
           .
           OR
           A
           short
           and
           sure
           way
           to
           a
           long
           and
           sound
           Life
           :
           BEING
           A
           necessary
           and
           full
           Apology
           for
           Chymical
           Medicaments
           ,
           and
           a
           Vindication
           of
           their
           Excellency
           against
           those
           unworthy
           reproaches
           cast
           on
           the
           Art
           and
           its
           Professors
           (
           such
           as
           were
           Paracelsus
           and
           Helmont
           )
           by
           Galenists
           ,
           usually
           called
           Methodists
           .
        
         
           Whose
           Method
           so
           adored
           ,
           is
           examined
           ,
           and
           their
           Art
           weighed
           in
           the
           ballance
           of
           sound
           Reason
           and
           true
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           are
           found
           too
           light
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           promises
           ,
           and
           their
           Patients
           expectation
           .
        
         
           The
           Remedy
           of
           which
           defects
           is
           taught
           ,
           and
           effectual
           Medicaments
           discovered
           for
           the
           effectual
           cure
           of
           all
           both
           Acute
           and
           Chronical
           Diseases
           .
        
         
           By
           
             George
             Starkey
          
           ,
           a
           Philosopher
           made
           by
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           a
           professor
           of
           that
           Medicine
           which
           is
           real
           and
           not
           Histrionical
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             E.
             Cotes
          
           for
           
             Thomas
             Alsop
          
           at
           the
           two
           Sugar-loaves
           over
           against
           St.
           Antholins
           Church
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Watling-street
           ,
           1657.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           
             ROBERT
             TICHBVRNE
          
           ,
           Lord
           Maior
           of
           the
           famous
           City
           of
           
             LONDON
             ;
             George
             Starkey
          
           a
           Philosopher
           by
           the
           Fire
           ,
           wisheth
           all
           temporal
           and
           eternal
           felicity
           .
        
         
           
             RIGHT
             HONOURABLE
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           may
           be
           wondred
           at
           by
           many
           ,
           and
           censured
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           I
           to
           your
           Lordship
           so
           very
           a
           stranger
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           presume
           this
           Dedication
           ;
           and
           your
           Honour
           may
           perhaps
           account
           it
           as
           strange
           ,
           if
           
           not
           rash
           ,
           that
           without
           pre-acquainting
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           I
           should
           so
           venturously
           undertake
           to
           do
           it
           .
           The
           wonder
           and
           censure
           of
           others
           I
           shall
           let
           pass
           ,
           as
           not
           esteeming
           either
           the
           applause
           or
           censure
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           uncertain
           and
           as
           changeable
           as
           the
           winde
           :
           But
           for
           your
           Lordships
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           which
           I
           only
           imagine
           may
           be
           caused
           by
           this
           Dedication
           ,
           from
           him
           who
           is
           meerly
           a
           stranger
           to
           your
           Honour
           ;
           for
           remeving
           of
           that
           ,
           let
           me
           only
           crave
           your
           Lordships
           patience
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           such
           rational
           excuses
           of
           this
           presumption
           ,
           as
           may
           reconcile
           your
           Honours
           (
           not
           offended
           ,
           but
           perhaps
           somewhat
           amused
           )
           thoughts
           ,
           toward
           
           your
           unknown
           ,
           but
           cordially
           honouring
           servant
           .
        
         
           First
           therefore
           let
           me
           assure
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           my
           own
           motion
           ,
           that
           incited
           me
           to
           present
           your
           Honour
           with
           this
           Tractate
           ,
           (
           although
           the
           worth
           thereof
           may
           deserve
           an
           honourable
           Patron
           )
           for
           I
           was
           sensible
           what
           boldness
           it
           might
           be
           esteemed
           ,
           for
           me
           so
           unknown
           to
           your
           Honour
           ,
           to
           dare
           to
           engage
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           your
           Lordship
           in
           my
           quarrel
           ,
           by
           calling
           on
           your
           Honour
           to
           partronize
           a
           Polemical
           discourse
           ;
           on
           which
           ground
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           reason
           I
           intended
           to
           let
           it
           pass
           without
           any
           Dedication
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           I
           was
           perswaded
           ,
           by
           a
           good
           friend
           ,
           one
           in
           command
           at
           present
           
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           to
           do
           what
           here
           I
           undertake
           ,
           be
           convinced
           by
           his
           solid
           arguments
           of
           the
           conveniency
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Among
           which
           Arguments
           the
           most
           commanding
           was
           ,
           when
           he
           upon
           his
           knowledge
           of
           your
           Lordships
           inclination
           ,
           having
           been
           long
           acquainted
           with
           your
           Honour
           ,
           assured
           me
           how
           great
           a
           lover
           of
           Ingenuity
           and
           Art
           he
           had
           ever
           known
           you
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           of
           your
           accomplished
           parts
           ,
           how
           competent
           and
           able
           a
           Judge
           of
           the
           same
           :
           which
           was
           an
           unanswerable
           inducement
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           boldness
           of
           presenting
           this
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           as
           to
           an
           able
           person
           to
           censure
           the
           same
           according
           to
           its
           worth
           and
           deserts
           .
        
         
         
           Hereby
           (
           Right
           honourable
           Sir
           )
           I
           shall
           give
           a
           greater
           lustre
           to
           the
           truth
           for
           which
           I
           contend
           ,
           when
           I
           submit
           and
           prostrate
           what
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           to
           yours
           Honours
           judgement
           for
           censure
           ,
           and
           at
           your
           feet
           for
           patronage
           ;
           confiding
           so
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           as
           to
           assure
           my self
           ,
           and
           promise
           your
           Honour
           such
           a
           foster
           childe
           ,
           as
           will
           never
           shame
           its
           Patron
           ;
           and
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Art
           of
           Medicine
           shall
           continue
           in
           esteem
           ,
           which
           will
           alwaies
           be
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           it
           is
           of
           use
           ,
           this
           short
           discourse
           will
           live
           with
           credit
           ,
           and
           where-ever
           it
           is
           preserved
           or
           kept
           ,
           there
           it
           will
           make
           mention
           of
           your
           Honours
           worth
           and
           desert
           ,
           and
           will
           prove
           a
           more
           clear
           and
           lasting
           
           monument
           ,
           then
           any
           statue
           of
           brass
           or
           Marble
           .
           For
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           am
           past
           doubt
           assured
           ,
           that
           this
           small
           Treatise
           will
           be
           in
           esteem
           not
           in
           England
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           other
           Nations
           ,
           as
           being
           drawn
           out
           of
           the
           fountain
           of
           most
           undoubted
           experience
           :
           in
           which
           though
           I
           am
           severe
           in
           reproving
           common
           abuses
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           not
           without
           cause
           ,
           as
           if
           your
           Lordships
           most
           weighty
           affairs
           will
           permit
           you
           so
           much
           leisure
           ,
           as
           to
           look
           into
           the
           Epistle
           following
           ,
           and
           the
           Book
           it self
           ,
           you
           will
           see
           most
           evidently
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           (
           my
           Lord
           )
           all
           our
           Doctors
           (
           but
           only
           such
           as
           are
           so
           qualified
           ,
           according
           to
           what
           I
           reprove
           )
           that
           I
           tax
           ,
           and
           seek
           to
           reclaim
           ;
           for
           several
           among
           them
           
           (
           to
           my
           knowledge
           )
           are
           Chymically
           given
           ,
           as
           namely
           Doctor
           Ridgely
           ,
           Dr.
           Gurdane
           ,
           Dr.
           Goddard
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           Dr.
           French
           ,
           Dr.
           Bathursts
           ,
           Dr.
           Currar
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           chosen
           the
           Chymical
           for
           the
           true
           way
           ,
           and
           would
           wholly
           reject
           the
           other
           ,
           were
           they
           but
           
             (
             Arcanorum
             Adepti
          
           )
           Masters
           of
           those
           secrets
           which
           are
           taught
           and
           preparable
           by
           true
           Pyrotechny
           ,
           after
           which
           they
           seek
           seriously
           and
           sedulously
           :
           only
           some
           thinking
           all
           Art
           with
           them
           already
           ,
           defend
           their
           Method
           ,
           against
           their
           knowledge
           and
           conscience
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           who
           can
           be
           a
           fitter
           person
           for
           this
           Dedication
           then
           your self
           ?
           whose
           office
           cals
           upon
           
           you
           ,
           and
           whose
           power
           enables
           you
           to
           minde
           these
           things
           here
           within
           your
           Honours
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           whose
           vigilancy
           and
           care
           in
           your
           place
           hath
           been
           already
           eminent
           in
           reforming
           several
           abuses
           in
           this
           City
           ,
           which
           by
           being
           so
           long
           undisturbed
           ,
           could
           almost
           have
           claimed
           prescription
           ,
           (
           were
           it
           not
           that
           what
           is
           unrighteous
           cannot
           claim
           prescription
           )
           but
           the
           subject
           of
           my
           ensuing
           discourse
           is
           a
           discovery
           not
           of
           an
           abuse
           of
           selling
           Beer
           ,
           for
           which
           if
           a
           man
           give
           a
           halfpenny
           too
           much
           ,
           he
           is
           only
           so
           much
           the
           poorer
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           all
           ,
           but
           it
           concernes
           the
           precious
           life
           of
           thousands
           ,
           and
           their
           health
           ,
           a
           thing
           so
           much
           beyong
           estate
           ,
           that
           skin
           for
           skin
           ,
           nay
           all
           the
           world
           (
           if
           a
           man
           
           had
           it
           )
           oft
           times
           would
           he
           give
           for
           to
           save
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           This
           as
           it
           is
           of
           high
           concernment
           to
           the
           sick
           ,
           so
           ought
           it
           to
           be
           the
           principal
           care
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           to
           see
           that
           nothing
           be
           maintained
           under
           colour
           of
           Law
           ,
           that
           may
           really
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           indanger
           the
           life
           and
           health
           of
           any
           .
           In
           vain
           are
           men
           secured
           from
           injury
           done
           to
           their
           goods
           ,
           estate
           ,
           credit
           ,
           and
           liberty
           ,
           while
           the
           most
           precious
           of
           all
           ,
           their
           lives
           ,
           are
           monopolized
           ,
           and
           by
           colour
           of
           Patent
           ,
           bought
           and
           sold
           .
           Our
           Doctors
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           major
           part
           of
           them
           )
           maintain
           a
           method
           of
           medicine
           ,
           which
           I
           impugn
           ;
           the
           Controversie
           concernes
           the
           way
           of
           restoring
           diseases
           safely
           ,
           speedily
           ,
           and
           certainly
           ,
           
           in
           which
           your
           Honour
           ,
           as
           a
           chief
           Magistrate
           ,
           is
           nearly
           concerned
           ;
           in
           vain
           are
           theeves
           and
           enemies
           provided
           against
           ,
           if
           a
           Method
           be
           by
           authority
           confirmed
           and
           defended
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           more
           dangerous
           consequence
           as
           to
           killing
           of
           many
           actually
           and
           immediately
           ,
           of
           more
           by
           not
           restoring
           such
           diseases
           ,
           which
           may
           easily
           be
           restored
           ,
           were
           but
           the
           right
           way
           of
           Medicine
           allowed
           and
           incouraged
           .
        
         
           What
           their
           Method
           performes
           is
           obvious
           to
           ,
           and
           the
           by-word
           of
           the
           veriest
           rusticks
           in
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           more
           cannot
           be
           expected
           from
           that
           Method
           ,
           is
           because
           it
           is
           erroneous
           and
           defective
           ,
           dangerous
           and
           impotent
           ,
           partly
           lame
           and
           ridiculous
           ,
           partly
           lamentable
           
           and
           desperate
           :
           To
           this
           Method
           as
           a
           remedy
           of
           its
           defects
           ,
           I
           have
           opposed
           the
           way
           of
           curing
           and
           restoring
           diseases
           by
           powerful
           Medicaments
           ,
           which
           are
           adaequate
           remedies
           to
           the
           causes
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           have
           hazarded
           the
           cause
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           my
           reputation
           on
           the
           trial
           ,
           if
           they
           dare
           to
           take
           me
           up
           :
           But
           I
           expect
           a
           more
           churlish
           answer
           (
           by
           club
           ,
           or
           fist
           Arguments
           )
           that
           they
           will
           endevour
           to
           suppresse
           what
           they
           cannot
           overcome
           ,
           against
           which
           violence
           I
           humbly
           entreat
           your
           Honours
           Interposition
           ,
           in
           lieu
           of
           whose
           protection
           ,
           in
           what
           only
           is
           just
           ,
           and
           Christian
           ,
           I
           promise
           that
           if
           they
           will
           contend
           with
           me
           
           
           I
           will
           ingage
           on
           these
           grounds
           ,
           That
           whatsoever
           they
           shall
           agree
           to
           give
           me
           for
           every
           Cure
           ,
           I
           will
           forfeit
           twice
           as
           much
           for
           every
           one
           not
           cured
           in
           the
           time
           agreed
           on
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           all
           Feavers
           continual
           ,
           Fluxes
           ,
           and
           Pleuresies
           ,
           in
           four
           daies
           ;
           in
           Agues
           (
           not
           Hyemal
           quartanes
           )
           in
           four
           fits
           ,
           in
           Hecticks
           and
           Chronical
           diseases
           in
           thirty
           (
           at
           most
           forty
           )
           daies
           ,
           (
           now
           under
           continual
           Feavers
           I
           comprehend
           Calentures
           ,
           small
           Pox
           ,
           Measles
           ,
           &c.
           which
           are
           of
           that
           head
           )
           provided
           they
           will
           be
           upon
           the
           same
           lay
           with
           me
           in
           as
           many
           Patients
           as
           I
           have
           for
           my
           share
           ,
           which
           let
           them
           be
           divided
           by
           tens
           ,
           they
           to
           divde
           one
           ten
           ,
           
           and
           I
           another
           ,
           and
           alway
           the
           divider
           to
           have
           the
           five
           Patients
           which
           the
           chooser
           leaves
           ;
           I
           will
           engage
           to
           perform
           all
           my
           cures
           without
           bloud-letting
           ,
           purging
           by
           any
           promiscuous
           Purge
           ,
           or
           vomiting
           by
           any
           promiscuous
           Vomit
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           which
           will
           work
           on
           all
           indifferently
           sick
           or
           no
           ,
           without
           Vesication
           ,
           or
           Cautery
           ,
           without
           making
           any
           issue
           ,
           or
           curious
           rules
           of
           diet
           ,
           without
           Clyster
           or
           Suppository
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           perform
           their
           cures
           how
           they
           can
           ,
           by
           choosing
           one
           or
           more
           
             (
             nomine
             omnium
          
           )
           to
           maintain
           the
           contest
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           wave
           the
           combate
           on
           these
           terms
           ,
           let
           me
           be
           suspended
           from
           ever
           
           practising
           ,
           as
           a
           vain-glorious
           boaster
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           win
           of
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           recant
           my
           opinion
           with
           the
           greatest
           both
           solemnity
           and
           ignominy
           they
           can
           devise
           to
           enjoyn
           me
           to
           .
        
         
           This
           as
           a
           tryal
           of
           Art
           or
           skill
           is
           the
           true
           Touchstone
           by
           which
           I
           shall
           stand
           or
           fall
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           I
           fear
           they
           will
           not
           engage
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           knowing
           this
           by
           my
           Medicaments
           (
           besides
           my
           own
           practise
           )
           one
           in
           Town
           here
           cures
           more
           annually
           ,
           then
           any
           of
           their
           Colledge
           ,
           the
           man
           a
           known
           man
           for
           honesty
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           both
           in
           this
           City
           and
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           whom
           I
           can
           call
           for
           testimonies
           
           of
           the
           safety
           and
           efficacy
           of
           these
           true
           Pyrotechnical
           remedies
           ,
           who
           by
           my
           directions
           cure
           many
           safely
           and
           certainly
           ,
           seldome
           missing
           the
           final
           cure
           ,
           ever
           giving
           ease
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           ficklenesse
           of
           the
           Patient
           ,
           or
           his
           extreme
           weakness
           before
           administration
           hinder
           the
           same
           ;
           but
           I
           fear
           to
           be
           too
           troublesome
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           whose
           serious
           affairs
           will
           scarse
           permit
           you
           leisure
           to
           peruse
           a
           tedious
           Dedication
           :
           which
           mature
           consideration
           cals
           me
           off
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           commands
           me
           to
           make
           excuse
           for
           being
           already
           (
           I
           fear
           )
           too
           long
           ,
           only
           I
           beseech
           with
           your
           pardon
           your
           acceptance
           of
           this
           small
           present
           ,
           as
           
           an
           acknowledgement
           of
           your
           Honours
           worth
           and
           virtue
           ,
           and
           an
           expression
           of
           that
           esteem
           which
           he
           hath
           of
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           who
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Honours
             real
             though
             undeserving
             Servant
             ,
             Geo.
             Starkey
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           studious
           lover
           of
           Truth
           and
           sedulous
           searcher
           after
           Natures
           secrets
           ,
           
             George
             Starkey
          
           (
           a
           Philosopher
           by
           the
           fire
           )
           wisheth
           all
           success
           and
           felicity
           .
        
         
           THis
           Apologetical
           Discourse
           studious
           and
           courteous
           Reader
           ,
           must
           expect
           to
           meet
           with
           three
           sorts
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           will
           finde
           various
           entertainment
           from
           each
           sort
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Some
           who
           are
           concerned
           in
           this
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           will
           think
           themselves
           much
           engaged
           by
           it
           ;
           such
           are
           those
           who
           
           are
           by
           this
           short
           discourse
           reproved
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           complain
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           too
           invective
           and
           satyrical
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           whom
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           discourse
           is
           indeed
           polemical
           ,
           but
           the
           first
           that
           entred
           the
           list
           were
           themselves
           ,
           whom
           because
           they
           bid
           defiance
           to
           the
           truth
           here
           asserted
           ,
           with
           heaps
           of
           reproches
           on
           such
           who
           were
           eminent
           in
           this
           Art
           (
           here
           defended
           )
           I
           was
           bold
           to
           meet
           ,
           &
           to
           ingage
           conflict
           withal
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           not
           complain
           ,
           if
           they
           meet
           with
           shot
           for
           shot
           ,
           and
           blow
           for
           blow
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           a
           midle
           answer
           puts
           away
           wrath
           ,
           but
           that
           is
           wisdome
           where
           the
           wrathful
           party
           and
           his
           anger
           
           is
           to
           be
           regarded
           ,
           but
           where
           equal
           terms
           are
           ,
           there
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           ,
           but
           a
           fool
           may
           be
           answered
           according
           to
           his
           folly
           .
           
             Paracelsus
             ,
             Basilius
             ,
             Valentine
             ,
             Quercetan
             ,
             Suchten
             ,
             Phaedro
             ,
             Helmont
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           men
           for
           learning
           and
           worth
           as
           eminent
           as
           any
           the
           most
           eminent
           chieftains
           on
           the
           adverse
           side
           ;
           and
           though
           of
           Artists
           I
           confess
           my self
           the
           meanest
           ,
           and
           most
           unworthy
           to
           encounter
           ,
           yet
           so
           far
           as
           concerns
           the
           controversie
           in
           hand
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           give
           back
           an
           inch
           for
           the
           stourest
           of
           the
           contrary
           party
           .
        
         
           Are
           they
           Physicians
           by
           profession
           ?
           so
           am
           I
           ,
           educated
           in
           the
           Schools
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           
           graduated
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           nor
           was
           my
           time
           idly
           spent
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Tongues
           and
           course
           of
           Philosophy
           usually
           taught
           ,
           in
           Logick
           and
           other
           Arts
           read
           in
           the
           Schools
           ,
           though
           I
           will
           not
           boast
           my self
           into
           comparison
           with
           any
           ,
           yet
           if
           any
           be
           desirous
           to
           assay
           what
           I
           am
           therein
           ,
           I
           suppose
           I
           shall
           give
           such
           an
           account
           as
           not
           to
           render
           my self
           the
           repute
           of
           an
           idle
           mis-spender
           of
           my
           time
           and
           years
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           because
           I
           never
           read
           the
           usual
           Philosophy
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           embrace
           it
           ,
           nor
           because
           I
           am
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           usual
           Method
           of
           Medicine
           ,
           that
           I
           speak
           and
           write
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           
           rather
           choose
           the
           true
           Chymical
           way
           then
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           vulgar
           Logick
           and
           Philosophy
           ,
           I
           was
           altogether
           educated
           in
           it
           ,
           though
           never
           satisfied
           with
           it
           ;
           at
           length
           Aristotles
           Logick
           I
           exchanged
           for
           that
           of
           Ramus
           ,
           and
           found
           my self
           as
           empty
           as
           before
           :
           and
           for
           Authors
           in
           Medicine
           ,
           Fernelius
           and
           Sennertus
           ,
           were
           those
           I
           most
           chiefly
           applyed
           my self
           to
           ,
           and
           
             Galen
             ,
             Fucksius
             ,
             Ayicen
          
           ,
           and
           others
           I
           read
           ,
           and
           with
           diligence
           noted
           ,
           what
           I
           could
           apprehend
           useful
           ,
           and
           accounted
           this
           practical
           knowledge
           a
           great
           treasure
           ,
           till
           practical
           experience
           taught
           me
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           had
           learned
           was
           of
           no
           value
           ,
           
           and
           then
           was
           I
           to
           seek
           for
           a
           new
           path
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           might
           walk
           with
           greater
           certainty
           ,
           and
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           ,
           by
           the
           tutorage
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           I
           attained
           true
           Medicines
           taught
           obscurely
           by
           Paracelsus
           ,
           but
           only
           explained
           by
           labour
           and
           diligence
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           Pyrotechny
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           am
           a
           litle
           severe
           in
           reproving
           abuses
           in
           the
           common
           way
           committed
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           themselves
           ,
           if
           what
           I
           write
           be
           not
           rather
           too
           milde
           then
           to
           invective
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           that
           what
           I
           reprove
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           true
           all
           the
           world
           knows
           ,
           and
           my
           Reasons
           to
           prove
           by
           charge
           will
           
           stand
           firm
           ,
           till
           by
           some
           of
           their
           champions
           overthrown
           ,
           which
           I
           doubt
           will
           never
           be
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           some
           of
           their
           side
           would
           dare
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           lists
           and
           maintain
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           their
           rotten
           building
           ,
           their
           declaimed
           Method
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           shall
           give
           a
           short
           survey
           of
           his
           task
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           Diseases
           (
           in
           kinde
           )
           are
           curable
           ;
           that
           I
           affirm
           ,
           and
           they
           deny
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           vulgar
           Medicaments
           according
           as
           they
           are
           allowedly
           prepared
           ;
           are
           not
           true
           Medicaments
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           right
           Philosophical
           preparation
           .
        
         
         
           That
           he
           that
           is
           a
           Master
           of
           true
           Medicaments
           ,
           may
           cure
           any
           Disease
           ,
           safely
           ,
           speedily
           ,
           and
           certainly
           ,
           without
           Vesications
           ,
           Fontinels
           ,
           Phlebotomy
           ,
           Catharticks
           or
           Emeticks
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           Feavers
           continual
           may
           be
           cured
           in
           three
           daies
           ,
           or
           four
           at
           most
           ;
           and
           also
           Pleuresies
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           cannot
           do
           that
           ordinarily
           ,
           without
           bloud-letting
           or
           purging
           ,
           is
           no
           Physician
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           Agues
           ,
           yea
           though
           Quartans
           ,
           may
           be
           cured
           in
           three
           Fits
           ,
           four
           at
           most
           ,
           unlesse
           that
           some
           Hectical
           addition
           be
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           disease
           harder
           of
           cure
           ,
           or
           the
           extreme
           debility
           of
           the
           Patient
           
           make
           him
           not
           capable
           of
           so
           speedy
           recovery
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           in
           no
           long
           time
           may
           the
           Disease
           be
           restored
           .
        
         
           That
           salivation
           in
           the
           Lues
           or
           Tubbing
           is
           a
           dotage
           ,
           and
           that
           that
           Disease
           may
           be
           cured
           though
           old
           (
           in
           few
           weeks
           )
           without
           either
           .
        
         
           That
           Gonorrhoea's
           ,
           though
           virulent
           ,
           may
           be
           cured
           by
           killing
           the
           venome
           ,
           by
           antidotary
           remedies
           ,
           in
           few
           daies
           ,
           without
           any
           purgation
           ,
           save
           by
           urine
           and
           a
           gentle
           sweat
           .
        
         
           That
           all
           Fluxes
           ,
           though
           bloudy
           ,
           may
           be
           cured
           in
           three
           or
           four
           daies
           ,
           without
           any
           
           Clyster
           ,
           or
           Purge
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           by
           appeasing
           the
           inraged
           Archeus
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           is
           soon
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           peccant
           occasional
           matter
           ,
           will
           be
           avoided
           by
           urine
           ,
           and
           ordinary
           siege
           ,
           as
           also
           by
           gentle
           sweat
           insensibly
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           true
           preparation
           of
           all
           Vegetals
           ,
           takes
           away
           all
           the
           purging
           virulency
           ,
           and
           the
           vomitive
           quality
           of
           them
           ,
           except
           only
           in
           Opium
           ,
           whose
           deleteriall
           quality
           is
           turned
           into
           a
           strong
           Diaphoretick
           ,
           curing
           the
           Cough
           ,
           and
           all
           Feavers
           ,
           and
           Agues
           ,
           except
           of
           the
           highest
           graduation
           ,
           which
           require
           as
           powerful
           
           Arcana's
           ,
           as
           the
           Hereditary
           Gout
           ,
           or
           inveterate
           Epilepsie
           .
        
         
           That
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           volatized
           ,
           or
           made
           into
           a
           spiritual
           Elixir
           ,
           with
           any
           essential
           oyle
           ,
           is
           an
           absolute
           corrector
           of
           all
           vegetal
           poysons
           (
           none
           excepted
           )
           and
           is
           therefore
           a
           key
           to
           command
           the
           specifick
           excellency
           that
           is
           in
           any
           concrete
           of
           the
           whole
           vegetable
           family
           .
        
         
           That
           his
           Elixir
           alone
           is
           a
           better
           remedy
           for
           any
           either
           acute
           or
           chronical
           disease
           ,
           then
           any
           preparable
           according
           to
           the
           common
           dispensatories
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           way
           which
           furnisheth
           its
           sons
           with
           thousands
           
           of
           other
           Medicines
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           better
           way
           .
        
         
           That
           though
           Opium
           corrected
           ,
           after
           large
           sweat
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           cause
           vomit
           (
           with
           some
           only
           )
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           reckoned
           among
           the
           common
           vomits
           ,
           because
           first
           it
           works
           certainly
           by
           vomit
           with
           none
           :
           and
           secondly
           the
           same
           Medicine
           takes
           away
           the
           vomitive
           quality
           in
           all
           other
           Medicines
           or
           Simples
           ,
           as
           Elaterium
           ,
           Hellebore
           black
           or
           white
           ,
           Cambogia
           ,
           &c.
           as
           also
           the
           purgative
           venomes
           of
           Scammony
           ,
           Zalap
           ,
           Rhabarb
           ,
           &c.
           and
           having
           corrected
           them
           ,
           loseth
           its
           own
           vomitive
           quality
           together
           with
           them
           .
        
         
         
           That
           by
           mean
           of
           this
           key
           specifick
           remedies
           may
           be
           had
           among
           the
           nobler
           vegetals
           (
           imprisoned
           (
           as
           they
           are
           )
           under
           the
           custody
           of
           their
           virulency
           )
           for
           all
           diseases
           in
           kinde
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           speedy
           ,
           and
           as
           universal
           ,
           as
           by
           means
           of
           the
           great
           Arcana's
           ,
           yet
           with
           care
           ,
           diligence
           and
           industry
           ,
           the
           cures
           may
           by
           as
           certain
           and
           safe
           ,
           though
           (
           in
           the
           extremest
           diseases
           )
           in
           a
           longer
           time
           performed
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           short
           summary
           of
           my
           following
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           maintain
           and
           defend
           against
           the
           most
           stout
           adversary
           ,
           that
           either
           by
           polemical
           writings
           ,
           or
           by
           actual
           demonstration
           ,
           
           and
           he
           that
           will
           confute
           me
           ,
           let
           him
           overthrow
           those
           Aphorisms
           by
           argument
           and
           by
           experiment
           ,
           
             &
             Phillida
             solus
             habeto
          
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           unlikely
           but
           some
           captious
           Antagonist
           may
           censure
           my
           Aphorisms
           ,
           as
           oftentatory
           ,
           because
           many
           of
           them
           do
           lay
           down
           what
           I
           promise
           to
           be
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           Art
           by
           me
           commended
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           describe
           Medicines
           unknown
           to
           their
           sect
           ,
           and
           therefore
           such
           which
           they
           neither
           do
           nor
           willingly
           would
           beleeve
           to
           be
           in
           Nature
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           think
           to
           put
           all
           off
           with
           a
           laugh
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           challenge
           any
           adversary
           to
           fight
           
           on
           ground
           which
           for
           ought
           they
           know
           is
           only
           imaginary
           ,
           like
           the
           ground
           in
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           against
           weapons
           ,
           which
           for
           ought
           they
           will
           believe
           ,
           are
           as
           meerly
           Romantick
           as
           the
           Knights
           Errant
           enchanted
           spears
           ,
           swords
           or
           shields
           .
        
         
           To
           such
           a
           merry
           Antagonist
           ,
           I
           might
           (
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           hath
           done
           his
           laughing
           )
           reply
           in
           the
           known
           verse
           ,
           fit
           for
           the
           purpose
           :
           
             Per
             risum
             multum
             facile
             est
             cognoscere
             stultum
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           forbear
           any
           such
           aggravating
           proverbs
           ,
           and
           come
           soberly
           to
           argue
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           my
           so
           doing
           ,
           such
           as
           to
           a
           man
           rational
           may
           be
           satisfactory
           .
        
         
           Go
           too
           my
           friend
           ,
           Is
           not
           the
           controverted
           question
           concerning
           the
           true
           Art
           of
           curing
           diseases
           ?
           you
           say
           your
           Art
           is
           the
           right
           ,
           and
           the
           Art
           professed
           by
           
             Paracelsus
             ,
             Helmont
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           commended
           by
           me
           ,
           is
           wrong
           :
           I
           maintain
           the
           contrary
           sentence
           ,
           which
           sentences
           of
           ours
           being
           contradictory
           each
           to
           other
           ,
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           both
           true
           ;
           I
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           of
           your
           way
           and
           method
           ,
           oppose
           your
           Diaeticall
           prescriptions
           as
           foppish
           ,
           your
           Bloud-letting
           ,
           Scarifications
           ,
           
           Vesications
           ,
           Fontinels
           ,
           either
           by
           cautery
           ,
           or
           knife
           ,
           to
           be
           cruel
           ,
           needlesse
           dotages
           ,
           so
           far
           are
           they
           from
           being
           the
           prescriptions
           of
           true
           Art.
           
        
         
           I
           oppose
           your
           Medicaments
           as
           dangerous
           ,
           provoking
           nature
           by
           their
           venomous
           virulency
           (
           as
           we
           use
           to
           say
           )
           
             ad
             restim
          
           ,
           and
           forcing
           it
           to
           play
           one
           game
           for
           all
           ,
           hoping
           that
           possibly
           (
           for
           it
           is
           no
           necessary
           consequence
           )
           in
           this
           commotion
           of
           the
           Archeus
           ,
           by
           being
           put
           into
           such
           eminent
           danger
           ,
           it
           may
           forget
           its
           former
           anger
           ,
           through
           the
           present
           fear
           ,
           and
           in
           labouring
           to
           expell
           so
           dangerous
           an
           enemy
           ,
           
           may
           with
           it
           dislodge
           its
           former
           troublesome
           guest
           ;
           this
           Art
           sometimes
           takes
           effect
           ,
           and
           often
           it
           makes
           quick
           dispatch
           of
           both
           disease
           and
           life
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           no
           more
           to
           be
           used
           according
           to
           true
           Reasons
           dictate
           ,
           then
           a
           man
           or
           woman
           in
           an
           Ague
           or
           fit
           of
           the
           Gout
           is
           to
           be
           thrown
           into
           a
           river
           ,
           because
           fear
           of
           drowning
           ,
           or
           a
           sudden
           dangerous
           fright
           ,
           hath
           been
           known
           oft
           to
           cure
           ,
           one
           ,
           and
           ease
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           rejected
           your
           Cordials
           ,
           Coolers
           ,
           &c.
           as
           ridiculous
           ,
           (
           barely
           palat-pleasing
           )
           toyes
           ,
           and
           your
           diet-drinks
           ,
           as
           non-sensical
           ,
           fortuitous
           prescripts
           ,
           
           your
           Locks
           ,
           Tablets
           ,
           Species
           ,
           Conserves
           of
           Fox-lungs
           ,
           &c.
           as
           only
           mimical
           jugling
           feats
           ,
           to
           multiply
           your
           Fees
           ,
           and
           swell
           the
           Apothecaries
           Bils
           .
        
         
           Had
           I
           done
           no
           more
           ,
           I
           know
           you
           would
           have
           replyed
           like
           Oyster-women
           ,
           and
           sung
           your
           Triumphs
           with
           contumelies
           and
           reproaches
           without
           allowance
           ;
           therefore
           to
           cut
           your
           Combs
           before
           you
           crow
           ,
           I
           have
           propounded
           the
           true
           standard
           of
           being
           each
           of
           us
           judged
           by
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           by
           our
           Work
           ,
           the
           only
           true
           way
           of
           esteeming
           each
           workman
           .
        
         
           For
           when
           I
           have
           spoken
           
           what
           I
           can
           in
           behalf
           of
           my
           way
           and
           Medicaments
           ,
           and
           you
           declamed
           till
           your
           lungs
           be
           weary
           ,
           in
           commendation
           of
           your
           Method
           ,
           this
           at
           last
           will
           be
           the
           searching
           question
           to
           both
           of
           us
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           end
           of
           my
           Art
           ,
           and
           your
           Method
           ?
           and
           whether
           of
           both
           doth
           most
           good
           ?
        
         
           The
           end
           propounded
           to
           ,
           and
           promised
           by
           both
           ,
           is
           curing
           and
           restoring
           disease
           ;
           this
           if
           your
           Method
           can
           do
           better
           then
           my
           Medicines
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           applauded
           notwithstanding
           my
           contempt
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           not
           ,
           it
           will
           fall
           ,
           notwithstanding
           your
           high
           commendation
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           comparison
           of
           way
           with
           way
           ,
           and
           art
           with
           art
           ,
           which
           is
           better
           it
           may
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           both
           may
           be
           good
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           proved
           your
           Method
           to
           be
           erroneous
           ,
           your
           Art
           untrue
           ,
           and
           your
           Medicaments
           to
           be
           only
           nominally
           such
           ,
           but
           really
           poysons
           ;
           and
           yet
           if
           I
           had
           done
           no
           more
           ,
           you
           would
           I
           doubt
           not
           have
           recriminated
           ,
           (
           a
           poor
           way
           of
           answering
           a
           Charge
           )
           though
           without
           any
           proof
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           I
           did
           expect
           from
           you
           recrimination
           ,
           I
           have
           to
           anticipate
           your
           objection
           ,
           rejected
           all
           Mercurial
           and
           Antimonial
           Medicaments
           ,
           either
           
           Vomitive
           ,
           Purgative
           ,
           or
           Salivative
           ,
           as
           being
           sallets
           for
           your
           own
           Apparatus
           ,
           Pigs
           of
           your
           own
           Sow
           ,
           adopted
           sons
           of
           your
           own
           Method
           ,
           as
           also
           all
           Vegetals
           ,
           (
           so
           long
           as
           either
           Purgative
           or
           Vomitive
           )
           and
           their
           Oyles
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Oyles
           ,
           and
           their
           Salts
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           fixt
           ;
           we
           renounce
           from
           our
           mysterie
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           to
           you
           ,
           finding
           them
           with
           you
           ,
           
             [
             ut
             similes
             labris
             lactucas
             ]
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           of
           you
           shall
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           know
           not
           any
           such
           preparations
           as
           I
           mention
           ,
           and
           therefore
           do
           not
           mention
           ,
           and
           therefore
           do
           not
           believe
           the
           commendations
           of
           them
           :
           then
           say
           I
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           judge
           and
           
           censure
           an
           Art
           you
           know
           not
           ?
           why
           condemn
           you
           and
           reproach
           Artists
           ,
           while
           you
           understand
           not
           what
           they
           professe
           ?
           for
           shame
           cease
           imitation
           of
           the
           Fox
           ,
           and
           condemn
           not
           those
           Hens
           for
           lean
           ,
           and
           Grapes
           as
           sowre
           ,
           which
           are
           too
           high
           out
           of
           your
           reach
           .
        
         
           We
           knew
           your
           Art
           both
           Theorically
           and
           Practically
           ,
           before
           ever
           we
           disliked
           it
           ;
           learn
           at
           least
           this
           candor
           from
           your
           professed
           Antagonist
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           according
           to
           what
           we
           know
           ,
           we
           come
           to
           your
           own
           doors
           ,
           and
           dare
           you
           to
           combat
           ,
           we
           defie
           your
           Clysters
           
           as
           ridiculous
           ,
           your
           Purges
           ,
           and
           Vomits
           ,
           and
           Bloud-letting
           ,
           as
           dangerous
           ;
           your
           Issues
           ,
           Cauteris
           ,
           Blistering
           ,
           &c.
           as
           cruell
           and
           needlesse
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           your
           whole
           Method
           we
           have
           impugned
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           it
           may
           truly
           be
           replyed
           to
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           That
           if
           a
           cure
           be
           never
           so
           desperate
           ,
           or
           uncertain
           ,
           or
           cruell
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           good
           (
           if
           it
           may
           do
           good
           )
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           provided
           no
           better
           way
           can
           be
           had
           ,
           since
           (
           not
           only
           a
           little
           bloud
           )
           but
           skin
           for
           skin
           a
           man
           would
           be
           content
           to
           give
           to
           save
           his
           life
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           (
           and
           very
           seasonably
           )
           
           did
           I
           lay
           down
           the
           efficacy
           of
           Medicines
           preparable
           by
           that
           Art
           which
           I
           commend
           ,
           and
           have
           instanced
           in
           those
           remedies
           which
           will
           perform
           my
           promise
           therein
           ,
           which
           was
           an
           absolutely
           required
           task
           ,
           for
           the
           making
           good
           of
           my
           assertion
           .
        
         
           For
           if
           my
           Medicines
           would
           only
           do
           what
           your
           Method
           would
           perform
           ,
           as
           speedily
           and
           as
           safely
           ,
           yet
           it
           were
           the
           better
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           simple
           ,
           lesse
           chargeable
           ,
           not
           tying
           the
           Patient
           to
           such
           curiosity
           in
           diet
           ,
           nor
           by
           far
           so
           cruel
           ,
           as
           using
           none
           of
           all
           your
           martyrdoms
           and
           butcheries
           .
        
         
         
           But
           if
           my
           Medicaments
           will
           perform
           what
           your
           Method
           accounts
           impossible
           ,
           and
           therefore
           dare
           not
           promise
           ,
           nor
           give
           hopes
           of
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           cure
           of
           the
           Palsie
           ,
           Epilepsie
           ,
           Gout
           ,
           Agues
           ,
           Kings-evill
           ,
           &c.
           as
           also
           the
           Lues
           inveterate
           ,
           without
           Tubbing
           ,
           or
           Salivation
           ,
           in
           Gonorrhoea's
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           without
           purgation
           or
           vomiting
           ,
           or
           detaining
           within
           doors
           ,
           and
           will
           cure
           all
           acute
           diseases
           ,
           as
           Feavers
           ,
           Fluxes
           ,
           and
           Pleuresies
           ,
           Calentures
           ,
           Small-pox
           ,
           and
           Measles
           ,
           at
           the
           utmost
           in
           four
           daies
           ,
           without
           Blouding
           ,
           or
           Purging
           ,
           without
           suffering
           the
           Small-pox
           to
           
           fill
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           Antidotary
           killing
           the
           venome
           ,
           attenuating
           and
           avoiding
           the
           peccant
           matter
           by
           the
           pores
           ,
           and
           mortifying
           the
           venomous
           corruptor
           of
           the
           bloud
           ,
           not
           suffering
           the
           Archeus
           to
           make
           any
           purulent
           matter
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           this
           performance
           ,
           not
           tormenting
           the
           Patient
           with
           forbidding
           drink
           (
           a
           common
           cruelty
           in
           the
           vulgar
           Method
           )
           but
           allowing
           good
           Beer
           ,
           and
           Wine
           moderately
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           deplorable
           Feavers
           ;
           if
           I
           say
           this
           be
           made
           good
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           ordinarily
           ,
           and
           safely
           ,
           then
           it
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           your
           Method
           is
           but
           a
           bloudy
           cruelty
           ,
           
           and
           a
           tyrannous
           cheat
           ,
           no
           more
           to
           be
           pleaded
           for
           or
           defended
           ,
           then
           Baal
           was
           to
           be
           pleaded
           for
           by
           Israel
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           people
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           What
           I
           have
           said
           of
           the
           Medicaments
           commended
           by
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           hazard
           the
           cause
           totally
           upon
           making
           it
           good
           ,
           and
           can
           give
           past
           instances
           if
           required
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           shall
           undertake
           to
           combate
           with
           me
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           go
           to
           rake
           up
           things
           past
           ,
           for
           to
           finde
           examples
           ,
           but
           
             Hic
             Rhodus
             ,
             hic
             saltus
             esto
             .
          
           If
           the
           Methodists
           dare
           to
           contend
           with
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           do
           not
           stand
           contest
           ,
           let
           me
           for
           ever
           be
           branded
           for
           a
           vain-glorious
           
           boaster
           ,
           and
           till
           they
           do
           that
           ,
           they
           must
           never
           expect
           victory
           .
        
         
           If
           their
           Method
           have
           done
           and
           can
           do
           what
           I
           promise
           by
           true
           Chymical
           remedies
           ,
           known
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           preparable
           by
           that
           Art
           professed
           by
           
             Paracelsus
             ,
             Helmont
             ,
             &c.
          
           let
           them
           take
           up
           the
           Cudgels
           and
           come
           forth
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           will
           only
           try
           me
           ,
           let
           them
           only
           give
           me
           as
           much
           for
           each
           party
           cured
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           forfeit
           for
           each
           uncured
           of
           a
           thousand
           in
           acute
           diseases
           in
           four
           daies
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           Feavers
           ,
           Pleuresies
           ,
           Small-pox
           ,
           Measles
           ,
           Fluxes
           ,
           Calentures
           ,
           and
           Agues
           
           in
           four
           fits
           ,
           not
           Hectical
           ,
           or
           if
           Quartan
           and
           Hecticall
           ,
           in
           four
           weeks
           ,
           provided
           the
           strength
           be
           not
           wasted
           to
           despair
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           slink
           the
           proof
           of
           experiment
           ,
           let
           me
           be
           reputed
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           cure
           not
           six
           for
           one
           ,
           I
           will
           recant
           what
           ever
           I
           have
           written
           publickly
           ;
           let
           them
           do
           the
           same
           if
           they
           dare
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           the
           dangerousnesse
           of
           my
           Medicaments
           ,
           which
           I
           know
           they
           will
           insinuate
           ;
           that
           is
           but
           a
           meer
           Bug-bear
           ,
           by
           which
           ignorant
           people
           are
           frighted
           without
           cause
           ,
           or
           ground
           ,
           as
           the
           Jesuites
           are
           reported
           to
           affright
           
           their
           deluded
           Catholicks
           ,
           by
           telling
           them
           that
           the
           English
           since
           the
           casting
           of
           the
           Popes
           Supremacy
           ,
           are
           turned
           into
           Monsters
           ,
           which
           those
           who
           know
           our
           Nation
           see
           to
           be
           but
           an
           invention
           ,
           to
           keep
           their
           people
           under
           restraint
           ,
           from
           falling
           into
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           and
           account
           Heresie
           .
        
         
           I
           before
           advised
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           volatile
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           all
           Vegetable
           poysons
           are
           so
           corrected
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           leave
           the
           least
           footsteps
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           decoction
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           digestion
           in
           a
           heat
           answerable
           to
           
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           in
           which
           warmth
           ,
           they
           in
           short
           space
           are
           turned
           into
           meer
           reall
           Salt
           ,
           which
           will
           crystallize
           like
           Sugar-candy
           ,
           tincted
           according
           to
           the
           concrete
           ,
           and
           retaining
           so
           much
           of
           its
           taste
           and
           odour
           ,
           as
           the
           [
           
             Magnum
             oportet
          
           ,
           or
           
             vita
             media
          
           ]
           will
           retain
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           then
           are
           these
           Medicaments
           from
           being
           poyson
           ,
           that
           my self
           will
           take
           of
           Hellebore
           ,
           or
           Elaterium
           (
           two
           churlish
           poysons
           )
           or
           any
           other
           Vegetal
           ,
           of
           the
           most
           malignant
           quality
           ,
           a
           dram
           at
           a
           dose
           ,
           and
           that
           on
           a
           fasting
           stomach
           ,
           and
           fast
           after
           it
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           or
           four
           hours
           ;
           and
           let
           any
           Galenist
           
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           lay
           down
           the
           cudgels
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           sung
           long
           enough
           to
           deaf
           men
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           done
           with
           these
           captious
           Readers
           ,
           and
           shall
           come
           to
           speak
           a
           word
           to
           those
           who
           are
           better
           tempered
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           first
           given
           one
           word
           of
           admonition
           ,
           to
           prevent
           a
           Critick
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           that
           any
           faults
           chance
           to
           escape
           the
           Presse
           ,
           my
           leisure
           not
           permitting
           me
           to
           attend
           it
           ,
           they
           be
           attributed
           to
           their
           true
           cause
           ;
           one
           (
           in
           perusing
           part
           of
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           brought
           me
           by
           the
           Stationer
           before
           all
           
           was
           perfected
           )
           I
           observed
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           a
           large
           Anachronism
           ,
           which
           I
           cannot
           tell
           if
           or
           no
           ,
           it
           were
           an
           error
           of
           the
           Printer
           ,
           or
           a
           slip
           of
           my
           pen
           ;
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fault
           about
           of
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           16.
           page
           ,
           where
           in
           stead
           of
           (
           though
           he
           
             viz.
             Aristotle
          
           ,
           in
           many
           places
           severely
           carped
           at
           Galen
           ,
           (
           read
           )
           be
           severely
           carped
           at
           by
           Galen
           )
           which
           was
           my
           meaning
           ,
           not
           being
           ignorant
           of
           the
           number
           of
           years
           between
           
             Aristotle
             ,
             Alexanders
          
           Tutor
           ,
           who
           was
           son
           to
           Philip
           ,
           the
           first
           founder
           of
           the
           Grecian
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           Galen
           who
           lived
           since
           Christ
           ,
           (
           of
           
           whom
           ,
           and
           Moses
           also
           he
           wrote
           blasphemously
           enough
           )
           in
           the
           flourishing
           of
           the
           Roman
           Empire
           .
           Other
           faults
           I
           observed
           ,
           and
           some
           may
           be
           which
           escaped
           by
           observation
           ,
           where
           either
           a
           word
           or
           letter
           may
           be
           defective
           or
           redundant
           ,
           which
           any
           candid
           Reader
           may
           correct
           with
           his
           pen
           ,
           by
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           sense
           :
           and
           now
           I
           come
           to
           the
           second
           sort
           of
           Readers
           ,
           to
           speak
           one
           word
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           those
           are
           such
           who
           being
           indifferent
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           incline
           to
           that
           part
           ,
           which
           hath
           and
           brings
           the
           best
           reason
           ,
           such
           perhaps
           may
           
           at
           first
           sight
           blame
           me
           for
           too
           tart
           and
           Satyrical
           to
           whom
           I
           shall
           answer
           with
           the
           Comoedian
           ,
           
             In
             dicendo
             is
             operâ
             plerumque
             abutitur
             ,
             non
             qui
             argumentum
             narrat
             ,
             sed
             qui
             malevoli
             Poetae
             maledictis
             respondet
             :
          
           I
           do
           but
           answer
           their
           reproaches
           oft
           and
           betterly
           cast
           on
           Paracelsus
           ,
           and
           Helmont
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           worthy
           Artists
           in
           the
           Chymical
           Mystery
           ,
           which
           if
           I
           wipe
           off
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           impartial
           Reader
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           but
           spots
           in
           their
           own
           eyer
           ,
           which
           causing
           their
           sight
           to
           dazle
           ,
           they
           imagine
           to
           be
           on
           other
           mens
           garments
           ,
           (
           which
           how
           substantially
           it
           is
           
           proved
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           Reader
           )
           then
           let
           no
           man
           wonder
           ,
           if
           I
           tax
           their
           abuses
           very
           sharply
           ,
           who
           were
           wont
           to
           make
           faults
           in
           others
           ,
           and
           then
           reproach
           them
           is
           if
           they
           were
           reall
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           complain
           against
           in
           them
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           then
           what
           several
           of
           their
           Apothecaries
           have
           seriously
           complained
           of
           to
           me
           ,
           with
           protestations
           how
           they
           are
           tyred
           out
           with
           their
           Method
           ,
           the
           effect
           of
           Medicines
           being
           such
           ,
           that
           an
           honest
           Apothecary
           dare
           scarce
           appear
           with
           his
           Bils
           ,
           because
           he
           so
           oft
           told
           that
           such
           ,
           and
           such
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           did
           not
           
           the
           least
           good
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           must
           provide
           and
           administer
           what
           the
           Doctor
           prescribes
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           ashamed
           after
           to
           ask
           his
           money
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           seldome
           receives
           it
           without
           grudging
           or
           imprecation
           .
           On
           which
           account
           several
           conscientious
           Apothecaries
           have
           been
           enforced
           through
           scruple
           of
           their
           trade
           ,
           to
           renounce
           it
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           on
           my
           knowledge
           ;
           and
           several
           have
           lamented
           unto
           me
           the
           languidness
           of
           their
           method
           ,
           and
           the
           burthen
           that
           lay
           on
           their
           spirits
           in
           the
           persecution
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           That
           Satyrically
           I
           call
           them
           
           sometimes
           Mr.
           Doctors
           ,
           as
           
             Basilius
             Valentine
             (
             Domine
             Doctor
          
           )
           is
           not
           because
           I
           am
           ignorant
           of
           the
           impropriety
           of
           the
           speech
           ,
           but
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           impertinently
           ,
           knowing
           the
           rule
           
             sentiendum
             cum
             Philosophis
             ,
             loquendum
             ut
             vulgus
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           whoever
           will
           be
           critical
           let
           him
           spare
           his
           Animadversion
           there
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           saved
           him
           the
           pains
           ,
           and
           prevented
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           I
           expect
           some
           Readers
           of
           the
           Hermetick
           family
           ,
           who
           wil
           esteem
           these
           lines
           ,
           as
           true
           guides
           to
           noble
           Medicines
           ,
           who
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           will
           earearnestly
           
           expect
           to
           hear
           some
           tidings
           concerning
           the
           true
           preparation
           of
           the
           volatile
           Salt
           of
           Tartar
           ,
           to
           operate
           on
           ,
           and
           to
           prepare
           Metals
           and
           Minerals
           ;
           how
           by
           it
           Vegetals
           may
           be
           prepared
           hath
           been
           shewed
           ,
           which
           give
           noble
           Medicaments
           for
           the
           restoring
           most
           diseases
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           such
           to
           wit
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           too
           highly
           graduated
           ,
           but
           where
           the
           case
           becomes
           too
           difficult
           for
           Medicaments
           of
           this
           rank
           ,
           there
           let
           the
           Sulphurs
           of
           Mineral
           bodies
           ,
           such
           as
           Antimony
           ,
           or
           Bismuth
           ,
           be
           cohobated
           with
           an
           assential
           Oyle
           ,
           till
           both
           be
           brought
           over
           the
           Helm
           :
           this
           
           volatile
           Sulphur
           though
           foetid
           ,
           turn
           by
           a
           due
           circulation
           into
           an
           essential
           Salt
           ,
           and
           then
           have
           you
           a
           remedy
           for
           most
           deplorable
           diseases
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           further
           specificated
           with
           noble
           Vegetals
           ,
           as
           the
           Artist
           pleaseth
           ,
           and
           the
           strong
           odor
           of
           it
           by
           rectification
           with
           spirit
           of
           Wine
           taken
           away
           .
        
         
           Yet
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Tartar
           thus
           volatized
           with
           Oyles
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           languid
           of
           any
           ,
           (
           there
           being
           several
           waies
           to
           perform
           the
           same
           thing
           )
           and
           each
           way
           giving
           more
           or
           less
           noble
           Spirits
           )
           but
           one
           is
           most
           noble
           ,
           and
           is
           inferior
           to
           none
           ,
           but
           the
           Liquor
           Alchalest
           ,
           by
           which
           
           Mercury
           is
           so
           dissolved
           as
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           a
           sweet
           Oyle
           or
           Salt
           ,
           and
           fragrant
           ,
           on
           which
           though
           the
           dissolvent
           be
           coagulated
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           so
           noble
           a
           preparation
           of
           the
           sme
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           truly
           succedaneous
           to
           those
           of
           the
           highest
           liquor
           ;
           thus
           also
           may
           be
           made
           the
           anodynous
           Sulphur
           of
           Venus
           ,
           and
           the
           glorified
           Sulphur
           of
           Antimony
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Regulus
             Martis
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           
             Metallus
             primus
          
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           Metalline
           body
           under
           Luna
           ,
           and
           yet
           on
           the
           perfect
           bodies
           also
           ,
           it
           acts
           by
           dissolution
           ,
           and
           gets
           a
           virtue
           inferior
           to
           few
           Arcana's
           ;
           of
           which
           operations
           I
           have
           treated
           in
           a
           peculiar
           Treatise
           
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             explained
             and
             confirmed
             ,
          
           &c.
           to
           which
           I
           remit
           the
           Reader
           ,
           as
           intending
           ere
           long
           to
           publish
           it
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           enjoy
           these
           fruits
           of
           his
           labours
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           all
           things
           to
           serve
           thee
           to
           his
           power
           ,
        
         
           
             Thine
             as
             his
             own
             ,
             
               Geo.
               Starkey
            
             .
          
           
             Nov.
             20.
             1656.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Natures
           Explication
           ,
           &
           Helmont's
           Vindication
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           PREFACE
           OR
           INTRODUCTION
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             WHen
             this
             question
             was
             put
             to
             a
             certain
             Philosopher
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ?
             What
             is
             the
             best
             thing
             ?
             It
             was
             his
             Answer
             ,
             as
             is
             reported
             of
             him
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Light
             :
             an
             answer
             in
             my
             opinion
             no
             lesse
             judicious
             then
             witty
             .
             Nor
             much
             unlike
             hereto
             ,
             was
             that
             reply
             of
             him
             who
             being
             asked
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             was
             
             born
             ?
             made
             this
             return
             ,
             
               Ad
               videndum
               Solem
            
             ,
             to
             behold
             the
             Sun.
             For
             verily
             there
             is
             nothing
             comfortable
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             participation
             of
             Light
             ,
             Darkness
             being
             on
             the
             contrary
             a
             priciple
             of
             dread
             and
             horror
             .
          
           
             Now
             what
             visible
             light
             is
             unto
             bodily
             eyes
             ,
             the
             same
             is
             the
             light
             of
             understanding
             and
             knowledge
             unto
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             minde
             .
          
           
             As
             then
             there
             is
             no
             state
             so
             solitary
             and
             deplorable
             ,
             as
             to
             defect
             ,
             then
             the
             want
             of
             light
             ;
             so
             is
             there
             nothing
             more
             lamentable
             nor
             deserving
             pity
             ,
             then
             ignorance
             and
             blindness
             of
             minde
             :
             And
             of
             all
             generations
             as
             those
             were
             anciently
             reputed
             the
             worst
             ,
             which
             sprang
             out
             of
             the
             corruption
             of
             those
             things
             which
             were
             before
             the
             best
             ;
             so
             when
             the
             light
             that
             is
             in
             a
             man
             once
             turns
             to
             be
             darknesse
             ,
             how
             great
             is
             that
             darknesse
             !
          
           
           
             As
             therefore
             that
             light
             is
             to
             be
             accounted
             the
             most
             desirable
             ,
             and
             the
             want
             of
             it
             the
             most
             miserable
             ,
             which
             concerns
             the
             soul
             or
             mind
             ;
             so
             of
             all
             ignorance
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             worst
             ,
             which
             hath
             reference
             to
             the
             most
             noble
             object
             ;
             &
             by
             how
             much
             the
             subject
             of
             knowledge
             is
             better
             and
             of
             more
             general
             use
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             is
             the
             deprivement
             of
             that
             knowledge
             intolerable
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             rested
             in
             .
             Therefore
             as
             he
             who
             (
             not
             being
             able
             to
             intercept
             the
             light
             )
             shall
             prevent
             mens
             injoyment
             thereof
             by
             putting
             out
             their
             eyes
             ,
             is
             worthily
             accounted
             most
             wretchedly
             cruell
             ;
             so
             he
             who
             shall
             with-hold
             ,
             or
             obstruct
             ,
             or
             pervert
             the
             means
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             in
             no
             less
             ,
             if
             not
             far
             more
             condemnable
             .
          
           
             And
             on
             the
             contrary
             hand
             ,
             he
             who
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             clear
             those
             streams
             of
             that
             rubbish
             and
             trumpery
             which
             hath
             not
             only
             mightily
             stopt
             ,
             but
             also
             notably
             pudled
             the
             waters
             of
             this
             fountain
             ;
             as
             he
             attempts
             a
             work
             of
             
             more
             publick
             concernment
             ,
             so
             if
             he
             actually
             perform
             any
             thing
             real
             herein
             ,
             he
             will
             deserve
             no
             less
             of
             those
             who
             are
             herein
             concerned
             (
             which
             all
             igenuous
             men
             are
             ,
             or
             else
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             the
             Saul
             did
             of
             the
             Jabesh-Gileadietes
             ,
             who
             delivered
             them
             from
             the
             insulting
             Tyrant
             ,
             who
             would
             put
             out
             every
             mans
             right
             eye
             for
             a
             reproach
             unto
             Israel
             .
          
           
             Now
             next
             unto
             that
             knowledge
             which
             is
             indeed
             life
             eternal
             ,
             namely
             to
             know
             God
             the
             only
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             whom
             he
             hath
             sent
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             which
             knowledge
             is
             of
             everlasting
             concernment
             :
             the
             most
             noble
             is
             that
             which
             discovers
             the
             Creators
             wisdom
             in
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             able
             distinguish
             their
             natures
             and
             properties
             ,
             and
             to
             apply
             them
             to
             the
             use
             of
             Man
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             the
             restoring
             of
             the
             defects
             of
             decaying
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             overcoming
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             even
             unto
             lamentation
             do
             waste
             and
             destroy
             almost
             in
             all
             
             places
             the
             poor
             distressed
             members
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             under
             which
             many
             perish
             ,
             being
             in
             extremity
             of
             despair
             exposed
             to
             a
             sad
             spectacle
             ,
             comfortless
             to
             the
             patient
             ,
             and
             horrible
             to
             the
             beholders
             .
          
           
             These
             diseases
             and
             miseries
             ,
             the
             fruits
             of
             sin
             ,
             inflicted
             most
             justly
             from
             the
             righteous
             Judge
             ,
             are
             yet
             curable
             by
             remedies
             which
             the
             Almighty
             hath
             created
             ,
             for
             which
             end
             the
             Father
             of
             mercies
             and
             God
             of
             compassion
             hath
             also
             created
             the
             Physician
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             an
             instrument
             of
             mercy
             ,
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             merciful
             Father
             ,
             might
             make
             whole
             and
             binde
             up
             those
             whom
             the
             same
             God
             with
             his
             hand
             of
             justice
             hath
             wounded
             and
             broken
             .
          
           
             This
             in
             brief
             is
             the
             use
             of
             medicinal
             knowledge
             ,
             the
             subject
             whereof
             is
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             the
             Body
             and
             Nature
             of
             man
             ,
             to
             know
             it
             both
             in
             its
             integrity
             and
             defects
             :
             and
             secondly
             ,
             all
             Creatures
             without
             man
             ,
             which
             
             are
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             either
             more
             directly
             ;
             as
             they
             tend
             to
             the
             affording
             of
             mediciens
             ,
             for
             remedying
             and
             preventing
             defects
             ;
             or
             Collaterally
             ,
             as
             they
             serve
             to
             elucidate
             the
             nature
             either
             of
             defects
             or
             remedies
             .
          
           
             This
             Art
             or
             knowledge
             of
             all
             Sublunary
             attainments
             is
             the
             highest
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             last
             ,
             and
             bringeth
             up
             the
             Reer
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             unto
             all
             the
             rest
             ;
             so
             that
             though
             the
             
               Geometrician
               ,
               Arithmetician
               ,
               Politician
               ,
               Mechanist
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             despised
             ,
             yet
             they
             fall
             far
             short
             of
             that
             dignity
             which
             is
             due
             to
             the
             Physician
             ,
             whose
             objects
             is
             the
             most
             worthy
             of
             Creatures
             ,
             even
             Man
             (
             who
             is
             made
             little
             inferior
             to
             Angles
             ,
             crowned
             with
             glory
             and
             honour
             )
             under
             whose
             feer
             all
             things
             have
             been
             subjected
             ;
             yet
             he
             for
             sin
             is
             laid
             under
             vanity
             ,
             of
             which
             no
             small
             part
             are
             the
             distempers
             and
             maladies
             ,
             which
             his
             frail
             life
             and
             weak
             body
             are
             subject
             to
             .
          
           
             This
             Art
             or
             Knowledge
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             
             had
             continual
             ,
             and
             shall
             have
             perpetual
             used
             among
             men
             ,
             so
             God
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             discover
             it
             in
             some
             degree
             and
             measure
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             that
             in
             no
             generation
             there
             should
             be
             wanting
             a
             testimony
             as
             of
             his
             Justice
             ,
             so
             of
             his
             infinite
             and
             transcendent
             Mercy
             ,
             who
             is
             ready
             as
             with
             one
             hand
             to
             chastise
             and
             afflict
             ,
             so
             with
             the
             other
             to
             succour
             and
             relieve
             those
             who
             are
             chastised
             and
             corrected
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             have
             been
             endowed
             with
             this
             skill
             or
             science
             ,
             God
             endowed
             also
             with
             a
             Heart
             communicative
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             have
             out
             of
             compassion
             unto
             those
             who
             are
             in
             misery
             ,
             been
             free
             in
             the
             discovering
             unto
             posterity
             what
             they
             understood
             herein
             ,
             so
             far
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             might
             conduce
             to
             the
             stirring
             up
             of
             the
             ingenuous
             to
             a
             personal
             further
             inquiry
             ,
             and
             also
             be
             a
             help
             to
             them
             in
             their
             search
             to
             discover
             those
             secrets
             ,
             which
             they
             who
             were
             before
             them
             found
             beneficial
             to
             the
             healing
             of
             this
             or
             that
             distemper
             .
          
           
           
             Among
             whom
             Hippocrates
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             first
             and
             most
             eminent
             ,
             who
             left
             any
             thing
             to
             us
             upon
             record
             of
             usefull
             experimental
             practice
             :
             whose
             attainments
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             rudeness
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             admirable
             ;
             so
             his
             Candor
             in
             discovering
             the
             same
             was
             commendable
             :
             saving
             that
             what
             he
             left
             sincere
             ,
             hath
             (
             through
             the
             abuse
             of
             times
             )
             been
             much
             corrupted
             with
             the
             placits
             and
             invention
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             not
             comparable
             to
             him
             in
             reality
             ,
             would
             yet
             seem
             to
             excell
             him
             in
             appa●ency
             .
             The
             excellent
             vertue
             of
             this
             man
             as
             it
             was
             alwaies
             maligned
             by
             Satan
             (
             to
             whose
             malicious
             disposition
             it
             is
             natural
             to
             envie
             those
             things
             most
             especially
             ,
             which
             are
             or
             may
             be
             of
             greatest
             concernment
             for
             the
             good
             of
             Man
             ,
             either
             his
             spiritual
             or
             temporal
             life
             )
             So
             through
             his
             policy
             it
             was
             soon
             forgotten
             by
             posterity
             ,
             and
             his
             renowned
             skill
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             not
             without
             cause
             named
             Divine
             Hipporates
             ,
             after
             his
             
             death
             was
             so
             buried
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             short
             time
             there
             was
             nothing
             but
             the
             bare
             name
             thereof
             retained
             by
             his
             successors
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             nothing
             strikes
             a
             more
             fatall
             blow
             to
             vertue
             and
             verity
             ,
             then
             a
             glorious
             shew
             thereof
             without
             any
             reality
             ;
             so
             by
             this
             policy
             Satan
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             for
             ever
             keep
             in
             oblivion
             this
             so
             necessary
             a
             science
             for
             the
             use
             of
             man
             ,
             At
             length
             about
             five
             Ages
             or
             more
             from
             the
             death
             of
             
               Hipporates
               ,
               Galen
            
             comes
             in
             upon
             the
             Grecian
             stage
             ,
             who
             as
             if
             it
             were
             his
             design
             to
             rake
             up
             the
             glowing
             Embers
             of
             Hippocrates
             Art
             from
             under
             the
             ashes
             of
             forgetfulness
             ,
             wrote
             ample
             Tomes
             concerning
             this
             Art
             of
             medicine
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             memory
             thereof
             might
             be
             kept
             from
             future
             perishing
             ,
             digested
             the
             same
             into
             a
             Method
             ,
             whereby
             this
             Art
             might
             afterwards
             be
             communicated
             by
             verball
             Tradition
             in
             Scholastick
             Lectures
             and
             disputations
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             had
             Satan
             brought
             his
             design
             unto
             a
             full
             head
             ,
             which
             being
             once
             on
             foot
             ,
             he
             ceaseth
             not
             to
             prosecute
             with
             all
             possible
             craft
             and
             diligence
             .
             For
             as
             his
             chief
             aim
             is
             to
             sever
             the
             shew
             from
             the
             substance
             ,
             knowing
             that
             way
             to
             be
             of
             all
             other
             the
             most
             effectual
             for
             the
             fatal
             suppressing
             and
             smothering
             truth
             :
             so
             this
             empty
             shadow
             was
             soon
             had
             in
             high
             esteem
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             being
             cryed
             up
             in
             the
             Schools
             it
             soon
             got
             footing
             all
             the
             world
             over
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             there
             was
             no
             civilized
             nation
             or
             people
             ,
             how
             different
             soever
             in
             Laws
             ,
             manners
             and
             customes
             ,
             but
             with
             one
             accord
             they
             all
             submitted
             to
             march
             under
             Galen
             his
             banner
             ,
             and
             counted
             it
             the
             glory
             of
             their
             studies
             ,
             and
             the
             crown
             of
             their
             labours
             to
             receive
             his
             Badge
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             make
             this
             the
             more
             plausible
             ,
             the
             Schools
             invented
             their
             honorary
             Titles
             ,
             the
             more
             to
             allure
             Students
             to
             this
             their
             profession
             ,
             bestowing
             
             upon
             as
             many
             as
             had
             sucked
             out
             by
             their
             studies
             and
             disputations
             Galens
             Marrow
             ,
             and
             learned
             his
             Method
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             read
             a
             Lecture
             ,
             or
             make
             a
             Commentary
             upon
             him
             the
             title
             of
             Doctors
             :
             insomuch
             that
             they
             drewmultitudes
             after
             them
             ;
             all
             ,
             partly
             through
             ambition
             ,
             and
             partly
             through
             pride
             and
             sloth
             ,
             willingly
             yeelding
             themselves
             to
             be
             seduced
             by
             the
             common
             Error
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             means
             the
             pure
             fountains
             of
             true
             learning
             were
             miserably
             pudled
             and
             poysoned
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             as
             many
             as
             drank
             of
             them
             being
             lulled
             into
             a
             deep
             sleep
             ,
             finding
             honour
             and
             riches
             in
             that
             seeming
             knowledge
             which
             they
             had
             drank
             in
             ,
             were
             abundantly
             contented
             .
          
           
             Yea
             and
             to
             make
             their
             station
             the
             surer
             ,
             they
             decreed
             ,
             that
             upon
             penalty
             of
             loss
             of
             their
             gradual
             titles
             of
             honour
             ,
             nor
             man
             should
             dare
             to
             step
             a
             step
             out
             of
             the
             rode-way
             of
             Galen
             ,
             whose
             Volumes
             being
             by
             Scholastick
             
             Authority
             confirmed
             for
             Text
             ,
             they
             left
             it
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             acute
             wits
             to
             build
             what
             they
             could
             or
             would
             upon
             this
             foundation
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             Hippocrates
             ,
             what
             of
             his
             writings
             were
             extant
             ,
             are
             made
             use
             of
             in
             subordination
             to
             Galen
             ,
             who
             among
             his
             many
             tedious
             prattles
             commented
             upon
             Hippocrates
             ,
             drawing
             him
             in
             what
             he
             could
             to
             his
             own
             placits
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             could
             not
             he
             corrupted
             him
             .
          
           
             Yea
             and
             the
             Arabian
             writers
             ,
             both
             ancient
             and
             modern
             throughout
             all
             their
             books
             ,
             do
             all
             with
             one
             neck
             seem
             to
             draw
             in
             the
             yoke
             of
             Galen
             .
          
           
             At
             length
             this
             noble
             science
             being
             degenerated
             into
             idle
             speculation
             ,
             on
             which
             was
             built
             and
             edifice
             looking
             only
             to
             gain
             and
             popular
             applause
             ,
             first
             being
             divided
             from
             the
             Truth
             ,
             was
             afterwards
             rent
             into
             three
             divisions
             ,
             of
             which
             each
             occupied
             a
             severall
             station
             .
             First
             there
             was
             the
             Philoslopher
             or
             contemplative
             Physician
             .
             
             Next
             the
             Physician
             or
             practical
             Philosopher
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             Chirurgion
             or
             Doctors
             Man
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             minde
             things
             of
             an
             inferior
             rank
             ,
             as
             namely
             ,
             dressing
             of
             Wounds
             ,
             setting
             of
             Bones
             ,
             the
             cure
             or
             care
             of
             Ulcers
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             while
             the
             Doctor
             who
             for
             reverence
             and
             profundity
             of
             skil
             deserved
             a
             better
             office
             ,
             employed
             himself
             in
             the
             contemplation
             of
             Diseases
             and
             inward
             Griefs
             :
             who
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             promiseth
             not
             to
             be
             wanting
             to
             the
             Chirurgion
             in
             case
             of
             any
             Feaverish
             distempers
             ,
             which
             outward
             miseries
             and
             griefs
             do
             often
             cause
             .
          
           
             Thus
             at
             length
             finding
             this
             Trade
             to
             have
             many
             Clients
             ,
             through
             the
             degeneration
             of
             times
             ,
             the
             care
             of
             medicines
             and
             their
             preparation
             is
             judged
             too
             sordid
             a
             work
             for
             Master
             Doctor
             ;
             and
             the
             Chirurgion
             his
             man
             ,
             taking
             state
             upon
             him
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             waves
             this
             work
             as
             too
             mean
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             least
             unnecessary
             for
             him
             also
             :
             so
             between
             them
             the
             
             Apothecary
             is
             set
             up
             as
             the
             common
             Shambles
             ,
             to
             which
             both
             may
             resort
             for
             medicines
             .
          
           
             The
             Apothecary
             (
             whose
             work
             is
             to
             be
             a
             servant
             both
             to
             the
             Master
             Doctor
             of
             Physick
             ,
             and
             his
             Man
             Doctor
             of
             Chirurgery
             ,
             (
             who
             of
             a
             Barber
             and
             wound-dresser
             which
             was
             judged
             too
             mean
             an
             employment
             for
             the
             Doctor
             )
             is
             by
             degrees
             now
             stept
             up
             even
             to
             his
             Masters
             title
             .
             The
             Apothecary
             I
             say
             ,
             who
             is
             to
             serve
             both
             these
             in
             preparing
             and
             confounding
             Simples
             according
             to
             their
             direction
             by
             their
             bils
             ,
             perceiving
             his
             custome
             to
             increase
             ,
             soon
             waves
             the
             one
             half
             of
             his
             work
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             providing
             of
             Simples
             ;
             which
             gave
             being
             to
             another
             sort
             of
             Retainers
             to
             this
             pompous
             magnificent
             Art
             ,
             and
             those
             are
             the
             Druggists
             .
          
           
             Thus
             this
             blessed
             Science
             ,
             which
             in
             its
             primitive
             verity
             and
             uncorrupted
             sincerity
             ,
             was
             in
             great
             mercy
             given
             by
             a
             compassonate
             Father
             for
             the
             restoring
             
             of
             poor
             Mortals
             ,
             whom
             he
             in
             his
             Justice
             had
             smitten
             ,
             and
             which
             ought
             sincerely
             to
             be
             exercised
             with
             the
             same
             spirit
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             same
             end
             ,
             by
             which
             and
             to
             which
             it
             was
             given
             ,
             is
             contrariwise
             at
             length
             become
             the
             Engine
             of
             oppression
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             butchery
             ,
             the
             prop
             of
             pride
             ,
             and
             ambition
             ,
             covetousness
             and
             idleness
             .
          
           
             The
             Philosopher
             or
             contemplative
             Naturalist
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             was
             before
             touched
             ,
             was
             made
             a
             Member
             of
             this
             Science
             ,
             as
             he
             soon
             grew
             distinct
             both
             from
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             his
             Man
             the
             Chirurgion
             ,
             yea
             and
             from
             his
             Mans
             man
             the
             Apothecary
             ,
             whose
             work
             was
             (
             as
             in
             a
             hopsack
             )
             to
             catch
             Nature
             ,
             in
             some
             one
             syllogism
             or
             other
             of
             the
             three
             Figures
             ;
             so
             also
             did
             he
             soon
             outstrip
             both
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             in
             Academical
             esteem
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             his
             employment
             being
             sublimed
             a
             degree
             higher
             then
             Art
             ,
             is
             ranked
             a
             mong
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             Schools
             being
             indeed
             the
             bed
             of
             sloth
             and
             idleness
             (
             yet
             adorned
             with
             many
             glorious
             and
             painted
             hangings
             )
             have
             this
             perpetual
             Maxime
             ,
             to
             esteem
             those
             things
             most
             highly
             which
             are
             farthest
             removed
             from
             reality
             ,
             so
             that
             soaring
             into
             speculations
             ,
             their
             station
             is
             evermore
             there
             ,
             where
             imagination
             only
             hath
             its
             being
             :
             Medicine
             therefore
             being
             made
             too
             gross
             for
             them
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             necessary
             dependency
             it
             hath
             on
             practise
             ,
             they
             suckt
             out
             the
             universalities
             of
             it
             with
             the
             universalities
             of
             all
             other
             natural
             practical
             Arts
             ,
             as
             Geometry
             ,
             Astronomy
             ,
             Uranomancy
             ,
             Geography
             ,
             Arithmetick
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             they
             moulded
             up
             into
             one
             aery
             lump
             of
             Natural
             Philisophy
             .
          
           
             The
             standard-bearer
             of
             this
             Rabble
             was
             Aristotle
             ,
             who
             though
             he
             in
             many
             places
             severely
             carped
             at
             Galen
             ,
             yet
             forasmuch
             as
             they
             agreed
             in
             the
             main
             ,
             nemely
             in
             point
             of
             much
             apparency
             with
             little
             or
             no
             truth
             ,
             
             they
             were
             both
             accepted
             and
             successively
             read
             ,
             Aristotle
             as
             the
             Father
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             Galen
             of
             Medicine
             .
          
           
             Thus
             this
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
             had
             its
             full
             life
             and
             motion
             ,
             being
             guarded
             and
             graced
             with
             a
             many
             followers
             ,
             who
             though
             in
             some
             things
             they
             seem
             to
             differ
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             but
             like
             to
             Samsons
             Foxes
             looking
             several
             waies
             with
             their
             heads
             ,
             are
             yet
             tyed
             fast
             by
             the
             tails
             .
          
           
             This
             pompl
             of
             Physick
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             wonder
             how
             far
             and
             how
             fast
             it
             spread
             ;
             for
             according
             to
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             They
             must
             needs
             run
             whom
             the
             Devil
             drives
             ;
             it
             in
             short
             space
             overspread
             and
             the
             known
             world
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             it
             as
             was
             in
             any
             measure
             so
             civilized
             ,
             as
             to
             imploy
             themselves
             in
             learning
             .
             Yea
             ,
             and
             though
             naturally
             mens
             ambition
             he
             very
             great
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             being
             an
             inventer
             of
             any
             new
             ingenuity
             be
             much
             thirsted
             after
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             
             yet
             was
             this
             not
             able
             to
             prevail
             with
             any
             of
             the
             succeeding
             ages
             ,
             but
             all
             with
             one
             accord
             were
             willing
             to
             subscribe
             ,
             and
             gloried
             therein
             as
             in
             a
             notable
             deserving
             Trophey
             .
          
           
             By
             how
             much
             then
             any
             one
             excelled
             in
             wit
             or
             parts
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             more
             ingaged
             in
             the
             maintaining
             this
             post
             with
             Arguments
             and
             Sophisms
             ,
             also
             in
             Epitomizing
             ,
             illustrating
             ,
             digesting
             and
             confirming
             Galens
             Text
             ,
             which
             was
             accounted
             the
             height
             of
             Scholastick
             attainments
             .
          
           
             Thus
             posterity
             being
             drawn
             along
             as
             with
             two
             Coach-horses
             ,
             with
             the
             authority
             of
             Galen
             and
             Aristotle
             ,
             admiration
             of
             these
             was
             a
             badge
             of
             their
             Academical
             loyalty
             ;
             and
             whosoever
             should
             dare
             to
             swarve
             from
             these
             ,
             was
             branded
             with
             a
             note
             of
             Infamy
             ;
             and
             so
             being
             looked
             upon
             as
             Heterodox
             ,
             was
             the
             object
             of
             scorn
             and
             derision
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             most
             grievous
             of
             all
             ,
             was
             hereby
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             ,
             
             incapble
             of
             degrees
             of
             honour
             and
             preferment
             ,
             and
             so
             conseqeuntly
             out
             of
             the
             rode-way
             of
             serving
             covetousness
             ,
             by
             squeezing
             money
             out
             of
             the
             purses
             of
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             who
             would
             willingly
             give
             not
             only
             their
             goods
             ,
             but
             even
             skin
             for
             skin
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             For
             from
             the
             time
             that
             this
             science
             degenerated
             unto
             the
             formality
             of
             a
             Profession
             ,
             the
             Schools
             have
             alwaies
             used
             all
             diligence
             to
             engage
             the
             ripest
             wits
             fastest
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             attaining
             this
             end
             ,
             they
             have
             wanted
             no
             manner
             of
             inviting
             allurements
             ,
             as
             namely
             honour
             ,
             respect
             ,
             worldly
             esteem
             ,
             and
             gain
             .
          
           
             He
             then
             who
             inclines
             to
             ingenuity
             ,
             soon
             after
             he
             hath
             some
             insight
             in
             the
             Tongues
             by
             education
             at
             the
             Grammar
             School
             ,
             he
             is
             thence
             transmitted
             to
             the
             Academy
             to
             be
             further
             cultivated
             .
             Where
             he
             learns
             Logically
             to
             dispute
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Aristotle
             ;
             and
             withall
             ,
             exerciseth
             his
             
             Oratorial
             faculty
             by
             declamations
             in
             turnes
             ;
             after
             that
             he
             proceedeth
             to
             read
             Physiology
             according
             to
             Aristotles
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             is
             disputed
             in
             publick
             pro
             and
             con
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             dexterity
             .
             Ethicks
             are
             added
             to
             these
             studies
             at
             spare
             times
             ,
             with
             the
             principles
             of
             Metaphysicks
             and
             the
             Mathematicks
             in
             generall
             ,
             and
             some
             things
             are
             performed
             in
             Hebrew
             and
             Greek
             Studies
             .
             Thus
             at
             the
             end
             of
             four
             years
             upon
             performing
             of
             publick
             declamations
             ,
             disputations
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             the
             initiatory
             title
             of
             Batchelor
             of
             Arts
             is
             bestowed
             as
             a
             crown
             of
             their
             industry
             ;
             from
             which
             time
             till
             the
             end
             of
             three
             years
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             employed
             in
             epitomizing
             the
             seven
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             reducing
             them
             into
             Systemes
             and
             Synopses
             ,
             and
             then
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             honour
             they
             are
             declared
             Masters
             of
             the
             said
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             have
             liberty
             granted
             them
             to
             apply
             themselves
             to
             the
             practise
             of
             any
             one
             or
             other
             of
             
             them
             ,
             when
             ever
             called
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             the
             youth
             stands
             as
             a
             staffe
             set
             up
             ,
             waiting
             which
             way
             it
             will
             fall
             :
             for
             this
             testimony
             concerning
             them
             hath
             declared
             them
             to
             all
             the
             world
             to
             be
             fit
             to
             profess
             any
             thing
             .
          
           
             And
             (
             not
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             abuse
             of
             Divinity-profession
             ,
             which
             is
             permitted
             upon
             these
             termes
             )
             if
             the
             genius
             of
             this
             Arts
             master
             (
             who
             hath
             drunk
             himself
             drunk
             of
             liberal
             Sciences
             )
             stand
             toward
             the
             profession
             of
             Physick
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             may
             begin
             to
             think
             of
             when
             he
             is
             Batchelor
             in
             Arts
             )
             then
             are
             there
             publick
             professed
             Lecturers
             ,
             whom
             he
             may
             almost
             daily
             hear
             declaming
             on
             that
             subject
             ;
             which
             Lectures
             if
             he
             then
             attend
             diligently
             ,
             and
             shall
             peruse
             Anatomists
             ,
             and
             read
             Galen
             over
             (
             at
             least
             cursorily
             )
             and
             collect
             notes
             out
             of
             him
             and
             Avicen
             :
             if
             he
             turn
             over
             the
             Herbals
             ,
             and
             learn
             to
             know
             some
             plants
             by
             name
             and
             sight
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             
             time
             in
             the
             publick
             Halls
             shall
             dispute
             concerning
             the
             use
             of
             parts
             ,
             the
             generation
             of
             man
             ,
             the
             Elementall
             quality
             of
             some
             things
             ,
             as
             namely
             ,
             Camphire
             ,
             Quicksilver
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             (
             which
             two
             simples
             have
             ,
             after
             the
             discharging
             of
             some
             hundreds
             ,
             not
             to
             say
             thousands
             of
             Ergoes
             ,
             first
             and
             last
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Canons
             of
             Aristotle
             and
             Galen
             ,
             more
             notably
             puzled
             the
             Antagonists
             ,
             (
             who
             to
             this
             day
             know
             not
             on
             what
             side
             to
             determine
             )
             then
             ever
             the
             Devil
             was
             puzled
             to
             finde
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               Aristotles
               Entelecheia
            
             )
             after
             I
             say
             these
             notable
             performances
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             licensed
             a
             Practitioner
             ,
             and
             dub'd
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             provided
             he
             will
             make
             a
             great
             Feast
             ,
             and
             give
             store
             of
             Gloves
             .
             By
             which
             costly
             attainment
             they
             make
             sure
             of
             these
             three
             essential
             things
             :
             first
             ,
             that
             none
             shall
             be
             a
             Doctor
             who
             hath
             not
             so
             much
             money
             to
             throw
             away
             ,
             and
             they
             as
             have
             ,
             may
             be
             concluded
             to
             be
             fine-fingred
             chubs
             ,
             who
             will
             
             be
             more
             scrupulous
             of
             fouling
             their
             hands
             with
             coals
             ,
             then
             careful
             to
             keep
             a
             good
             conscience
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             readily
             despise
             that
             honour
             as
             trivial
             ,
             which
             cost
             them
             so
             dear
             ,
             which
             therefore
             they
             will
             readily
             defend
             what
             they
             can
             .
             And
             thirdly
             ,
             that
             upon
             this
             score
             they
             shall
             have
             fat
             fees
             ,
             upon
             which
             their
             minds
             are
             more
             set
             ,
             then
             how
             to
             perform
             faithfully
             what
             they
             undertake
             ,
             for
             gain
             is
             the
             first
             and
             last
             of
             their
             intents
             .
             And
             therefore
             when
             a
             Physician
             is
             to
             be
             dub'd
             a
             Doctor
             and
             admitted
             a
             Brother
             ,
             the
             elder
             Brethren
             to
             help
             him
             in
             his
             practice
             and
             skill
             ,
             give
             him
             but
             one
             general
             Receipt
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             only
             one
             which
             they
             have
             worth
             communication
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Accipe
               Donum
            
             ,
             Take
             your
             Fees.
             And
             as
             though
             Counsel
             in
             this
             were
             not
             enough
             ,
             they
             binde
             them
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             lest
             they
             should
             be
             out
             in
             their
             Receipt
             ,
             they
             assign
             the
             most
             convenient
             time
             for
             getting
             
             the
             Ingredients
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Accipe
               dum
               dolet
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Make
             sure
             of
             your
             money
             while
             the
             grief
             is
             greatest
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             part
             of
             the
             My
             stery
             ,
             but
             not
             all
             :
             For
             to
             be
             sure
             both
             from
             without
             &
             from
             within
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             far
             prevailed
             ,
             as
             to
             monopolize
             the
             lives
             of
             men
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             means
             they
             know
             they
             can
             command
             their
             moneys
             )
             that
             so
             they
             might
             maintain
             themselves
             ,
             their
             Barbers
             ,
             Apothecaries
             ,
             and
             Druggists
             after
             a
             Lord-like
             way
             .
          
           
             Which
             Patents
             of
             Monopoly
             ,
             I
             I
             conceive
             might
             hence
             have
             their
             Original
             :
             It
             may
             be
             some
             of
             these
             Master
             Doctors
             have
             in
             lieu
             of
             vast
             Fees
             condescended
             to
             be
             very
             officious
             about
             Kings
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             or
             great
             persons
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             sickness
             of
             a
             Wife
             ,
             Husband
             ,
             Brother
             ,
             Son
             ,
             Father
             ,
             or
             some
             near
             acquaintance
             or
             dear
             friend
             ,
             to
             co-work
             with
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             in
             the
             quick
             dispatch
             of
             them
             in
             their
             misery
             by
             their
             remedies
             ,
             
             who
             perhaps
             otherwise
             might
             have
             lingred
             long
             ,
             and
             languished
             in
             extremity
             ,
             or
             else
             through
             the
             strength
             of
             Nature
             ,
             with
             difficulty
             recovered
             that
             disease
             ,
             to
             have
             possibly
             fallen
             into
             as
             bad
             or
             worse
             some
             years
             after
             ,
             bothwhich
             by
             their
             medicines
             they
             for
             security
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             also
             sometimes
             some
             such
             great
             persons
             by
             the
             good
             hand
             of
             God
             escape
             both
             the
             disease
             &
             their
             Doctors
             (
             yea
             sometimes
             when
             many
             of
             them
             together
             have
             consulted
             by
             their
             Medicines
             to
             make
             them
             fat
             pasture
             for
             the
             worms
             )
             and
             yet
             notwithstanding
             all
             ,
             God
             hath
             restored
             them
             from
             both
             dangers
             (
             of
             which
             that
             of
             the
             Doctor
             is
             the
             most
             formidable
             ,
             for
             he
             either
             adds
             load
             to
             ,
             or
             else
             takes
             away
             strength
             from
             foyled
             nature
             )
             and
             then
             the
             Physician
             cries
             out
             with
             the
             Man
             ,
             who
             when
             his
             followiing
             friend
             was
             struck
             in
             the
             face
             with
             a
             Bow
             (
             that
             he
             held
             walking
             
             among
             trees
             )
             and
             complained
             of
             the
             blow
             ,
             What
             a
             blow
             would
             it
             have
             struck
             ,
             quoth
             he
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             not
             held
             it
             ?
             So
             he
             ,
             when
             he
             sees
             his
             miserably
             enfeebled
             Patient
             after
             the
             disease
             is
             gone
             ,
             What
             would
             you
             have
             been
             ,
             had
             not
             I
             let
             you
             bloud
             and
             purged
             you
             ,
             and
             made
             you
             barly
             water
             and
             cooling
             Julips
             ,
             and
             given
             you
             Glysters
             and
             Cordials
             to
             comfort
             and
             nourish
             you
             ?
             but
             as
             the
             Bow
             would
             but
             have
             brusht
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             other
             held
             it
             and
             bent
             it
             ,
             which
             being
             held
             ,
             gave
             a
             foul
             stroke
             ;
             so
             the
             Disease
             would
             have
             come
             off
             with
             less
             debilitation
             of
             the
             Patient
             ,
             had
             the
             Physician
             been
             further
             off
             .
          
           
             Thus
             as
             well
             by
             the
             not
             succeding
             of
             their
             remedies
             ,
             when
             the
             Patient
             recovers
             ,
             whom
             their
             nature
             is
             to
             destroy
             ;
             and
             the
             success
             of
             the
             same
             when
             by
             them
             a
             quick
             riddance
             is
             made
             ,
             credit
             is
             gained
             besides
             large
             gratifications
             :
             by
             this
             means
             they
             get
             favour
             with
             Princes
             ,
             of
             which
             
             one
             notable
             improvement
             hath
             been
             ,
             that
             they
             alone
             in
             the
             world
             have
             the
             priviledge
             to
             murther
             innocent
             persons
             ,
             provided
             they
             do
             it
             according
             to
             a
             methodical
             way
             of
             Art.
             
          
           
             Two
             main
             grounds
             of
             this
             Monopoly
             are
             ,
             first
             ,
             the
             preservation
             of
             their
             grain
             and
             credit
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             gain
             and
             credit
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             much
             be
             impaired
             ,
             were
             not
             this
             provident
             course
             taken
             ;
             for
             even
             old
             Wives
             and
             Farriers
             ,
             Mountebanks
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             do
             with
             some
             simple
             or
             other
             ,
             undertake
             and
             cure
             their
             deserted
             Patients
             ,
             to
             their
             deserved
             confusion
             .
          
           
             But
             secondly
             ,
             her
             by
             they
             shut
             the
             gate
             to
             all
             further
             search
             in
             Nature
             ,
             for
             as
             for
             any
             among
             themselves
             they
             are
             sure
             :
             for
             who
             knowes
             not
             the
             mighty
             force
             of
             education
             ,
             which
             being
             once
             suckt
             in
             (
             
               a
               teneris
               annis
            
             ,
             as
             we
             use
             to
             speak
             )
             is
             so
             lodged
             that
             it
             is
             with
             much
             difficulty
             eradicated
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             although
             an
             opinion
             to
             an
             uningaged
             person
             seem
             never
             so
             absurd
             ,
             
             yet
             to
             one
             whom
             education
             hath
             ingaged
             ,
             it
             appears
             not
             so
             ,
             yea
             acuteness
             makes
             little
             to
             the
             discovering
             the
             weakness
             of
             such
             an
             opinion
             ,
             but
             rather
             supplies
             curious
             and
             specious
             arguments
             to
             maintain
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             oppose
             any
             contrary
             .
          
           
             Besides
             in
             this
             mystery
             there
             is
             not
             only
             a
             prepossessing
             of
             the
             phantasie
             and
             understanding
             ,
             but
             also
             a
             preoccupation
             of
             the
             will
             ,
             namely
             with
             things
             by
             which
             the
             will
             is
             intangled
             ,
             as
             honorary
             titles
             of
             Master
             Doctor
             ,
             your
             Worship
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             together
             with
             Angels
             and
             Pieces
             can
             as
             powerfully
             hush
             a
             muttering
             conscience
             ,
             and
             salve
             a
             scrupulous
             breast
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             stumbled
             with
             the
             frustraneous
             event
             of
             the
             ridiculous
             method
             of
             medicine
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             medicine
             can
             loose
             a
             Lawyers
             tongue
             and
             make
             it
             rum
             glib
             ,
             which
             would
             else
             scarse
             wag
             in
             his
             Clients
             cause
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             Truth
             is
             not
             to
             be
             catcht
             with
             gaping
             ,
             but
             with
             pains
             
             infatigable
             ,
             and
             serious
             meditation
             ,
             which
             they
             who
             are
             ingaged
             in
             many
             lucriferour
             visits
             ,
             cannot
             attend
             ,
             they
             may
             only
             read
             of
             better
             things
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             I
             would
             I
             could
             see
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             not
             coming
             with
             a
             wish
             ,
             they
             sigh
             and
             say
             (
             
               Audio
               at
               vix
               Credo
            
             )
             and
             as
             for
             their
             own
             unsuecessfulness
             they
             thus
             excuse
             ,
             I
             proceed
             according
             to
             Art
             ,
             but
             the
             blessing
             is
             in
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             the
             party
             was
             too
             weak
             to
             bear
             the
             Cure
             ,
             or
             was
             too
             old
             ,
             or
             I
             was
             call'd
             too
             late
             ,
             or
             care
             was
             not
             used
             in
             following
             directions
             ,
             or
             the
             disease
             was
             epidemically
             malignant
             ,
             or
             incurable
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             thing
             or
             other
             is
             pretended
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             earth
             covers
             their
             defects
             .
             And
             because
             they
             kil
             not
             all
             they
             meddle
             with
             ,
             God
             by
             his
             mercy
             preventing
             their
             endeavours
             to
             some
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             discouraged
             with
             the
             multitudes
             they
             either
             kill
             or
             suffer
             to
             die
             miserably
             under
             their
             faithless
             medicines
             ,
             while
             they
             by
             their
             monopolizing
             Patent
             
             prevent
             ,
             lest
             any
             with
             better
             medicines
             should
             shame
             them
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             say
             they
             have
             the
             Trade
             wholly
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             a
             Trade
             by
             which
             they
             never
             did
             nor
             can
             cure
             any
             ,
             but
             kill
             many
             ;
             but
             whatever
             they
             have
             that
             may
             do
             good
             ,
             they
             have
             it
             from
             the
             accidental
             experiments
             of
             old
             wives
             ,
             and
             good
             folks
             ,
             who
             have
             found
             or
             known
             much
             good
             done
             by
             this
             or
             that
             Herb
             or
             Simple
             ,
             which
             did
             more
             good
             by
             far
             when
             it
             was
             simply
             used
             by
             silly
             women
             ,
             then
             when
             the
             Doctors
             after
             had
             drawn
             it
             into
             Receipts
             ,
             castrating
             their
             virtue
             by
             confounding
             with
             many
             others
             in
             decoction
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             according
             to
             their
             Idiotism
             .
          
           
             Whatever
             then
             they
             administer
             or
             advise
             ,
             that
             doth
             good
             ,
             it
             doth
             it
             not
             upon
             account
             of
             any
             method
             or
             art
             of
             theirs
             ,
             but
             would
             work
             the
             same
             effect
             if
             applyed
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             Rustick
             ,
             as
             prescribed
             by
             them
             .
          
           
           
             Yea
             and
             often
             their
             method
             of
             compounding
             ,
             decocting
             ,
             and
             administring
             both
             in
             respect
             to
             the
             Dose
             and
             time
             ,
             do
             notably
             hinder
             ,
             if
             not
             destroy
             the
             working
             and
             prevent
             the
             good
             of
             the
             applyed
             remedy
             ,
             though
             the
             Doctor
             little
             minde
             that
             ,
             when
             once
             his
             Fee
             is
             in
             his
             pocket
             .
          
           
             Even
             the
             most
             serious
             of
             them
             will
             confess
             ,
             that
             all
             their
             Art
             consists
             in
             experimental
             Receipts
             ,
             which
             as
             not
             being
             minded
             by
             them
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             collecting
             Simples
             in
             their
             time
             ,
             the
             keeping
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             ordering
             in
             administration
             ,
             exposeth
             oft
             a
             Doctor
             to
             scorn
             ,
             which
             same
             Simples
             formerly
             had
             commended
             some
             well-meaning
             woman
             in
             curing
             a
             deserted
             Patient
             ,
             to
             the
             Doctors
             disgrace
             .
          
           
             Whose
             Art
             ,
             I
             mean
             of
             feeling
             pulses
             ,
             tossing
             urines
             ,
             and
             prophesying
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             stirring
             of
             close-stools
             ,
             letting
             of
             bloud
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             commanding
             it
             to
             be
             done
             )
             preaching
             on
             the
             disease
             ,
             ordering
             of
             diet
             ,
             prescribing
             
             purgations
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             meer
             imposture
             ,
             a
             cheat
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             a
             butchering
             of
             the
             sick
             (
             which
             is
             even
             a
             proverb
             among
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             yet
             the
             Doctor
             minding
             his
             sees
             too
             much
             ,
             will
             not
             perceive
             ,
             at
             least
             will
             wink
             at
             ,
             being
             content
             to
             bear
             any
             thing
             so
             he
             may
             get
             money
             )
             for
             which
             a
             dreadfull
             account
             will
             at
             last
             be
             exacted
             by
             the
             just
             Judge
             ,
             of
             them
             who
             pretending
             to
             take
             the
             cave
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             devour
             families
             ,
             and
             then
             expect
             a
             reward
             for
             destroying
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             only
             being
             intended
             for
             an
             Introduction
             ,
             and
             my
             propounded
             scope
             to
             discover
             nature
             ,
             and
             withall
             to
             vindicate
             noble
             Helmont
             from
             unjust
             reproaches
             ,
             I
             shall
             leave
             a
             while
             the
             Doctors
             to
             their
             Clients
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             give
             a
             brief
             of
             this
             undertaking
             .
          
           
             First
             of
             all
             let
             me
             ingenuously
             professe
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             no
             personal
             quarrel
             with
             any
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             upon
             any
             such
             account
             write
             prejudicately
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             That
             I
             purpose
             not
             to
             disparage
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             good
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             what
             is
             bad
             on
             my
             side
             to
             appear
             good
             ,
             or
             what
             is
             but
             indifferent
             to
             seem
             excellent
             ,
             but
             shall
             deal
             as
             candidly
             with
             them
             as
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             what
             I
             write
             shall
             not
             be
             out
             of
             a
             principle
             of
             
               (
               Jurandi
               in
               verba
               Magistri
            
             )
             but
             what
             I
             write
             shall
             be
             for
             explication
             and
             for
             defence
             ,
             not
             for
             repetition
             sake
             .
          
           
             Now
             concerning
             my self
             it
             will
             be
             requisite
             that
             I
             should
             speak
             a
             little
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             content
             that
             I
             take
             therein
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             the
             Reader
             some
             small
             satisfaction
             ,
             in
             what
             he
             may
             ,
             at
             least
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             be
             prejudiced
             .
          
           
             For
             mine
             own
             part
             ,
             I
             know
             the
             reward
             of
             this
             my
             labour
             will
             be
             Calumny
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             reproach
             none
             ,
             and
             though
             I
             merrily
             (
             and
             yet
             not
             without
             aversion
             of
             spirit
             )
             carp
             at
             some
             things
             ,
             yet
             before
             the
             close
             of
             
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             Reasons
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             satisfactory
             for
             this
             practise
             :
             for
             
               
                 —
                 Ridentem
                 dicere
                 verum
                 ,
              
               
                 Quis
                 vetat
                 .
                 —
              
            
          
           
             If
             any
             be
             troubled
             at
             my
             sporting
             jests
             now
             and
             then
             cast
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             there
             is
             in
             my
             Jests
             nothing
             scurrilous
             ,
             immodest
             ,
             or
             uncivil
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             bad
             in
             them
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             that
             they
             are
             true
             ,
             I
             wish
             heartily
             they
             were
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             AS
             touching
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             and
             Chymistry
             ,
             I
             must
             seriously
             profess
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             Arts
             in
             the
             world
             it
             is
             to
             me
             most
             pleasing
             ,
             because
             its
             principles
             to
             an
             ingenious
             man
             are
             demonstrable
             by
             the
             fire
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             not
             conceit
             ,
             nor
             novelty
             ,
             nor
             
             hope
             of
             gain
             ,
             that
             allured
             me
             ,
             but
             only
             love
             and
             desire
             of
             truth
             .
             For
             I
             found
             demonstrably
             that
             the
             foundations
             of
             common
             Philosophy
             were
             totally
             rotten
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             suspicion
             of
             them
             was
             occasioned
             by
             a
             dispute
             of
             the
             possibility
             of
             making
             Gold
             potable
             ,
             which
             being
             by
             the
             Antagonist
             held
             negatively
             ,
             I
             ,
             what
             out
             of
             Authors
             and
             what
             by
             study
             ,
             did
             so
             evince
             the
             possibility
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             my
             arguments
             were
             by
             him
             unanswerable
             ,
             and
             to
             my self
             satisfactory
             .
          
           
             The
             speculation
             I
             confess
             pleased
             me
             well
             ,
             who
             above
             all
             things
             in
             the
             world
             prized
             health
             ,
             and
             as
             my
             mind
             was
             naturally
             propense
             to
             action
             ,
             I
             desired
             much
             to
             make
             it
             ;
             and
             comforting
             my self
             with
             the
             common
             Maxim
             ,
             
               Dimidium
               facti
               qui
               bene
               coepit
               habet
               ,
            
             He
             who
             hath
             well
             begun
             hath
             half
             done
             :
             And
             remembring
             that
             in
             Theory
             there
             were
             but
             two
             parts
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               An
               sit
               ,
               &
               quomodo
               sit
               ,
            
          
           
           
             That
             a
             thing
             may
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             how
             .
             Also
             that
             the
             first-could
             not
             be
             irrefragably
             proved
             without
             some
             knowledge
             at
             least
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             I
             collected
             (
             upon
             this
             confidence
             )
             out
             of
             Physick
             and
             Logical
             Authors
             ,
             what
             Arguments
             I
             could
             touching
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             of
             this
             subject
             ,
             whereof
             I
             conceived
             that
             I
             fully
             understood
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             For
             alas
             I
             thought
             that
             the
             Logical
             heads
             of
             invention
             ,
             especially
             according
             to
             Ramus
             ,
             would
             not
             sail
             to
             unfold
             to
             me
             this
             whole
             mysterie
             .
             Hereupon
             concluding
             what
             I
             had
             proved
             that
             the
             thing
             was
             fecible
             ,
             I
             wrote
             a
             Congest
             of
             methodical
             Arguments
             which
             might
             unfold
             how
             ;
             and
             here
             I
             found
             my self
             in
             a
             wilde
             labyrinth
             ,
             for
             I
             was
             soon
             by
             these
             studies
             brought
             to
             see
             the
             rottennesse
             both
             of
             Logick
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             found
             that
             he
             who
             sought
             truth
             of
             things
             there
             ,
             might
             soon
             lose
             himself
             .
          
           
             This
             put
             me
             upon
             desire
             of
             a
             more
             secure
             path
             ,
             for
             now
             I
             apprehended
             
             (
             before
             years
             and
             titles
             had
             engaged
             me
             )
             that
             besides
             what
             I
             knew
             in
             Tongues
             ,
             my
             skill
             in
             Logick
             and
             Philosophy
             was
             not
             worth
             contemning
             ,
             yea
             nothing
             was
             in
             mine
             eyes
             more
             vile
             .
          
           
             I
             therefore
             rejected
             Aristotle
             and
             all
             his
             fictions
             ,
             against
             whose
             fallacious
             shew
             I
             wrote
             with
             a
             pen
             dipt
             in
             salt
             and
             vinegar
             ,
             yet
             without
             gall
             ,
             a
             Treatise
             called
             
               Organum
               novum
               Philosophiae
            
             :
             but
             before
             I
             could
             pitch
             on
             what
             way
             to
             turn
             ,
             (
             for
             knowledge
             I
             desired
             too
             too
             immoderately
             )
             I
             wandred
             through
             many
             pensive
             hours
             ,
             and
             waking
             nights
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             I
             got
             som
             Chymical
             Authors
             .
          
           
             Those
             then
             I
             perused
             and
             noted
             with
             much
             diligence
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             desire
             to
             rifle
             their
             Hesperian
             Garden
             ,
             as
             to
             suck
             out
             of
             their
             principles
             some
             solid
             truth
             ;
             for
             truth
             I
             knew
             was
             uniform
             .
             Wherefore
             as
             many
             experiments
             as
             I
             could
             try
             I
             tryed
             ,
             and
             took
             nothing
             upon
             any
             
             mans
             trust
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             build
             any
             thing
             on
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             draw
             any
             conclusion
             from
             it
             :
             I
             invented
             many
             sorts
             of
             Furnaces
             ,
             procured
             what
             Glasses
             were
             possible
             ,
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             Simples
             ,
             Mineral
             and
             Metalline
             especially
             (
             which
             I
             most
             esteemed
             )
             in
             these
             I
             spent
             my
             time
             for
             several
             years
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             say
             without
             boasting
             ,
             that
             if
             ever
             any
             in
             the
             world
             were
             an
             insatigable
             prosecutor
             of
             experiments
             ,
             I
             was
             one
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             the
             Lord
             was
             pleased
             so
             far
             to
             be
             propitious
             unto
             my
             labours
             ,
             studies
             ,
             and
             many
             watchings
             ,
             that
             he
             let
             me
             see
             so
             much
             of
             truth
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             it
             lovely
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             (
             next
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             )
             I
             shall
             prosecute
             the
             same
             during
             my
             life
             .
          
           
             Nor
             was
             this
             an
             imaginary
             content
             only
             ,
             but
             real
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             so
             great
             variety
             of
             objects
             in
             Nature
             which
             are
             exceedingly
             delightful
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             that
             the
             discovery
             of
             
             any
             of
             them
             (
             which
             is
             usually
             the
             crown
             of
             serious
             searches
             )
             is
             more
             content
             ,
             then
             finding
             of
             sought
             treasure
             can
             be
             to
             him
             who
             in
             hopes
             of
             it
             digs
             the
             earth
             .
             And
             although
             the
             wise
             man
             by
             an
             unerring
             Spirit
             hath
             laid
             all
             these
             things
             under
             vanity
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             much
             knowledge
             there
             is
             much
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ,
             yet
             withall
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             teacheth
             us
             that
             the
             works
             of
             God
             are
             wonderful
             ,
             sought
             out
             by
             all
             that
             have
             delight
             in
             them
             ;
             yea
             and
             if
             a
             mans
             heart
             be
             not
             exceedingly
             out
             of
             frame
             ,
             a
             man
             connot
             behold
             the
             excellencies
             of
             the
             Creature
             without
             a
             contemplation
             of
             the
             super-transcendent
             glory
             ,
             power
             ,
             and
             wisdom
             of
             the
             Creator
             ,
             of
             which
             all
             things
             visible
             are
             but
             Emblems
             .
             Yet
             do
             I
             not
             deny
             but
             that
             the
             spirit
             may
             be
             carried
             forth
             with
             too
             much
             eagerness
             after
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             often
             suspected
             to
             be
             mine
             own
             fault
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             the
             fault
             of
             us
             ,
             that
             so
             immoderately
             
             affect
             outside
             ,
             as
             to
             negnect
             the
             inward
             glory
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             admire
             the
             apparent
             glory
             of
             things
             visible
             ,
             as
             not
             enough
             to
             adore
             him
             who
             dwelleth
             in
             light
             inaccessible
             ,
             of
             whose
             beauty
             these
             are
             but
             sparks
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             then
             on
             unspeakable
             benefit
             may
             arise
             to
             a
             painful
             enquirer
             after
             the
             mysteries
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             spiritualizing
             of
             the
             affections
             ,
             since
             as
             civero
             said
             of
             Virtue
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             were
             to
             be
             seen
             with
             eyes
             corporal
             it
             would
             enamo●●
             the
             beholders
             ,
             it
             may
             most
             prioperly
             be
             applyed
             to
             this
             case
             .
             For
             who
             is
             he
             who
             when
             he
             beholds
             Gods
             wonderful
             wisdom
             ,
             power
             ,
             goodness
             ,
             &c.
             which
             all
             are
             most
             obvious
             in
             the
             study
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             Books
             in
             which
             the
             Almighty
             is
             discovered
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             cry
             out
             with
             
               Job
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               thee
               by
               the
               ear
               ,
               but
               now
               mine
               eye
               soeth
               thee
               :
            
             and
             with
             
               David
               ,
               O
               Lord
               how
               wonderful
               are
               
               thy
               works
               !
               the
               fool
               conceiveth
               them
               not
               ,
               nor
               the
               unwise
               understandeth
               them
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             But
             considering
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             endowed
             us
             with
             a
             Body
             ,
             in
             which
             our
             Soul
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Divine
             Image
             ,
             is
             caged
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             by
             means
             of
             which
             we
             have
             our
             place
             here
             among
             natural
             things
             .
             And
             forasmuch
             as
             our
             life
             is
             laid
             under
             vanity
             ,
             of
             which
             our
             diseases
             to
             which
             our
             body
             is
             subject
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             us
             the
             Heralds
             of
             death
             ,
             is
             no
             small
             pirt
             .
          
           
             Also
             since
             man
             being
             by
             the
             Creators
             ordaining
             made
             Lord
             of
             the
             other
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             these
             are
             made
             to
             serve
             him
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             there
             is
             force
             concrete
             which
             hath
             not
             its
             immediate
             use
             applicable
             to
             man
             ,
             either
             for
             this
             necessity
             or
             conveniency
             .
             And
             therefore
             all
             things
             are
             given
             into
             his
             hand
             ,
             that
             of
             them
             he
             may
             take
             for
             meat
             and
             drink
             what
             nature
             craveth
             ,
             for
             raiment
             what
             necessity
             and
             modesty
             and
             decency
             
             call
             for
             ,
             and
             likewise
             for
             the
             repairing
             the
             defects
             of
             decayed
             nature
             what
             is
             needfull
             therein
             :
             God
             like
             a
             tender
             Father
             having
             provided
             for
             man
             in
             every
             respect
             ,
             and
             on
             every
             occasion
             .
             I
             think
             it
             a
             great
             sottishness
             in
             them
             who
             cannot
             see
             both
             the
             nobleness
             and
             usefulness
             that
             the
             contemplation
             of
             Gods
             works
             carrieth
             with
             it
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             who
             shall
             neglect
             it
             ,
             doth
             neglect
             in
             mine
             opinion
             a
             great
             part
             
               ofthe
               
                 of
                 the
              
            
             task
             for
             which
             he
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             to
             be
             pityed
             if
             he
             fall
             short
             of
             the
             comfort
             ,
             content
             or
             benefit
             that
             he
             might
             reap
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             all
             creatures
             have
             in
             them
             a
             spiritual
             Celestial
             virtue
             ,
             I
             suppose
             there
             is
             none
             moderately
             versed
             in
             Philosophy
             that
             will
             deny
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             in
             its
             place
             sufficiently
             discover
             ,
             which
             in
             concerete
             Bodies
             is
             more
             hidden
             ,
             most
             of
             all
             in
             such
             which
             are
             of
             the
             most
             exquisite
             composition
             .
          
           
           
             This
             Celestial
             Spirit
             is
             that
             which
             is
             the
             life
             ,
             excellency
             ,
             and
             perfection
             of
             all
             things
             in
             which
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             have
             received
             in
             all
             specificated
             subjects
             a
             determination
             ,
             or
             bounding
             of
             its
             virtue
             ,
             yet
             the
             Spirit
             it self
             is
             free
             to
             operate
             upon
             other
             subjects
             ,
             and
             its
             operations
             are
             received
             
               permodum
               recipientis
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             here
             is
             the
             grand
             fault
             or
             defect
             of
             those
             whose
             office
             it
             is
             more
             peculiarly
             to
             enquire
             into
             these
             things
             ,
             that
             they
             supinely
             neglect
             the
             search
             of
             the
             hiddent
             spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             all
             things
             by
             so
             much
             the
             more
             straightly
             sealed
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             more
             straightly
             sealed
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             it
             is
             in
             virtue
             more
             noble
             and
             excellent
             .
          
           
             Contenting
             themselves
             with
             an
             overly
             view
             of
             the
             oustide
             of
             things
             ,
             although
             yet
             they
             have
             the
             care
             of
             lives
             committed
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
             which
             fault
             as
             it
             is
             of
             high
             concernment
             ,
             so
             it
             requires
             a
             most
             sharp
             reproof
             .
          
           
             For
             there
             are
             in
             Nature
             most
             noble
             
             and
             powerful
             medicines
             ,
             made
             by
             God
             for
             the
             use
             and
             relief
             of
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             which
             yet
             are
             neglected
             by
             such
             ,
             who
             undertake
             the
             care
             and
             cure
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             because
             they
             are
             not
             without
             pains
             and
             industry
             attainable
             .
             But
             go
             too
             ,
             my
             good
             friends
             ,
             hath
             not
             God
             laid
             this
             burden
             upon
             mankinde
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             sweat
             of
             his
             brow
             he
             should
             eat
             his
             bread
             ?
             must
             be
             toyle
             for
             his
             daily
             meat
             ,
             and
             do
             you
             thing
             that
             medicines
             do
             grow
             ready
             made
             to
             his
             hand
             .
          
           
             Or
             if
             the
             ground
             do
             of
             its
             own
             accord
             bring
             forth
             some
             fruits
             ,
             as
             Apples
             ,
             Cherries
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             see
             you
             not
             how
             ready
             they
             are
             to
             grow
             wilde
             if
             not
             cultivated
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             is
             not
             this
             vanity
             laid
             upon
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             doth
             not
             the
             earth
             grone
             under
             this
             curse
             ,
             that
             thornes
             and
             thistles
             it
             shall
             bring
             forth
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             help
             forward
             this
             sentence
             which
             was
             pronounced
             against
             man
             ,
             that
             in
             labour
             
             he
             should
             eat
             his
             bread
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             Analogical
             to
             bread
             ,
             with
             industry
             he
             should
             provide
             Medicaments
             ;
             the
             one
             for
             sustaining
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             the
             restoring
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             I
             le
             grant
             that
             there
             are
             many
             excellent
             things
             which
             are
             to
             be
             found
             among
             Simples
             ,
             but
             first
             of
             all
             their
             virtue
             is
             more
             precisely
             singular
             ,
             one
             being
             properly
             directed
             for
             one
             or
             two
             diseases
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             Simples
             being
             so
             infinite
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             of
             them
             of
             little
             virtue
             ,
             so
             many
             of
             none
             medicinal
             ,
             but
             being
             destined
             for
             meat
             for
             man
             or
             beast
             ;
             so
             many
             being
             so
             virulently
             destructive
             to
             nature
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             no
             way
             safe
             in
             their
             crude
             simplicity
             to
             use
             them
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             being
             restrained
             to
             some
             particular
             distempers
             ,
             and
             manner
             of
             operations
             ,
             a
             mans
             life
             would
             not
             serve
             him
             to
             be
             half
             a
             Physician
             ,
             in
             the
             use
             of
             Simples
             ,
             without
             preparation
             or
             correction
             .
             When
             it
             appears
             that
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             is
             indeed
             
             most
             useful
             ,
             necessary
             ,
             and
             delightful
             ,
             which
             God
             willing
             in
             the
             ensuing
             discourse
             I
             shall
             fully
             discover
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             close
             this
             Preface
             ,
             I
             affirm
             and
             promise
             to
             make
             good
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             ,
             medicines
             are
             to
             be
             made
             and
             prepared
             ;
             of
             which
             one
             is
             of
             as
             much
             efficacy
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             herbs
             ,
             roots
             ,
             trees
             and
             Animals
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             all
             put
             together
             ,
             used
             in
             their
             naked
             simplicity
             .
          
           
             Which
             Art
             most
             commendable
             in
             it self
             ,
             useful
             to
             mankinde
             ,
             and
             delightful
             to
             the
             Artist
             ,
             hath
             been
             opposed
             ,
             slandered
             ,
             reproached
             ,
             reviled
             and
             gainsaid
             by
             the
             verbous
             railing
             Galenists
             .
          
           
             Who
             yet
             professing
             themselves
             the
             only
             heirs
             of
             Medicinal
             Art
             ,
             do
             promise
             that
             to
             the
             world
             by
             their
             method
             ,
             which
             for
             these
             many
             centuries
             of
             years
             they
             have
             found
             successeless
             ;
             and
             this
             notwithstanding
             they
             do
             continue
             to
             maintain
             that
             
             by
             virtue
             of
             monopoly
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             world
             discovers
             to
             be
             but
             a
             meer
             juggle
             .
          
           
             What
             disdain
             and
             contumely
             have
             they
             not
             cast
             upon
             Paracelsus
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             by
             traducing
             them
             and
             speaking
             all
             manner
             of
             evil
             concerning
             them
             ?
             and
             this
             only
             is
             the
             quarrel
             ,
             that
             these
             come
             to
             discover
             to
             the
             World
             the
             unsufficiency
             of
             vulgar
             medicines
             .
          
           
             This
             true
             light
             of
             Nature
             these
             Night-birds
             cannot
             bear
             ,
             the
             true
             heir
             these
             usurpers
             will
             not
             endure
             ,
             but
             no
             sonner
             espie
             they
             him
             ,
             but
             they
             conclude
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             heir
             ,
             come
             let
             us
             kill
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             inheritance
             shall
             be
             ours
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             not
             any
             marvel
             ,
             if
             I
             now
             a
             little
             severely
             carp
             at
             Errors
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             the
             only
             way
             that
             is
             now
             left
             ,
             all
             other
             means
             have
             been
             tryed
             ,
             they
             by
             many
             have
             been
             most
             friendly
             called
             upon
             to
             awake
             out
             of
             the
             dead
             sleep
             in
             which
             they
             are
             ;
             but
             it
             
             were
             as
             good
             to
             call
             upon
             posts
             or
             stones
             ,
             for
             they
             only
             rub
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             reproach
             such
             who
             disturb
             them
             ,
             but
             sleep
             again
             as
             soundly
             as
             ever
             ;
             it
             is
             good
             then
             to
             scourge
             and
             prick
             them
             ,
             whom
             jogging
             will
             not
             do
             good
             upon
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             they
             have
             had
             a
             long
             time
             that
             knavish
             principle
             of
             calling
             whore
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             amiss
             sometimes
             to
             answer
             a
             fool
             according
             to
             his
             folly
             ,
             lest
             he
             be
             wise
             in
             his
             own
             conceit
             .
          
           
             Who
             knowes
             not
             how
             common
             it
             is
             for
             that
             Tribe
             to
             inveigh
             against
             Chymical
             Medicines
             most
             bitterly
             ;
             sometimes
             accusing
             their
             virulency
             ,
             sometimes
             their
             acuteness
             in
             operation
             ;
             and
             for
             proof
             they
             will
             bring
             all
             the
             Mountebanks
             ,
             Empiricks
             ,
             and
             rash
             Psudo-chemists
             on
             the
             stage
             ,
             forgetting
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             that
             they
             do
             as
             much
             differ
             from
             what
             they
             would
             make
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             themselves
             do
             from
             true
             Philosophers
             ,
             
             that
             is
             as
             much
             as
             light
             doth
             from
             darkness
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             rather
             the
             forementioned
             Rabble
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             scum
             of
             Brothels
             ,
             old
             Wives
             ,
             Quacks
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             do
             but
             usher
             in
             their
             own
             train
             :
             for
             who
             knows
             not
             ,
             that
             one
             Apothecary
             or
             Mechanical
             Chymist
             doth
             supply
             both
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ?
          
           
             Let
             us
             not
             content
             about
             words
             ,
             but
             come
             to
             the
             thing
             it self
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             by
             it
             see
             to
             which
             house
             these
             villanies
             are
             retainers
             ;
             &
             when
             I
             have
             traced
             them
             to
             their
             own
             doors
             ,
             I
             shall
             express
             more
             candor
             then
             ever
             the
             Galenists
             in
             urging
             this
             Controversie
             were
             guilty
             of
             :
             for
             although
             they
             make
             it
             their
             common
             practise
             to
             lay
             this
             spurious
             off-spring
             at
             the
             true
             Chymists
             doors
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             revile
             them
             as
             guilty
             of
             all
             their
             miscarriages
             ,
             yet
             we
             shall
             first
             prove
             this
             bastardly
             off-spring
             to
             be
             a
             Galenical
             Brat
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Father
             is
             (
             though
             without
             cause
             )
             ashamed
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             that
             
             they
             oft
             at
             random
             hit
             the
             distemper
             ,
             which
             the
             reverend
             Doctor
             by
             his
             bleer-ey'd
             ,
             purblinde
             method
             could
             not
             do
             ,
             and
             cure
             the
             same
             ,
             though
             with
             a
             desperate
             medicine
             which
             the
             other
             despaired
             of
             ;
             and
             after
             the
             true
             father
             of
             this
             infamous
             generation
             is
             found
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             impute
             the
             blame
             of
             the
             children
             unto
             the
             fathers
             ,
             but
             suffer
             every
             one
             to
             bear
             his
             own
             blame
             :
             which
             moderation
             of
             ours
             ,
             I
             hope
             will
             for
             shame-sake
             teach
             the
             Galenists
             for
             the
             future
             to
             endevour
             the
             like
             ,
             in
             imitation
             of
             our
             candidness
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             I
             beseech
             the
             impartial
             Reader
             to
             consider
             how
             ,
             and
             wherein
             the
             followers
             of
             Paracelsus
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             and
             their
             like
             differ
             from
             the
             followers
             of
             Galen
             and
             those
             who
             subscribe
             to
             him
             :
             is
             not
             this
             the
             main
             difference
             ,
             nay
             the
             only
             ,
             that
             one
             is
             the
             immediate
             follower
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Author
             ,
             so
             far
             only
             as
             he
             doth
             bear
             faithful
             witness
             to
             
             her
             operations
             :
             the
             other
             is
             the
             immediate
             follower
             of
             him
             whom
             he
             makes
             the
             Captain
             of
             his
             Notions
             ,
             to
             whose
             placits
             if
             Nature
             will
             not
             comply
             ,
             he
             will
             either
             force
             her
             or
             adieu
             .
          
           
             Is
             not
             this
             evident
             in
             all
             our
             Academical
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             so
             for
             several
             successive
             Ages
             ?
             Is
             not
             subscription
             the
             top
             stone
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Art
             ?
             Is
             not
             Galens
             method
             to
             this
             day
             retained
             and
             defended
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             all
             created
             Doctors
             are
             ingaged
             to
             go
             ;
             and
             what
             I
             pray
             is
             this
             Method
             ?
             but
             by
             Rules
             set
             down
             to
             finde
             out
             the
             disease
             Diagnostically
             ,
             to
             discover
             the
             danger
             of
             it
             Prognostically
             ,
             and
             to
             advise
             the
             cure
             of
             it
             according
             to
             the
             precepts
             of
             Art
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             judgement
             of
             some
             approved
             Author
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Doctor
             readeth
             when
             to
             apply
             the
             cardinal
             remedies
             of
             bleeding
             ,
             scarifying
             ,
             vesicating
             ,
             cauterizing
             ,
             purging
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             
             when
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Cordials
             either
             cooling
             or
             others
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             practick
             part
             is
             that
             in
             which
             the
             Doctor
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             but
             an
             errand
             bungler
             ,
             yet
             he
             hath
             at
             command
             his
             Chirurgion
             and
             Apothecary
             that
             can
             indeed
             effect
             what
             he
             by
             his
             Goosequill
             shall
             appoint
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             Medicines
             soever
             are
             allowably
             used
             ,
             they
             are
             set
             down
             plainly
             and
             fully
             in
             the
             Dispensatories
             ,
             with
             their
             preparations
             ,
             use
             ,
             and
             dose
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             regulating
             of
             ingenious
             men
             in
             finding
             out
             new
             receipts
             ,
             the
             Herbals
             are
             compiled
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             form
             ,
             names
             ,
             places
             of
             growth
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             like
             circumstances
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             Plants
             ,
             Roots
             ,
             and
             Trees
             are
             set
             down
             ,
             with
             their
             qualifications
             of
             temperature
             ,
             virtues
             ,
             preparation
             ,
             and
             dose
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             as
             every
             practitioner
             is
             of
             a
             more
             happy
             ,
             wit
             ,
             some
             do
             concinnate
             
             the
             Theory
             ,
             others
             the
             practick
             of
             the
             Art
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             world
             is
             almost
             full
             of
             the
             multitudes
             of
             volumes
             which
             are
             written
             concerning
             this
             Art
             ,
             some
             shewing
             its
             Method
             ,
             others
             its
             Practick
             ,
             a
             third
             sort
             compiling
             volumes
             only
             stuffed
             with
             Receipts
             .
          
           
             Of
             such
             Books
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             Language
             barren
             ,
             so
             that
             whoever
             hath
             a
             minde
             to
             apply
             himself
             to
             the
             study
             of
             Physick
             ,
             he
             need
             not
             want
             Authors
             ;
             in
             whom
             he
             may
             fully
             according
             to
             the
             received
             Doctrine
             ,
             finde
             the
             Anatomy
             of
             the
             Body
             with
             every
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Systeme
             of
             all
             diseases
             ,
             with
             a
             particular
             account
             of
             every
             one
             by
             it self
             ,
             and
             that
             Diagnostically
             and
             Prognostically
             ,
             with
             the
             Remedies
             of
             them
             ,
             corraded
             out
             of
             the
             most
             authentick
             Authors
             ,
             as
             
               Sennertus
               ,
               Fernelius
               ,
               Fucksius
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             Chymist
             ,
             is
             he
             who
             by
             an
             earnest
             desire
             of
             knowledge
             is
             
             carried
             on
             the
             search
             of
             Nature
             ,
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             its
             defects
             ,
             and
             the
             remedies
             thereof
             ,
             and
             from
             an
             earnest
             desire
             of
             being
             profitable
             to
             those
             among
             whom
             he
             lives
             ,
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             undergoe
             any
             pains
             ,
             remembring
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Virtutem
               posuere
               dii
               sudore
               parandam
               .
            
          
           
             He
             considers
             with
             himself
             the
             sad
             state
             in
             which
             Mankinde
             is
             ,
             in
             respect
             to
             distempers
             ,
             of
             which
             being
             truly
             sensible
             ,
             and
             withall
             remembring
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             God
             who
             had
             laid
             this
             burden
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             that
             thornes
             and
             thistles
             it
             should
             bring
             forth
             to
             man
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             untill
             he
             should
             return
             to
             the
             earth
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             taken
             ,
             who
             being
             dust
             was
             to
             return
             to
             dust
             ,
             the
             same
             God
             I
             say
             had
             created
             a
             medicine
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             which
             he
             that
             was
             wise
             should
             not
             contemn
             :
             considering
             also
             how
             the
             mercies
             of
             
             the
             most
             High
             were
             over
             all
             his
             works
             ,
             whose
             Justice
             reached
             to
             the
             clouds
             ,
             but
             his
             Mercy
             unto
             the
             heavens
             ;
             he
             concluded
             that
             God
             out
             of
             his
             infinite
             mercy
             had
             provided
             in
             Nature
             a
             Remedy
             against
             all
             infirmities
             and
             maladies
             ,
             could
             but
             we
             be
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             finde
             it
             out
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             he
             spareth
             not
             his
             soul
             from
             studious
             search
             and
             enquiry
             ,
             but
             by
             knocking
             at
             the
             throne
             of
             grace
             in
             prayer
             ,
             and
             seeking
             in
             the
             creatures
             without
             weariness
             or
             precipitancy
             ,
             he
             makes
             it
             his
             whole
             work
             to
             study
             and
             endevour
             the
             finding
             out
             of
             those
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             may
             effectually
             evidence
             out
             the
             possessor
             of
             them
             to
             be
             such
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             chosen
             for
             a
             Physician
             ,
             and
             whom
             he
             hath
             appointed
             to
             be
             honoured
             for
             necessity
             sake
             .
          
           
             The
             evidence
             of
             his
             call
             is
             not
             his
             Ladies
             hand
             with
             a
             smooth
             tongue
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             usual
             Diploma
             of
             a
             Goodsequill
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             
             comes
             to
             visit
             his
             patient
             ,
             after
             a
             few
             methodical
             Queries
             ,
             and
             upon
             them
             a
             Scholastick
             Declamation
             extempore
             upon
             the
             Symptomes
             ;
             cals
             for
             his
             pen
             and
             ink
             ,
             and
             writes
             a
             Bill
             to
             his
             Apothecary
             of
             a
             foot
             long
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             Patient
             is
             in
             purse
             :
             which
             being
             done
             he
             expects
             his
             Fee
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             is
             in
             fee
             with
             his
             Apothecary
             ,
             (
             I
             know
             what
             I
             say
             )
             who
             annually
             allows
             the
             Doctor
             so
             much
             for
             packing
             in
             a
             company
             of
             dear
             Simples
             into
             the
             bill
             ,
             for
             many
             of
             which
             he
             hath
             an
             underhand
             dispensation
             (
             upon
             the
             notice
             of
             a
             private
             mark
             )
             to
             substitute
             
               quid
               pro
               quo
            
             and
             some
             things
             to
             leave
             out
             :
             this
             is
             a
             pretty
             Cheat
             ,
             but
             very
             usual
             in
             that
             Tribe
             :
             but
             I
             pass
             that
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             other
             hand
             this
             true
             Son
             of
             Art
             ,
             he
             considers
             the
             vast
             disproportion
             between
             the
             Galenical
             promises
             ,
             and
             their
             performances
             ,
             and
             pondering
             the
             Reason
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             findes
             it
             can
             be
             no
             otherwise
             .
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             because
             of
             their
             supine
             neglect
             of
             Nature
             her self
             ,
             contenting
             themselves
             with
             turning
             over
             of
             leaves
             ,
             and
             through
             laziness
             choosing
             rather
             to
             subscribe
             ,
             then
             to
             undergoe
             the
             trouble
             &
             pains
             of
             search
             &
             inquiry
             .
          
           
             Which
             alone
             defect
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             otherwise
             aggravated
             ,
             were
             sufficient
             to
             frustrate
             both
             their
             promises
             ,
             and
             the
             patients
             hopes
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             manifold
             respect
             .
          
           
             For
             who
             it
             that
             is
             but
             moderately
             versed
             in
             the
             principles
             of
             Nature
             ,
             that
             knowes
             not
             that
             diseases
             new
             and
             new
             do
             daily
             come
             upon
             the
             stage
             ?
             God
             punishing
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             so
             speak
             ,
             our
             unheard
             of
             sins
             with
             unheard
             of
             Judgements
             .
          
           
             Which
             the
             Doctors
             when
             they
             meet
             with
             ,
             they
             are
             beyond
             their
             reading
             and
             cry
             out
             of
             a
             new
             Disease
             ,
             yet
             content
             themselves
             with
             the
             old
             Method
             .
          
           
             Nay
             what
             more
             common
             ,
             then
             to
             have
             a
             society
             of
             Doctors
             ,
             or
             consultation
             
             called
             ,
             of
             whom
             scarce
             two
             will
             agree
             together
             in
             the
             stating
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             all
             at
             their
             wits
             end
             as
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             cure
             .
          
           
             And
             besides
             this
             ,
             consider
             how
             the
             most
             of
             the
             ring
             leaders
             of
             the
             Galenical
             rabble
             ,
             are
             of
             different
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             of
             different
             Ages
             in
             which
             they
             lived
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             respect
             they
             can
             not
             be
             looked
             on
             as
             agreeing
             to
             those
             times
             and
             places
             for
             which
             they
             are
             made
             use
             of
             .
             For
             in
             several
             climates
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             only
             a
             great
             diversity
             of
             Simples
             as
             to
             their
             nature
             and
             virtue
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             bodies
             of
             men
             do
             wonderfully
             alter
             according
             to
             the
             soyl
             they
             live
             in
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Solo
               natura
               subest
               .
            
          
           
             What
             then
             more
             absurd
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             prescription
             of
             a
             Grecian
             ,
             who
             lived
             and
             wrote
             1200
             years
             agoe
             ,
             and
             to
             apply
             it
             to
             an
             English
             temper
             ?
             especially
             since
             new
             
             diseases
             have
             appeared
             since
             which
             never
             were
             before
             ,
             which
             once
             having
             received
             admittance
             ,
             never
             are
             extirpated
             (
             as
             to
             their
             species
             )
             but
             by
             their
             complication
             do
             not
             only
             aggravate
             ,
             but
             also
             notably
             alter
             diseases
             ,
             so
             that
             what
             formerly
             might
             easier
             have
             been
             cured
             ,
             become
             now
             more
             obstinate
             and
             unmasterable
             .
          
           
             I
             may
             here
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             unfaithfulness
             and
             abominable
             neglect
             committed
             in
             the
             preparing
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             only
             what
             I
             before
             ,
             touched
             ,
             I
             would
             first
             more
             fully
             illustrate
             ,
             namely
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             an
             exotical
             medicine
             ,
             that
             is
             or
             may
             be
             proper
             for
             an
             English
             constitution
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             I
             need
             not
             urge
             that
             God
             hath
             abundantly
             provided
             for
             mans
             wel-being
             ,
             where
             ever
             he
             hath
             alotted
             him
             a
             place
             of
             being
             ,
             since
             that
             only
             opposeth
             the
             necessity
             ,
             not
             the
             efficacy
             of
             transmarine
             Simples
             ;
             for
             a
             man
             may
             in
             any
             place
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             he
             please
             ,
             and
             can
             get
             it
             ,
             eat
             only
             
             what
             is
             of
             Englands
             growth
             ,
             though
             he
             live
             in
             Spain
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             necessary
             ;
             so
             he
             may
             use
             exotick
             Simples
             ,
             although
             he
             be
             not
             bound
             to
             them
             :
             yet
             thsi
             I
             shall
             not
             doubt
             to
             insert
             ,
             that
             as
             no
             food
             ,
             so
             no
             medicaments
             are
             so
             proper
             for
             our
             English
             bodies
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             England
             produceth
             .
             And
             so
             in
             other
             Countreys
             ,
             as
             
               France
               ,
               Germany
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Territory
             ,
             their
             native
             Simples
             are
             sufficicient
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             conservation
             of
             their
             bodies
             in
             its
             integrity
             ,
             so
             for
             the
             restauration
             of
             its
             defects
             ,
             if
             so
             that
             any
             were
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             collect
             ,
             and
             to
             apply
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             nothing
             that
             is
             excellent
             wants
             its
             difficulty
             ,
             so
             the
             attaining
             of
             the
             skill
             of
             Simples
             is
             a
             work
             of
             no
             small
             trouble
             ;
             experience
             hath
             taught
             the
             world
             how
             great
             a
             master-piece
             it
             is
             to
             gather
             and
             order
             Tobacco
             aright
             ,
             not
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             vast
             disproportion
             which
             the
             difference
             of
             Climates
             addes
             to
             its
             goodness
             ;
             
             it
             is
             notoriously
             known
             to
             all
             that
             are
             experienced
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             ordering
             ,
             manuring
             ,
             gathering
             ,
             and
             curing
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             making
             it
             up
             and
             keeping
             it
             ,
             may
             with
             a
             smal
             neglect
             ,
             make
             that
             which
             otherwise
             would
             be
             very
             good
             ,
             to
             become
             little
             worth
             or
             quite
             naught
             .
             And
             let
             not
             any
             imagine
             ,
             that
             medicinal
             herbs
             require
             less
             care
             in
             their
             choice
             ,
             manuring
             ,
             climate
             ,
             soyle
             ,
             gathering
             ,
             ordering
             and
             keeping
             ,
             then
             Tobacco
             doth
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             inlarge
             ,
             the
             example
             brought
             ,
             if
             considered
             and
             applyed
             ,
             will
             convince
             many
             whom
             it
             concerneth
             ,
             of
             gross
             errors
             committed
             in
             this
             particular
             .
          
           
             Thou
             knowest
             ,
             O
             Man
             ,
             if
             good
             or
             bad
             Tobacco
             be
             brought
             thee
             ,
             and
             canst
             value
             it
             accordingly
             ,
             though
             it
             concern
             only
             an
             unprofitable
             stinking
             vapour
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             herb
             for
             thy
             health
             be
             to
             be
             procured
             ,
             thou
             art
             in
             this
             wholly
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             should
             provide
             for
             thee
             herein
             are
             
             as
             ignorant
             as
             thy self
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctor
             that
             prescribes
             it
             to
             thee
             is
             most
             ignorant
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Simples
             ,
             are
             they
             not
             collected
             by
             women
             ,
             where
             they
             can
             finde
             them
             ,
             without
             distinction
             of
             time
             when
             ,
             and
             season
             in
             which
             they
             are
             gathered
             ?
             and
             if
             any
             herbs
             grow
             in
             gardens
             ,
             how
             are
             they
             ordered
             ?
             is
             not
             the
             chief
             care
             by
             much
             watering
             to
             make
             them
             grow
             as
             rank
             as
             may
             be
             :
             which
             if
             for
             distillation
             ,
             I
             matter
             it
             not
             much
             ,
             for
             the
             unprofitable
             flegm
             only
             is
             attained
             by
             distillation
             ,
             without
             previous
             maceration
             by
             ferment
             ,
             but
             as
             for
             dryed
             herbs
             ,
             (
             the
             flowers
             set
             aside
             )
             how
             unseasonably
             are
             they
             gathered
             ,
             (
             oft
             in
             rainy
             weather
             )
             and
             then
             how
             are
             they
             dryed
             oft
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             until
             they
             be
             as
             dry
             that
             they
             may
             be
             powdered
             ;
             which
             drying
             ,
             how
             much
             it
             prejudiceth
             the
             virtue
             ,
             I
             appeal
             to
             such
             as
             make
             hay
             ,
             which
             if
             sear-dryed
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             is
             half
             in
             half
             damnified
             ;
             but
             if
             cut
             in
             
             rain
             is
             much
             the
             worse
             ;
             but
             if
             so
             the
             Sun
             be
             clouded
             &
             the
             air
             moist
             ,
             how
             oft
             do
             herbs
             mould
             or
             must
             before
             they
             de
             dried
             ,
             either
             being
             laid
             too
             thick
             for
             want
             of
             room
             ,
             or
             at
             best
             done
             on
             a
             dusty
             floor
             ,
             where
             they
             lie
             so
             long
             untill
             they
             be
             as
             dry
             as
             powder
             ;
             and
             yet
             if
             close
             kept
             will
             grwo
             musty
             ,
             &
             be
             tainted
             with
             wormes
             :
             therefore
             many
             keep
             their
             herbs
             when
             dryed
             in
             an
             open
             place
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             the
             diminishing
             ,
             but
             in
             short
             time
             to
             the
             destroying
             of
             their
             virtue
             .
          
           
             Yet
             the
             Apothecary
             who
             buyes
             them
             ,
             must
             not
             straightway
             reject
             them
             ,
             when
             insipid
             ,
             but
             must
             put
             them
             away
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             keeping
             those
             last
             which
             may
             be
             preserved
             longest
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             to
             remedy
             and
             prevent
             many
             of
             these
             inconveniencies
             ,
             the
             stupid
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             borrow
             his
             practick
             from
             a
             Farrier
             ,
             with
             this
             pretence
             ,
             that
             it
             must
             be
             applyed
             according
             to
             his
             method
             ,
             learns
             
             the
             good
             huswifes
             trade
             of
             Candying
             ,
             Conserving
             ,
             and
             making
             into
             Marmalet
             ,
             and
             Syrups
             as
             many
             Simples
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             the
             rest
             he
             commands
             to
             be
             compounded
             into
             Electuraries
             ,
             Lozenges
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             with
             these
             he
             vapours
             and
             brustles
             like
             Dametas
             in
             his
             military
             accoutrements
             ,
             vowing
             revenge
             on
             any
             disease
             that
             dare
             look
             him
             in
             the
             face
             .
             And
             what
             cannot
             be
             performed
             by
             these
             ,
             he
             hath
             another
             course
             in
             readiness
             for
             such
             malepert
             maladies
             ,
             tormenting
             the
             body
             that
             dare
             harbour
             an
             insolent
             distemper
             in
             defiance
             of
             his
             reverent
             gravity
             ,
             which
             therefore
             must
             suffer
             the
             martyrdom
             of
             
               Diagridium
               ,
               Alahandal
               ,
               Jalap
               ,
               Euphorbium
               ,
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             be
             punished
             with
             Phlebotomy
             ,
             Scarifications
             ,
             Blisters
             ,
             Fontinels
             ,
             &c.
             and
             starved
             with
             cooling
             Julips
             ,
             barly
             broths
             ,
             and
             diet
             drinks
             ,
             till
             it
             shall
             at
             last
             be
             contented
             to
             yeeld
             up
             that
             refractary
             ghost
             which
             could
             
             not
             be
             scared
             aut
             of
             its
             extravagancy
             ,
             with
             the
             vengeance
             of
             the
             reverent
             Colleagues
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Doctors
             ,
             in
             despite
             of
             which
             many
             a
             soul
             dies
             of
             no
             other
             mortal
             disease
             but
             of
             his
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             yet
             because
             he
             did
             it
             by
             Rules
             of
             Art
             is
             well
             Feed
             for
             his
             pains
             ,
             and
             methodical
             butchery
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             BUt
             to
             return
             to
             our
             matter
             whence
             we
             digressed
             ,
             namely
             to
             compare
             a
             true
             Chymist
             with
             our
             modern
             Goosquil
             Doctors
             ,
             to
             see
             to
             which
             the
             Mountebank
             is
             nearest
             of
             kin
             .
          
           
             First
             it
             must
             be
             granted
             that
             the
             whole
             of
             a
             real
             or
             pretended
             Physician
             ,
             may
             be
             referred
             to
             these
             two
             heads
             ,
             namely
             ,
             the
             knowing
             the
             Discase
             ,
             and
             finding
             out
             the
             Remedy
             :
             the
             latter
             of
             which
             is
             either
             theoretically
             
             to
             know
             the
             medicine
             or
             ,
             practically
             to
             provide
             and
             apply
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Mountebanks
             Philosophy
             ,
             it
             is
             usually
             the
             same
             with
             the
             old
             Wives
             ,
             or
             Quacks
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             any
             whitexcell
             ,
             it
             is
             gotten
             out
             of
             Galenical
             Authors
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             had
             in
             almost
             any
             language
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             their
             method
             speak
             their
             original
             ;
             is
             not
             their
             intent
             one
             ,
             and
             their
             progress
             one
             ,
             (
             only
             differ
             in
             the
             means
             )
             with
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             ?
          
           
             They
             want
             the
             distinguishing
             marks
             of
             a
             true
             Physician
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             tread
             the
             same
             steps
             ,
             though
             with
             a
             more
             rude
             and
             resolute
             pace
             .
          
           
             In
             bloud-letting
             ,
             purging
             ,
             vomiting
             ,
             cauterizing
             ,
             vesicating
             ,
             making
             carminatives
             ,
             giving
             clysters
             ,
             scarifying
             ,
             and
             cordials
             they
             allagree
             ,
             only
             differ
             in
             the
             purges
             ,
             vomits
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             many
             of
             them
             use
             the
             very
             same
             things
             with
             the
             other
             Doctors
             ,
             only
             differ
             in
             the
             Dose
             ,
             the
             one
             venturing
             
             the
             harm
             in
             hope
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             credit
             sake
             resolving
             if
             he
             do
             no
             good
             ,
             yet
             to
             do
             no
             hurt
             ,
             which
             he
             doth
             notwithstanding
             ,
             only
             he
             that
             doth
             least
             hurt
             is
             most
             commende
             .
             What
             if
             some
             of
             the
             same
             Tribe
             ,
             finding
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Vegetables
             ,
             flie
             unto
             Minerals
             ,
             as
             Saul
             to
             the
             Witch
             of
             Endor
             ,
             doth
             this
             straight
             make
             them
             Chymists
             ?
             Just
             as
             if
             a
             rustick
             weary
             of
             his
             calling
             ,
             should
             resolve
             to
             turn
             a
             Joyner
             ,
             and
             endevour
             to
             plain
             his
             boards
             with
             a
             howe
             ,
             his
             intention
             will
             not
             make
             him
             a
             Joyner
             .
          
           
             Tell
             not
             of
             Empericks
             ,
             that
             is
             such
             who
             prepare
             by
             the
             fire
             ,
             for
             what
             is
             theordinary
             preparatiosn
             made
             with
             but
             by
             the
             fire
             :
             do
             not
             the
             Apothecaries
             decoct
             ,
             extract
             ,
             make
             Syrups
             ,
             Conserves
             ,
             Lozenges
             ,
             &c.
             by
             the
             fire
             ?
             Or
             if
             you
             respect
             Distillation
             ,
             are
             not
             waters
             of
             all
             sorts
             distilled
             in
             the
             common
             way
             :
             Or
             is
             an
             Emperick
             he
             :
             Who
             deals
             in
             Minerals
             and
             
             Metals
             ,
             and
             calcined
             bodies
             ?
             what
             are
             then
             your
             Steel
             Powder
             ,
             Gold
             in
             Alchermes
             ,
             Vitriol
             in
             Vomits
             ,
             Antimony
             in
             Crocus
             ,
             burnt
             Ivory
             ,
             &c.
             and
             to
             make
             up
             a
             total
             reconciliation
             betwixt
             Empericks
             and
             Galenists
             ,
             are
             not
             now
             all
             vulgar
             preparations
             of
             Minerals
             ,
             prostituted
             in
             every
             Apothecaries
             shop
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             among
             our
             reverent
             Doctors
             reputed
             the
             same
             as
             of
             old
             ?
             What
             then
             :
             O
             their
             method
             !
             their
             method
             !
             this
             is
             the
             hidden
             stone
             ,
             and
             secret
             mark
             ,
             which
             distinguisheth
             them
             ;
             where
             then
             the
             same
             method
             is
             used
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             same
             way
             professed
             :
             but
             Mountebaks
             ,
             Quacks
             ,
             Old
             Wives
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             rabble
             ,
             use
             the
             same
             method
             in
             curing
             .
             If
             it
             be
             objected
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             not
             skill
             to
             discern
             when
             this
             ,
             when
             that
             remedy
             is
             to
             be
             applyed
             ,
             this
             accuses
             their
             sufficiency
             ,
             not
             their
             profession
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             then
             the
             materials
             used
             ,
             but
             the
             preparation
             of
             the
             materials
             ,
             
             so
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             effect
             what
             the
             Physician
             promiseth
             ,
             and
             the
             Patient
             expects
             ,
             surely
             ,
             safely
             ,
             and
             speedily
             ,
             that
             distinguisheth
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             Art
             from
             pretending
             bunglers
             ;
             of
             which
             some
             are
             more
             crafty
             and
             cautious
             ,
             others
             more
             ignorant
             and
             rashly
             venturous
             ,
             yet
             both
             more
             distinct
             from
             true
             Artists
             ,
             then
             from
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             If
             Nature
             had
             made
             true
             Medicines
             ready
             prepared
             to
             hand
             for
             every
             disease
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             no
             more
             then
             to
             pluck
             them
             as
             an
             Apple
             from
             the
             tree
             ,
             then
             indeed
             a
             distinction
             might
             be
             made
             of
             professors
             of
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             materials
             wrought
             upon
             .
             But
             contrariwise
             it
             is
             sadly
             evident
             ,
             that
             very
             few
             Simples
             are
             endowed
             with
             a
             medicinal
             virtue
             without
             virulency
             ,
             and
             those
             also
             have
             their
             excellency
             obstructed
             with
             the
             gross
             feculency
             ,
             which
             growes
             together
             with
             the
             spiritual
             tincture
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             shell
             doth
             hiddenly
             
             contain
             the
             same
             ,
             so
             that
             without
             some
             previous
             preparations
             few
             things
             are
             worthy
             the
             name
             of
             Medicaments
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             preparation
             is
             usual
             for
             vegetal
             Simples
             ?
             only
             decoction
             ,
             or
             infusion
             ,
             or
             conserving
             with
             Sugar
             ,
             or
             Honey
             whereby
             the
             good
             is
             not
             so
             separated
             from
             the
             bad
             ,
             but
             that
             several
             crudities
             remain
             :
             but
             of
             this
             Helmont
             hath
             at
             large
             treated
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             repeat
             .
          
           
             It
             would
             be
             a
             tedious
             Wild-goose
             chase
             to
             trace
             their
             medicines
             ,
             and
             refute
             them
             ,
             for
             that
             will
             be
             but
             to
             
               (
               agere
               actum
            
             )
             and
             I
             intend
             here
             an
             Apology
             ,
             not
             a
             charge
             ;
             a
             defensive
             ,
             not
             an
             offensive
             conflict
             :
             I
             shall
             come
             therefore
             to
             state
             our
             Case
             ,
             for
             till
             that
             be
             done
             in
             is
             a
             vain
             thing
             to
             contend
             in
             words
             .
          
           
             First
             of
             all
             we
             differ
             from
             the
             Goosquil
             Tribe
             in
             the
             Theoretical
             discovery
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             secondly
             in
             our
             Practical
             cure
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             as
             to
             the
             Theory
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             the
             Philosophical
             contemplation
             of
             Simples
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             essential
             to
             a
             Physician
             ;
             for
             a
             man
             may
             know
             the
             remedies
             with
             which
             to
             cure
             all
             diseases
             ,
             and
             yet
             erre
             very
             much
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             Causes
             ;
             for
             the
             remedy
             being
             to
             the
             disease
             as
             water
             to
             fire
             ,
             which
             will
             undoubtedly
             quench
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             may
             know
             certainly
             by
             water
             to
             quench
             fire
             ,
             and
             yet
             erre
             in
             the
             Philosophical
             appre-prehension
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             so
             may
             a
             man
             by
             a
             proper
             remedy
             ,
             rightly
             ,
             and
             in
             due
             proportion
             applyed
             ,
             certainly
             cure
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             be
             able
             to
             distinguish
             the
             same
             generally
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             not
             able
             to
             finde
             our
             and
             apprehend
             the
             manner
             of
             its
             original
             ,
             with
             its
             occasional
             causes
             ,
             progress
             and
             variations
             .
          
           
             Nor
             let
             this
             seem
             a
             Paradox
             ,
             for
             it
             may
             easily
             be
             evinced
             against
             the
             most
             snarling
             gainsayer
             :
             for
             consider
             the
             forementioned
             example
             
             of
             quenching
             fire
             by
             water
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             made
             unquestionable
             .
          
           
             What
             rustick
             that
             doth
             not
             know
             that
             water
             is
             for
             the
             quenching
             of
             fire
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             a
             very
             near
             guess
             how
             much
             water
             will
             quench
             so
             much
             fire
             ,
             and
             yet
             how
             many
             of
             owr
             School
             Philosophers
             can
             assign
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             that
             effect
             ?
             it
             is
             now
             water
             as
             water
             ,
             for
             milk
             ,
             whey
             ,
             wine-vinegar
             ,
             &c.
             will
             do
             the
             same
             ;
             nor
             yet
             as
             cold
             ,
             for
             hot
             water
             ,
             and
             other
             hot
             liquors
             will
             perform
             it
             as
             well
             as
             cold
             ;
             nor
             yet
             as
             moist
             ,
             for
             oyl
             and
             oleaginous
             moistures
             ,
             being
             thrown
             on
             fire
             in
             one
             measure
             encreaseth
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             another
             measure
             will
             quench
             it
             ;
             as
             a
             week
             of
             a
             candle
             or
             lamp
             may
             be
             drowned
             with
             too
             much
             tallow
             or
             oyle
             .
             So
             that
             in
             very
             deed
             the
             Philosophical
             speculation
             doth
             follow
             practical
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             experience
             denominates
             that
             science
             ,
             which
             else
             would
             be
             but
             bare
             opinion
             .
             But
             of
             this
             I
             speak
             sufficiently
             
             in
             my
             large
             Treatise
             called
             
               Organu
               Philosophiae
               novum
            
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             in
             this
             place
             repeat
             ,
             what
             there
             is
             sufficiently
             proved
             and
             confirmed
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             the
             effects
             of
             diseases
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             obvious
             to
             every
             observer
             ,
             can
             instruct
             any
             who
             make
             it
             their
             work
             to
             be
             conversant
             therein
             ,
             that
             are
             of
             capacity
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             judge
             and
             distinguish
             one
             disease
             from
             another
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Symptomes
             to
             discover
             if
             or
             no
             it
             do
             proceed
             in
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             the
             same
             malady
             ,
             or
             if
             by
             complication
             it
             doth
             alter
             ,
             and
             how
             this
             is
             as
             much
             as
             is
             absolutely
             requisite
             for
             a
             Physician
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             diseases
             ,
             for
             this
             knowledge
             doth
             essentially
             conduce
             to
             the
             cure
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             able
             to
             unfold
             the
             quiddity
             of
             it
             ,
             its
             efficient
             and
             continent
             causes
             ,
             the
             material
             and
             occasionate
             ,
             with
             other
             curiosities
             which
             a
             Philosopher
             doth
             contemplate
             upon
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             the
             intellect
             is
             occupied
             ,
             this
             adornes
             
             but
             doth
             not
             constitute
             a
             Physician
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             the
             absolute
             things
             requisite
             in
             one
             who
             would
             conscionably
             undertake
             the
             lives
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             are
             first
             to
             know
             how
             to
             unlock
             those
             medicines
             which
             the
             Almighty
             hath
             created
             ,
             and
             to
             prepare
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             how
             ,
             and
             when
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             to
             apply
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             order
             and
             dispose
             the
             Patient
             so
             ,
             as
             them
             which
             by
             careful
             administration
             of
             them
             is
             expected
             .
          
           
             Mistake
             me
             not
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             deny
             ,
             nay
             I
             confidently
             affirm
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             is
             endowed
             with
             wisdom
             from
             above
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             curious
             and
             so
             diligent
             in
             his
             search
             ,
             as
             to
             attain
             the
             noble
             medicines
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             created
             ,
             for
             mans
             relief
             ,
             and
             unspeakable
             comfort
             ,
             he
             ,
             if
             he
             prove
             but
             so
             observant
             in
             the
             administration
             as
             he
             was
             acute
             in
             the
             preparation
             ,
             cannot
             but
             so
             far
             be
             mightned
             from
             Natures
             light
             in
             these
             observations
             ,
             as
             
             to
             apprehend
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             diseases
             ,
             and
             their
             whole
             quiddity
             or
             being
             ,
             which
             may
             by
             arguments
             
               (
               à
               posteriori
            
             )
             be
             collected
             from
             their
             effects
             ,
             as
             likewise
             he
             may
             be
             able
             to
             demonstrate
             
               (
               à
               posteriori
            
             )
             the
             cause
             and
             manner
             of
             cures
             wrought
             by
             medicines
             (
             a
             work
             most
             worthily
             performed
             by
             noble
             Helmont
             )
             which
             contemplation
             will
             wonderfully
             delight
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             this
             Art
             ;
             but
             yet
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             this
             doth
             follow
             and
             adorn
             ,
             not
             precede
             and
             constitute
             a
             Physician
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             shall
             adde
             ,
             that
             the
             soul
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             I
             may
             say
             
               ipse
               in
               homine
               homo
            
             ,
             when
             once
             an
             effect
             is
             apparent
             ,
             and
             so
             known
             ,
             as
             to
             become
             a
             mechanism
             ,
             doth
             no
             farther
             any
             more
             reap
             content
             from
             it
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             reference
             to
             some
             deduction
             it
             gathers
             from
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             finding
             out
             of
             some
             new
             hidden
             truth
             ;
             nor
             doth
             the
             soul
             ever
             feed
             on
             it
             more
             as
             upon
             its
             object
             ,
             originally
             ,
             
             directly
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             absolute
             consideration
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             in
             the
             knowing
             how
             to
             make
             a
             fire
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             fire
             will
             burn
             ,
             boyl
             ,
             dry
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Therefore
             ,
             justly
             saith
             the
             wise
             man
             ,
             
               that
               in
               much
               knowledge
               is
               much
               vanity
               and
               vexation
               of
               spirit
               :
            
             but
             this
             only
             as
             a
             digression
             .
          
           
             To
             return
             therefore
             ,
             we
             conclude
             that
             to
             a
             true
             Physician
             is
             required
             to
             know
             if
             a
             disease
             be
             probably
             curable
             ,
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             then
             how
             :
             as
             for
             instance
             ,
             the
             plague-tokens
             appearing
             are
             rightly
             judged
             mortal
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             any
             such
             state
             be
             reputed
             in
             which
             nature
             will
             admit
             of
             no
             remedy
             ,
             nor
             death
             accept
             of
             any
             truce
             .
          
           
             The
             careful
             observer
             of
             these
             things
             will
             by
             experience
             learn
             to
             distinguish
             between
             dangerous
             and
             desperate
             cases
             ,
             and
             so
             may
             order
             himself
             accordingly
             ,
             but
             in
             impossible
             cases
             he
             shall
             not
             meddle
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             ANd
             here
             me
             thinks
             I
             see
             a
             Galenist
             beginning
             to
             frame
             a
             reply
             ,
             who
             after
             a
             few
             course
             complements
             ,
             doth
             thus
             out
             of
             his
             wonted
             gravity
             ,
             seek
             to
             defend
             his
             own
             faction
             .
             Do
             not
             we
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             the
             like
             in
             effect
             ?
             for
             we
             by
             our
             Art
             distinguish
             between
             easie
             ,
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             desperate
             diseases
             ,
             which
             we
             therefore
             undertake
             or
             leave
             accordingly
             .
             For
             if
             there
             be
             only
             a
             light
             distemper
             ,
             as
             foulness
             of
             the
             stomack
             ,
             or
             bad
             humours
             clogging
             or
             obstructing
             the
             liver
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             we
             then
             by
             an
             usual
             purge
             ,
             or
             vomit
             ,
             and
             by
             bloudletting
             ,
             and
             glysters
             remove
             the
             same
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             distemper
             be
             more
             violent
             ,
             then
             by
             our
             Method
             we
             help
             that
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             our
             mystery
             ,
             which
             the
             prating
             Chymists
             not
             knowing
             ,
             cannot
             therefore
             do
             that
             by
             their
             medicines
             ,
             which
             we
             can
             
             by
             our
             method
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             master-piece
             of
             our
             Art
             ;
             for
             we
             are
             like
             to
             skilful
             workmen
             amid
             a
             number
             of
             tools
             ,
             we
             know
             our
             work
             ,
             and
             so
             can
             ,
             as
             cause
             presents
             ,
             and
             as
             Symptomes
             do
             move
             ,
             call
             in
             for
             this
             or
             that
             medicine
             ,
             and
             as
             occasion
             requires
             we
             can
             use
             external
             artificial
             helps
             ,
             when
             Nature
             is
             not
             in
             fit
             case
             to
             be
             provoked
             by
             a
             violent
             process
             .
             This
             is
             the
             good
             old
             way
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             safe
             way
             .
             But
             these
             furnace-mongers
             would
             perswade
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             by
             medicines
             prepared
             by
             their
             Art
             ,
             diseases
             may
             be
             cut
             down
             as
             it
             were
             with
             a
             sithe
             ,
             which
             for
             all
             their
             boasting
             will
             not
             be
             .
             These
             with
             several
             other
             things
             are
             pretended
             by
             them
             to
             conceal
             their
             ignorance
             in
             so
             blinde
             progresses
             .
             But
             as
             it
             is
             an
             easie
             thing
             to
             lie
             hid
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             the
             mantle
             of
             the
             night
             hiding
             that
             which
             the
             Sun
             discovers
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             proceed
             to
             the
             true
             course
             of
             curing
             diseases
             ,
             and
             by
             
             it
             our
             adversaries
             will
             be
             easily
             quelled
             .
             Besilius
             and
             Suchten
             ,
             both
             noble
             and
             worthy
             Artists
             ,
             advise
             as
             many
             as
             have
             given
             their
             name
             to
             Art
             ,
             to
             be
             doing
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             contend
             in
             bare
             words
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             as
             impossible
             to
             convince
             the
             Galenists
             with
             words
             without
             works
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             for
             Christ
             &
             his
             Apostles
             to
             have
             convinced
             the
             Jewes
             by
             preaching
             without
             miracles
             ;
             therefore
             I
             shall
             first
             give
             you
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             true
             Physician
             :
             and
             secondly
             ,
             shew
             you
             what
             his
             work
             is
             .
          
           
             A
             true
             Physician
             is
             he
             whom
             God
             hath
             qualified
             with
             a
             longing
             desire
             to
             know
             nature
             in
             her
             operations
             ,
             her
             integrity
             and
             defects
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             may
             be
             amended
             .
             For
             the
             attainment
             of
             which
             he
             doth
             ask
             ,
             seek
             and
             knock
             with
             diligence
             ,
             patience
             ,
             and
             constancy
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             given
             and
             opened
             unto
             him
             ,
             his
             heart
             is
             not
             set
             upon
             gain
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             charity
             to
             the
             distressed
             he
             doth
             persist
             in
             this
             pursuit
             
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             the
             merciful
             God
             hears
             him
             ,
             and
             gives
             him
             what
             he
             seeks
             for
             :
             then
             having
             received
             his
             talent
             he
             doth
             not
             bury
             it
             in
             a
             napkin
             ,
             but
             doth
             improve
             it
             ,
             untill
             with
             it
             he
             gain
             two
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             five
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             ten
             talents
             .
             He
             knowes
             that
             diseases
             are
             all
             in
             their
             kinde
             curable
             without
             exception
             ,
             death
             only
             being
             out
             of
             the
             power
             of
             any
             man
             or
             means
             ,
             the
             definitive
             sentence
             being
             past
             irrevocable
             .
          
           
             He
             laments
             the
             sad
             Catalogues
             of
             poor
             mortals
             (
             the
             distresse
             members
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             )
             who
             flying
             from
             the
             Lion
             of
             sickness
             ,
             meet
             with
             a
             Bear
             in
             stead
             of
             a
             true
             Physician
             ,
             who
             in
             stead
             of
             bread
             gives
             them
             a
             stone
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             fish
             a
             serpent
             ,
             and
             yet
             these
             are
             the
             fathers
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             so
             pretended
             to
             be
             ,
             but
             like
             old
             Saturn
             they
             devour
             and
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             their
             children
             .
          
           
             He
             also
             that
             is
             a
             true
             Physician
             doth
             not
             seek
             fame
             and
             honour
             so
             
             much
             as
             the
             good
             of
             those
             he
             undertakes
             ,
             nor
             doth
             he
             startle
             at
             the
             sad
             catalogue
             of
             incurable
             diseases
             which
             the
             School
             Doctors
             have
             most
             shamefully
             compiled
             ,
             which
             he
             by
             his
             Medieines
             is
             able
             to
             overcome
             as
             the
             vlaiant
             champion
             is
             reported
             to
             have
             conquered
             the
             dovouring
             Monster
             .
          
           
             His
             work
             is
             not
             to
             spend
             his
             time
             in
             turning
             over
             of
             leaves
             ;
             but
             he
             makes
             use
             of
             Authors
             so
             as
             not
             to
             conclude
             any
             thing
             upon
             bare
             reading
             without
             trial
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             he
             so
             behaves
             himself
             as
             if
             his
             great
             contest
             proposed
             were
             ,
             whether
             to
             be
             more
             assiduous
             in
             discovering
             nature
             ,
             or
             sedulous
             in
             conquering
             diseases
             :
             of
             which
             the
             latter
             is
             the
             main
             end
             he
             aims
             at
             in
             the
             former
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             shall
             briefly
             discover
             the
             objections
             ,
             made
             by
             Galenists
             against
             this
             way
             of
             medicine
             ,
             and
             shall
             so
             fully
             answer
             them
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             scruple
             left
             .
          
           
           
             First
             of
             all
             they
             accuse
             Chymical
             Medicines
             as
             virulent
             ,
             too
             hot
             ,
             and
             therefore
             unsit
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             as
             oft
             in
             ftead
             of
             curing
             encreasing
             the
             disease
             ;
             they
             are
             (
             say
             they
             )
             a
             little
             too
             strong
             for
             our
             constirution
             ,
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             mineral
             and
             metalline
             ,
             or
             elese
             they
             are
             faline
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             sharp
             and
             corrosive
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             fiery
             sulphurous
             nature
             ,
             which
             therefore
             in
             stead
             of
             cooling
             and
             refreshing
             ,
             do
             inflame
             the
             body
             inwardly
             :
             therefore
             say
             the
             such
             medicines
             are
             dangerous
             and
             desperate
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             were
             not
             ,
             they
             would
             (
             as
             they
             make
             their
             patients
             believe
             )
             use
             them
             themselves
             .
             In
             such
             discourses
             you
             shall
             have
             them
             run
             at
             random
             ,
             and
             their
             aim
             in
             all
             is
             to
             make
             the
             sick
             believe
             ,
             that
             their
             medicameable
             to
             nature
             ,
             the
             other
             forcible
             violent
             ,
             and
             desperate
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             but
             a
             mad
             man
             would
             take
             .
          
           
           
             This
             is
             ,
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             the
             only
             main
             objection
             which
             Galenists
             usually
             produce
             against
             Chymical
             medicines
             ;
             and
             this
             they
             varnish
             over
             with
             many
             specious
             colours
             to
             make
             the
             patient
             believe
             ,
             that
             to
             meddle
             with
             a
             Chymical
             medicament
             ,
             is
             no
             other
             then
             to
             cast
             out
             the
             Devil
             by
             Delzebub
             ,
             or
             according
             to
             the
             old
             proveth
             ,
             to
             cure
             a
             desperate
             disease
             by
             a
             desperate
             medicine
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             shall
             briefly
             ,
             yet
             fully
             answer
             this
             cavil
             ,
             and
             so
             answer
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             any
             judicious
             man
             to
             be
             but
             a
             meer
             Morino
             which
             the
             Galenists
             have
             invented
             ,
             to
             scare
             the
             rude
             and
             ignorant
             with
             ,
             as
             nurses
             use
             to
             affright
             children
             with
             tales
             of
             Robin
             Good-fellow
             ,
             Raw
             head
             and
             bloudy
             bones
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             as
             to
             the
             point
             of
             irulency
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             very
             great
             Bugbear
             ,
             and
             enough
             to
             deterthe
             most
             confident
             Patient
             ,
             if
             once
             you
             can
             
             perswade
             him
             the
             remedies
             he
             is
             to
             take
             to
             be
             of
             an
             exquisite
             virulency
             ,
             for
             so
             a
             very
             smal
             error
             in
             the
             dose
             ,
             will
             hazard
             the
             life
             in
             stead
             of
             conquering
             the
             distemper
             :
             Poyson
             I
             grant
             is
             a
             dangerous
             ,
             nay
             a
             desperate
             thing
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             good
             to
             admit
             of
             it
             into
             the
             body
             upon
             any
             pretence
             ,
             but
             that
             Chymical
             Medicines
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             point
             in
             controversie
             .
          
           
             Calvin
             in
             his
             Preface
             to
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             defends
             his
             Religion
             from
             the
             foul
             aspersions
             laid
             on
             it
             by
             Papists
             ,
             hath
             this
             most
             just
             plea
             ,
             namely
             to
             call
             for
             his
             advarsaries
             Reasons
             ,
             before
             he
             be
             condemned
             by
             their
             Criminations
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             be
             enough
             to
             accuse
             ,
             who
             may
             or
             can
             expect
             to
             be
             found
             innocent
             ?
          
           
             So
             say
             I
             ,
             our
             Antagonists
             raise
             a
             great
             dust
             concerning
             poyson
             ,
             vuruleycy
             and
             malignity
             ,
             which
             they
             pretend
             is
             Chymical
             Medicaments
             ,
             
             and
             with
             this
             calmour
             they
             have
             filled
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             buzzed
             it
             into
             the
             ears
             adn
             hearts
             of
             as
             many
             as
             by
             their
             impudent
             confident
             railing
             they
             could
             incline
             to
             embrace
             this
             opinion
             ,
             whose
             aspersions
             now
             I
             shall
             endevour
             to
             wipe
             off
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             shall
             entreat
             the
             Readers
             candor
             in
             pondering
             the
             weight
             of
             Arguments
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             before
             he
             proceed
             to
             censure
             :
             for
             which
             end
             I
             shall
             minde
             thee
             of
             one
             general
             rule
             which
             is
             in
             the
             urging
             of
             all
             Controversies
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             interest
             of
             each
             party
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             will
             confess
             ,
             that
             what
             ever
             is
             said
             on
             either
             side
             and
             not
             proved
             ,
             savours
             of
             passion
             ,
             not
             Of
             Reason
             ,
          
           
             Consider
             that
             the
             Galenical
             Tribes
             credit
             ,
             honour
             ,
             reputation
             ,
             and
             fortures
             do
             all
             depend
             on
             impugning
             this
             way
             of
             Chymical
             preparations
             :
             no
             marvel
             then
             if
             you
             hear
             from
             them
             Demetrius
             his
             ourcry
             ,
             Great
             is
             the
             Diana
             of
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             especially
             
             since
             the
             moving
             cause
             is
             the
             same
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Sirs
             you
             know
             that
             by
             this
             Art
             we
             get
             our
             wealth
             ,
             our
             honour
             ,
             and
             all
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             behoves
             to
             oppose
             that
             upstart
             Chymistry
             ,
             which
             will
             (
             if
             it
             once
             be
             accepted
             into
             the
             world
             )
             make
             us
             to
             be
             as
             contemptible
             as
             common
             Fidlers
             .
             
               Hinc
               illae
               lachrymae
            
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             you
             hear
             such
             terrible
             newes
             concerning
             this
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             ;
             for
             this
             Art
             requireth
             (
             in
             a
             sense
             )
             a
             new
             birth
             or
             regeneration
             :
             as
             then
             it
             was
             an
             irresoluble
             riddle
             to
             Nicodemus
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             when
             he
             was
             old
             should
             enter
             into
             his
             mothers
             womb
             ,
             and
             again
             be
             born
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             an
             insufferable
             task
             for
             an
             old
             Putationer
             ,
             who
             hath
             by
             prescription
             attained
             the
             repuration
             of
             all
             this
             his
             imaginary
             skill
             ,
             and
             to
             employ
             his
             time
             ,
             pains
             ,
             study
             ,
             and
             moneys
             ,
             in
             the
             attaining
             of
             that
             which
             he
             either
             neglecting
             or
             slighting
             in
             his
             youth
             ,
             is
             in
             his
             age
             
             as
             capable
             of
             as
             an
             Asse
             is
             to
             play
             on
             the
             Harp
             ;
             thereis
             therefore
             no
             way
             left
             for
             him
             to
             uphold
             his
             own
             reputation
             ,
             then
             by
             casting
             durt
             on
             that
             Art
             which
             is
             so
             diametrically
             opposite
             to
             his
             former
             way
             of
             profit
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             any
             thing
             of
             weight
             that
             he
             urgeth
             his
             as
             the
             old
             way
             ,
             and
             condemns
             the
             other
             as
             new
             ;
             for
             error
             wants
             but
             a
             few
             hours
             of
             the
             Age
             of
             truth
             ,
             nor
             was
             this
             old
             way
             elder
             then
             error
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             pead
             its
             antiquity
             is
             a
             fallacious
             argument
             of
             its
             authority
             and
             verity
             .
          
           
             Yet
             could
             I
             (
             if
             it
             made
             to
             my
             present
             purpose
             )
             trace
             this
             noble
             Art
             of
             true
             Chymical
             Philosophy
             to
             a
             far
             more
             ancient
             pedigree
             then
             Galen
             or
             Hippocrates
             either
             ,
             although
             Hippocrates
             was
             as
             incomparable
             different
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             truth
             is
             from
             error
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             here
             lies
             the
             
             very
             knot
             of
             all
             ,
             the
             Galenists
             have
             a
             Trade
             which
             is
             supported
             by
             Garruligy
             ,
             performed
             with
             ease
             and
             idleness
             ,
             and
             accompanied
             with
             riches
             ,
             credit
             ,
             esteem
             and
             honour
             ,
             their
             work
             is
             not
             attended
             with
             any
             pains
             ,
             untill
             they
             come
             to
             practise
             ,
             and
             then
             that
             only
             consists
             in
             visits
             ,
             which
             pains
             is
             the
             key
             of
             their
             wealth
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             preparation
             of
             Medicaments
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctor
             little
             acquaints
             himself
             with
             it
             ,
             his
             Theory
             consisting
             only
             in
             turning
             over
             of
             leaves
             ,
             and
             his
             Practise
             in
             tossing
             of
             Pisse-pots
             and
             writing
             of
             Bils
             :
             this
             ,
             O!
             this
             is
             their
             Diana
             they
             so
             much
             admire
             ,
             and
             propound
             to
             the
             credulous
             world
             to
             be
             adored
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             a
             true
             son
             of
             Art
             he
             is
             not
             so
             binssed
             ,
             for
             his
             interest
             doth
             not
             hang
             on
             such
             a
             hinge
             ,
             but
             he
             propounds
             the
             workman
             to
             be
             judged
             by
             his
             work
             ,
             nor
             can
             there
             be
             too
             many
             endowed
             with
             this
             true
             skil
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             search
             of
             nature
             there
             are
             
             infinite
             secrets
             ,
             and
             those
             lucriferous
             to
             the
             Artist
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             need
             not
             gape
             after
             the
             practise
             of
             medicine
             for
             gain
             ,
             God
             in
             mercy
             dispensing
             his
             gifts
             for
             the
             use
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             gives
             such
             to
             whom
             he
             imparts
             this
             skil
             ,
             an
             heart
             to
             improve
             it
             ,
             without
             the
             sordid
             by-ends
             of
             again
             and
             profit
             .
          
           
             But
             admit
             that
             every
             Galenist
             were
             indeed
             a
             true
             Chymist
             ,
             what
             disadvantage
             could
             accrew
             thereby
             to
             any
             true
             Artist
             ?
             for
             every
             one
             would
             have
             sufficient
             imployment
             ,
             so
             many
             are
             the
             sad
             diseases
             to
             which
             mortal
             man
             is
             subject
             .
          
           
             Experience
             sheweth
             that
             the
             Galenists
             envie
             not
             Chymists
             as
             Physicians
             ,
             but
             as
             Chymists
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             they
             can
             with
             patience
             bear
             the
             daily
             swarming
             of
             their
             own
             Tribe
             ,
             so
             fruitful
             is
             that
             profession
             of
             its
             Clients
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             incredible
             what
             a
             number
             there
             is
             of
             them
             in
             and
             about
             London
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             is
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             all
             or
             most
             of
             them
             get
             a
             living
             by
             their
             Art
             ,
             besides
             old
             Wives
             ,
             Quacks
             ,
             Mountebanks
             ,
             Barber
             surgeons
             and
             their
             men
             ,
             Apothecaries
             ,
             &c.
             who
             all
             as
             confidently
             pretend
             to
             a
             patrimony
             in
             the
             Art
             of
             medicine
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             the
             natural
             sons
             of
             Galen
             and
             Hippocrates
             .
             Yet
             sad
             experience
             doth
             teach
             ,
             that
             for
             all
             this
             rabble
             of
             Physicians
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             third
             part
             of
             diseases
             cured
             ,
             nor
             a
             tenth
             part
             by
             the
             skill
             of
             the
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             If
             then
             so
             many
             get
             a
             living
             by
             pretending
             to
             that
             they
             know
             not
             ,
             and
             undertaking
             what
             they
             cannot
             performe
             ,
             this
             livelihood
             would
             not
             be
             diminished
             ,
             but
             rather
             encreased
             if
             all
             were
             holpen
             that
             are
             undertaken
             ,
             and
             those
             moreover
             who
             in
             numberless
             swarmes
             lie
             up
             and
             down
             in
             Hospitals
             and
             Spitles
             ,
             and
             many
             who
             languish
             at
             home
             in
             private
             both
             hopeless
             and
             helpless
             .
          
           
           
             But
             if
             once
             true
             Artists
             were
             countenanced
             and
             embraced
             ,
             scarce
             the
             tenth
             pretender
             but
             would
             be
             thrown
             under
             the
             board
             :
             for
             true
             medicine
             is
             not
             prostituted
             in
             formal
             receipts
             ,
             to
             be
             prepared
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             any
             blundering
             Apothecary
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             one
             of
             the
             choide
             secrets
             of
             nature
             ,
             which
             she
             hath
             with
             great
             care
             locked
             up
             ,
             nor
             will
             she
             open
             them
             to
             any
             who
             have
             not
             the
             true
             keyes
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             an
             overly
             reading
             of
             
               Fernelius
               ,
               Avicen
               ,
               Galen
            
             ,
             that
             can
             entitle
             a
             man
             a
             Son
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             but
             it
             requires
             a
             mental
             man
             ,
             patient
             ,
             laborious
             ,
             and
             one
             who
             is
             not
             niggardly
             in
             expences
             ,
             such
             a
             man
             must
             toyl
             without
             wearisomness
             ,
             and
             although
             after
             several
             years
             searching
             ,
             with
             the
             expence
             of
             many
             pounds
             ,
             he
             hit
             not
             what
             ho
             aims
             at
             ,
             yet
             must
             he
             still
             partiently
             proceed
             ,
             which
             task
             is
             more
             than
             Herculean
             for
             a
             lazy
             Pisse-prophet
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             BUt
             to
             come
             to
             the
             matter
             propounded
             ,
             namely
             concerning
             poysons
             :
             of
             which
             aspersion
             I
             shall
             acquit
             the
             right
             Chymicall
             Medicines
             .
          
           
             Poyson
             properly
             is
             that
             which
             by
             an
             over
             powering
             activity
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             doth
             destroy
             the
             vitals
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             divers
             sorts
             ;
             some
             are
             putrifactive
             poysons
             ,
             others
             corrosive
             ,
             others
             narcotic
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             This
             in
             general
             concerning
             their
             Nature
             ,
             but
             in
             particular
             they
             are
             all
             found
             either
             in
             the
             Animal
             ,
             Vegetable
             ,
             or
             Mineral
             Kingdome
             .
             Not
             to
             speak
             of
             those
             endemical
             malignant
             vapours
             ,
             which
             infect
             the
             air
             oft-times
             ;
             nor
             of
             the
             virulency
             of
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             Leprosie
             ,
             &c.
             which
             oft
             doth
             seat
             it self
             in
             the
             very
             wals
             of
             houses
             ,
             cloth
             ,
             paper
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             But
             although
             there
             are
             several
             sorts
             of
             malignities
             ,
             which
             are
             properly
             so
             called
             poysons
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             common
             acceptation
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             it
             denotes
             such
             a
             thing
             by
             which
             either
             man
             or
             beast
             is
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             that
             either
             by
             the
             eating
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             by
             its
             odour
             or
             touch
             ,
             not
             to
             mention
             that
             poyson
             of
             the
             Basilisk
             which
             some
             authors
             affirm
             to
             kill
             with
             the
             sight
             .
             So
             that
             though
             a
             man
             die
             of
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Leprosie
             ,
             Pox
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             all
             have
             their
             specificated
             poysons
             ,
             yet
             do
             we
             not
             use
             to
             say
             that
             such
             died
             of
             poyson
             ,
             the
             specificateness
             of
             the
             name
             of
             the
             disease
             swallowing
             up
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             denomination
             of
             poyson
             in
             such
             cases
             .
          
           
             Of
             such
             things
             which
             are
             reputed
             poysons
             ,
             some
             as
             the
             biting
             of
             Serpents
             ,
             the
             biting
             of
             mad
             dogs
             ,
             &c.
             are
             remote
             from
             this
             our
             purpose
             ,
             such
             poysons
             being
             only
             in
             the
             power
             of
             that
             angry
             beast
             that
             inflicts
             
             it
             ,
             and
             such
             venomes
             usually
             die
             with
             the
             creature
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Mortuâ
               ,
               moritur
               venonum
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             in
             vain
             should
             we
             get
             the
             teeth
             of
             dead
             Serpents
             ,
             or
             the
             sting
             of
             dead
             Bees
             or
             Hornets
             ,
             all
             their
             virulency
             being
             then
             extinct
             .
          
           
             Other
             poysons
             are
             which
             infect
             man
             and
             not
             beast
             ,
             others
             both
             man
             and
             beast
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             first
             sort
             are
             Spiders
             and
             Toads
             ,
             which
             Apes
             ,
             Hens
             and
             Ducks
             will
             eat
             familiarly
             ,
             yet
             without
             any
             effect
             of
             poyson
             :
             other
             poysons
             there
             are
             which
             will
             not
             kill
             Dogs
             ,
             Cats
             ,
             &c.
             which
             yet
             will
             kill
             men
             ,
             not
             because
             they
             are
             not
             also
             ,
             mortal
             to
             beasts
             ,
             but
             the
             Dog
             or
             Cat
             finding
             the
             operation
             ,
             being
             able
             to
             vomit
             at
             pleasure
             ,
             escape
             the
             danger
             ;
             which
             man
             wanting
             that
             faculty
             ,
             fals
             into
             .
             Hereto
             agrees
             that
             by
             Sallet
             oyl
             
             given
             copiously
             in
             time
             ,
             and
             vomit
             by
             it
             provoked
             ,
             many
             poysons
             are
             happily
             escaped
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             be
             lethal
             .
          
           
             Those
             which
             are
             mortal
             poysons
             in
             their
             proper
             nature
             ,
             do
             not
             cease
             to
             be
             mortall
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             sometimes
             ,
             accidentally
             escaped
             ,
             but
             are
             so
             to
             be
             reputed
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           
             Before
             I
             proceed
             any
             farther
             into
             this
             discovery
             ,
             I
             shall
             lay
             down
             a
             few
             certain
             and
             infallible
             Rules
             ,
             which
             may
             make
             very
             much
             to
             the
             informing
             of
             the
             candid
             Reader
             ,
             of
             the
             Truth
             in
             this
             controversie
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             
             That
             nothing
             which
             is
             not
             of
             its
             own
             nature
             poysonous
             ,
             can
             by
             any
             true
             Chymical
             operation
             be
             made
             a
             poyson
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             
             Nothing
             which
             is
             of
             its
             own
             nature
             poysonous
             and
             virulent
             ,
             can
             by
             any
             true
             Chymical
             preparation
             have
             its
             virulency
             advanced
             ,
             but
             rather
             diminished
             .
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Nothing
             is
             so
             poysonous
             ,
             but
             by
             its
             true
             Chymical
             preparation
             ,
             doth
             wholly
             lose
             its
             virulent
             nature
             without
             the
             least
             footsteps
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             These
             three
             Rules
             ,
             though
             at
             first
             they
             to
             many
             may
             appear
             paradoxical
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             so
             explain
             and
             confirm
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             may
             evidently
             appear
             true
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Rule
             at
             first
             sight
             may
             appear
             untrue
             ,
             land
             may
             by
             our
             modern
             putationers
             (
             who
             think
             they
             have
             sufficient
             insight
             even
             in
             Chymical
             secrets
             to
             serve
             their
             turn
             ,
             and
             to
             denominate
             them
             Artists
             )
             be
             thus
             impugned
             ,
             Do
             not
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             your
             best
             Authors
             in
             the
             Science
             of
             Chymistry
             ,
             
               Basilius
               ,
               Valentinus
               ,
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Quercetanus
               ,
            
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             all
             confess
             that
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             Chymistry
             many
             things
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             not
             virulent
             ,
             are
             exalted
             to
             become
             dangerous
             poysons
             :
             instance
             in
             Aqua
             fortis
             ,
             Aqua
             regis
             ,
             Mercury
             
             sublimate
             ,
             oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             &c.
             which
             of
             things
             at
             least
             not
             poysonous
             become
             most
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             lethal
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             two
             wales
             ,
             first
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             misconceit
             that
             the
             forementioned
             things
             are
             become
             poysons
             by
             such
             a
             preparation
             :
             for
             as
             for
             Aqua
             fortis
             ,
             Aqua
             regis
             ,
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             and
             Spirit
             of
             Salt-peter
             ,
             or
             of
             common
             Salt
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             poysons
             ,
             but
             Spirits
             eminent
             in
             activity
             ,
             on
             which
             (
             being
             distilled
             with
             the
             extream
             fire
             of
             Reverberation
             )
             the
             fire
             hath
             instamped
             a
             more
             then
             ordinary
             fiery
             quality
             ,
             which
             therefore
             if
             given
             alone
             ,
             burn
             and
             mortifie
             where
             ever
             they
             touch
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             vital
             ,
             (
             so
             far
             as
             their
             activity
             reacheth
             )
             yet
             mingled
             with
             wine
             ,
             beer
             ,
             or
             water
             ,
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             same
             ,
             nay
             a
             greater
             quantity
             (
             then
             alone
             would
             be
             mortal
             )
             without
             the
             least
             effect
             of
             danger
             ,
             nay
             rather
             they
             become
             wholsom
             and
             medicinal
             ,
             as
             namely
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             and
             Sulphur
             
             for
             the
             extinguishing
             the
             preternatural
             heat
             and
             drouth
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Salt
             for
             the
             ardors
             of
             the
             urine
             is
             an
             incomparable
             remedy
             :
             so
             Aqua
             fortis
             is
             not
             venomous
             but
             diaphoretick
             ,
             if
             given
             in
             wine
             so
             mingled
             that
             it
             may
             only
             be
             made
             acide
             by
             it
             :
             Spirit
             of
             Salt-peter
             is
             much
             of
             the
             same
             virtue
             with
             Spirit
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             yea
             and
             Vinegar
             it self
             ,
             may
             be
             so
             rectified
             from
             〈◊〉
             feces
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             small
             dose
             given
             alone
             to
             become
             morval
             ;
             so
             Hony
             ,
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             almost
             what
             not
             ?
             But
             if
             they
             were
             really
             and
             formally
             transmuted
             into
             poysons
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             so
             diffused
             ,
             but
             though
             without
             any
             taste
             or
             perceptible
             quality
             ,
             they
             would
             certainly
             be
             mortal
             .
             It
             appears
             then
             that
             many
             distilled
             .
             Spirits
             made
             by
             a
             strong
             fire
             ,
             as
             also
             many
             fixed
             Salts
             ,
             viz.
             Potassh
             ,
             &c.
             being
             strongly
             calcined
             ,
             become
             really
             deadly
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             being
             made
             corrosive
             ,
             but
             not
             venomous
             ,
             which
             therefore
             diffused
             in
             sufficient
             
             liquor
             may
             without
             prejudice
             ,
             or
             rather
             with
             much
             profit
             be
             taken
             ,
             which
             else
             would
             be
             hurtful
             ,
             yea
             and
             if
             their
             activity
             be
             by
             any
             object
             on
             which
             they
             will
             work
             satiated
             ,
             they
             may
             then
             be
             taken
             alone
             ,
             as
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             mixed
             with
             a
             proportionable
             quantity
             of
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
             or
             any
             other
             Salt
             becomes
             almost
             insipid
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             ten
             times
             the
             dose
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             mortal
             in
             their
             simplicity
             .
             So
             Aqua
             fortis
             if
             it
             be
             poured
             on
             Silver
             or
             Iron
             ,
             and
             boyled
             with
             it
             so
             long
             as
             its
             dissolving
             virtue
             lasts
             ;
             then
             the
             metal
             preciptated
             ,
             and
             the
             liquor
             boyled
             up
             till
             the
             Salt
             be
             dry
             ,
             it
             becomes
             a
             medicine
             ,
             though
             not
             comparable
             to
             many
             Chymical
             preparations
             ,
             yet
             not
             so
             contemptible
             as
             the
             Galenical
             drugs
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             Mercury
             sublimate
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             thought
             to
             bear
             the
             greatest
             shew
             of
             Reason
             to
             the
             contrary
             of
             this
             Rule
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             a
             whole
             
             pound
             of
             Argent
             vive
             crude
             may
             safely
             be
             taken
             when
             as
             3
             or
             4
             grains
             of
             it
             sublimed
             is
             immediately
             mortal
             .
          
           
             To
             that
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             error
             in
             the
             experiment
             ,
             which
             well
             considered
             ,
             will
             carry
             a
             clean
             distinct
             face
             from
             what
             it
             at
             first
             appears
             withall
             .
          
           
             For
             we
             know
             the
             nature
             of
             Argent
             vive
             to
             be
             salivative
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             strangling
             quality
             ,
             affecting
             especially
             the
             throar
             ,
             jawes
             and
             head
             of
             him
             that
             takes
             it
             ,
             yea
             though
             taken
             by
             dose
             ,
             or
             by
             fume
             ,
             or
             by
             inunction
             ,
             yet
             it
             still
             betraies
             it self
             by
             that
             infamous
             operation
             ,
             taking
             its
             recorse
             to
             those
             parts
             forementioned
             ,
             yea
             though
             it
             be
             precipitated
             ,
             or
             dulcified
             vulgarly
             ,
             or
             distilled
             into
             a
             Spirit
             or
             Oyl
             according
             the
             Art
             of
             common
             Chymists
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             hath
             some
             other
             operation
             ,
             as
             vomitive
             ,
             purgative
             ,
             or
             sudorifick
             ,
             yet
             as
             ,
             the
             Devil
             is
             fabled
             not
             able
             to
             hide
             his
             cloven
             foot
             ,
             so
             Mercury
             will
             
             still
             be
             betraying
             its
             salivating
             quality
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             corrosiveness
             of
             Sublimate
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             Saline
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             sublime
             up
             with
             the
             Mercury
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             not
             at
             all
             intrinsecally
             altered
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             have
             any
             quality
             of
             operation
             more
             then
             its
             own
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             Salts
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             large
             dose
             of
             Mercury
             which
             may
             be
             given
             without
             any
             danger
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             that
             being
             a
             very
             ponderous
             body
             ,
             and
             fluid
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             given
             in
             so
             great
             a
             dose
             ,
             it
             straight
             passeth
             all
             the
             bowels
             ,
             and
             soon
             voids
             it self
             at
             the
             siege
             ,
             and
             is
             accounted
             the
             last
             remedy
             for
             the
             twisting
             of
             the
             smal
             guts
             .
             So
             that
             its
             nature
             in
             operation
             is
             not
             to
             be
             judged
             by
             such
             a
             cursory
             experiment
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             if
             a
             few
             grains
             unprepared
             ,
             be
             mixed
             up
             in
             any
             pill
             and
             given
             ,
             or
             a
             small
             quantity
             mixed
             in
             an
             oyle
             and
             applyed
             by
             inunction
             ,
             
             it
             will
             shew
             in
             a
             short
             time
             it
             s
             own
             natural
             operation
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             is
             the
             operation
             of
             Mercury
             any
             other
             waies
             vulgarly
             prepared
             ,
             only
             the
             corrosiveness
             of
             some
             preparations
             above
             others
             are
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             some
             Saline
             Spirits
             that
             are
             joyned
             with
             it
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Mercury
             is
             reduced
             into
             small
             atomes
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             operation
             of
             the
             Mercury
             is
             hidden
             under
             the
             operation
             of
             the
             Saline
             Spirits
             that
             do
             accompany
             it
             .
          
           
             Nor
             yet
             can
             Mercury
             by
             his
             or
             any
             other
             preparation
             whatsoever
             be
             brought
             to
             become
             a
             reall
             poyson
             ,
             for
             Sublimate
             being
             dissolved
             in
             water
             ,
             and
             the
             Mercury
             separated
             from
             the
             Salts
             with
             which
             it
             was
             sublimed
             by
             precipitation
             ,
             or
             revification
             ,
             (
             as
             any
             trivial
             Chymist
             knowes
             how
             )
             the
             Salt
             then
             decocted
             to
             the
             consistence
             of
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             or
             dry
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             poyson
             ,
             that
             it
             excels
             the
             best
             Medicaments
             the
             Galenists
             have
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             declare
             in
             its
             due
             place
             .
          
           
           
             Hereto
             agrees
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             corrosive
             sublimate
             ,
             being
             resublimed
             with
             other
             crude
             Mercury
             ,
             loseth
             its
             corrosive
             quality
             ,
             and
             becomes
             
               Mercurius
               dulcis
            
             ,
             commonly
             given
             to
             the
             quantity
             of
             two
             scruples
             ,
             the
             eighth
             part
             of
             which
             before
             dulcification
             were
             suddenly
             mortal
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             my
             first
             answer
             to
             the
             objection
             made
             against
             the
             first
             rule
             before
             laid
             down
             .
             viz.
             that
             by
             no
             Chymical
             preparation
             that
             which
             in
             it self
             is
             not
             poyson
             ,
             will
             become
             venomous
             :
             which
             I
             shall
             briefly
             sum
             up
             ,
             and
             so
             pass
             to
             my
             second
             and
             more
             satisfactory
             answer
             .
             I
             yeeld
             that
             by
             some
             preparations
             many
             things
             become
             corrosive
             ,
             but
             not
             venomous
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             dilating
             in
             any
             liquor
             being
             extinguished
             being
             no
             way
             dangerous
             ;
             the
             other
             although
             infused
             with
             never
             so
             much
             liquor
             ,
             yet
             still
             is
             mortal
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           
             But
             secondly
             ,
             such
             operations
             forementioned
             ,
             are
             not
             properly
             Chymical
             
             preparations
             ,
             nor
             the
             distinguishing
             badges
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             Art
             ;
             for
             the
             Galenists
             have
             ravished
             them
             into
             their
             shops
             ,
             and
             use
             them
             as
             commonly
             as
             any
             ,
             nay
             most
             of
             all
             ,
             for
             a
             true
             Chymist
             very
             seldom
             useth
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             never
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             of
             Salts
             he
             useth
             as
             occasion
             offers
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             Sulphur
             ,
             but
             for
             any
             of
             the
             vulgar
             preparations
             of
             Mercury
             he
             abhors
             them
             .
             We
             deny
             not
             but
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Vitriol
             is
             a
             noble
             Medicine
             ,
             but
             not
             that
             which
             is
             sold
             commonly
             ,
             which
             is
             totally
             adulterated
             ,
             which
             a
             very
             easie
             trial
             will
             discover
             :
             for
             example
             ,
             take
             of
             it
             about
             an
             ounce
             ,
             less
             or
             more
             ,
             and
             rectific
             it
             in
             a
             glass
             ,
             you
             shall
             see
             how
             much
             is
             mixed
             of
             flegm
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             tincture
             of
             wholly
             sophisticate
             ,
             which
             will
             therefore
             remain
             in
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             glass
             &
             discolour
             it
             of
             a
             black
             colour
             ,
             but
             all
             that
             distils
             over
             will
             be
             clear
             and
             white
             like
             fountain
             water
             .
             The
             occasion
             of
             which
             adulteration
             ,
             
             is
             because
             some
             true
             sons
             of
             Art
             have
             used
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Vitriol
             which
             is
             made
             by
             cohobation
             ,
             (
             a
             work
             too
             laborious
             for
             a
             Renegado
             Chymist
             )
             which
             is
             of
             a
             pure
             golden
             tincture
             ,
             and
             fragrant
             ,
             which
             being
             a
             noble
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             having
             by
             proof
             been
             found
             more
             effectual
             then
             Galenical
             slops
             ,
             the
             Doctors
             therefore
             willing
             to
             get
             that
             Spirit
             ,
             have
             employed
             Mercenary
             Chymists
             ,
             so
             stiled
             ,
             to
             draw
             both
             that
             and
             such
             other
             Medicaments
             ,
             foolishly
             conceiving
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             that
             was
             a
             furnace-monger
             was
             straight
             a
             Chymist
             .
          
           
             These
             Apostates
             I
             say
             are
             no
             more
             to
             be
             accounted
             what
             they
             pretend
             ,
             then
             the
             Doctors
             themselves
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             been
             dub'd
             in
             the
             University
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             accounted
             Doctors
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             me
             not
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             to
             be
             thought
             to
             plead
             for
             such
             vulgar
             preparations
             of
             Chymical
             Medicines
             ,
             
             for
             they
             are
             no
             more
             Chymical
             then
             any
             other
             Decoctions
             ,
             Syrups
             ,
             &c.
             that
             the
             Galenical
             Cooks
             prepare
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             the
             subjects
             wrought
             upon
             ,
             that
             distinguish
             true
             Chymists
             from
             the
             Goos-quill
             tribe
             ,
             for
             they
             use
             Minerals
             and
             Metals
             as
             confidently
             as
             any
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             they
             would
             scorn
             that
             any
             Simple
             ,
             either
             Animal
             ,
             Vegetal
             ,
             or
             Mineral
             ,
             should
             be
             accounted
             alien
             from
             their
             Art.
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             COnsider
             then
             their
             method
             of
             preparations
             of
             Animals
             and
             Vegetals
             ,
             and
             then
             see
             if
             the
             vulgar
             preparation
             of
             Minerals
             hath
             not
             the
             same
             stamp
             .
          
           
             Some
             Vegetables
             they
             stamp
             to
             powder
             and
             searce
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             
             make
             into
             species
             ,
             as
             they
             term
             them
             ,
             others
             they
             decoct
             ,
             conserve
             ,
             infuse
             ,
             candy
             ,
             or
             make
             into
             Tablets
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             So
             Animals
             ,
             as
             the
             inward
             of
             Hens
             Gizard
             ,
             Sheep
             and
             Goose
             dung
             ,
             
               Album
               graecum
            
             .
             Fox
             Lungs
             ,
             Cantharides
             ,
             and
             many
             Insects
             which
             they
             use
             as
             Cochineel
             ,
             &c.
             some
             are
             powdered
             and
             so
             given
             ,
             others
             in
             Electuaries
             ,
             
               Loch
               Sanum
            
             ,
             and
             boles
             .
          
           
             So
             Minerals
             ,
             some
             are
             used
             in
             powder
             ,
             as
             
               Crocus
               Martis
            
             ,
             steel
             powder
             ,
             Gold
             in
             Alchermes
             ,
             white
             Vitriol
             for
             vomits
             ,
             Bezoar-stone
             ,
             Irish
             slate
             ;
             others
             made
             into
             unguents
             ,
             as
             Mercury
             for
             inunctions
             ,
             
               Cerusse
               ,
               minium
               ,
               &c.
            
             others
             beaten
             up
             with
             other
             ingredients
             ,
             as
             Arsenick
             in
             one
             
               Alexipharmacum
               ,
               &c.
            
             others
             are
             calcined
             barely
             ,
             as
             
               vitrum
               Antimonii
            
             without
             Borax
             ,
             burnt
             Ivoty
             ,
             &c.
             which
             is
             a
             medium
             between
             an
             Animal
             and
             a
             Mineral
             :
             others
             
             are
             sublimed
             barely
             ;
             as
             
               flores
               Sulphuris
               ,
               Antimonii
               ,
               &c.
            
             others
             are
             distilled
             barely
             ,
             as
             
               Spirit
               .
               Vitrioli
               ,
               Salis
               ,
               Sulphuris
               ,
               Saltpeter
            
             ;
             and
             others
             are
             sublimed
             with
             mixture
             ,
             as
             Mercury
             sublimate
             ,
             and
             Mercury
             dulcis
             ,
             &c.
             all
             which
             operations
             are
             but
             analogical
             to
             their
             usual
             preparations
             of
             Vegetals
             and
             Animals
             :
             and
             all
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             and
             used
             and
             prescribed
             in
             prosecution
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             method
             ,
             with
             other
             of
             their
             Apothecary
             drugs
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             Galenists
             may
             and
             do
             use
             Minerals
             ,
             so
             we
             do
             use
             both
             Vegetables
             and
             Animals
             ,
             only
             we
             differ
             in
             our
             preparations
             ,
             and
             in
             our
             intentions
             in
             application
             .
             But
             of
             this
             in
             its
             place
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Rule
             may
             be
             contradicted
             and
             opposed
             ,
             as
             for
             instance
             in
             the
             flowers
             and
             vitrum
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             the
             sublimate
             of
             Arsenick
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             such
             preparations
             
             are
             no
             more
             to
             be
             accounted
             truly
             Chymicall
             ,
             then
             the
             actions
             of
             an
             Ape
             are
             to
             be
             accounted
             acounted
             humane
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             every
             operation
             indifferently
             made
             that
             is
             to
             be
             accounted
             Chymicall
             :
             What
             hath
             the
             sublimation
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             Arsenick
             ,
             &c.
             in
             it
             more
             then
             vulgar
             ?
             the
             Arsenick
             is
             the
             same
             it
             was
             ;
             besides
             in
             the
             sublimation
             of
             Arsenick
             ,
             though
             it
             become
             more
             corrosive
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             not
             more
             venomous
             ,
             but
             indeed
             lesse
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             kill
             with
             a
             lesse
             dose
             ,
             yet
             not
             with
             that
             drought
             and
             swelling
             as
             it
             doth
             crude
             ;
             which
             frequent
             sublimation
             will
             make
             more
             evident
             .
             But
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             such
             operations
             are
             empirical
             ,
             but
             not
             truly
             Chymical
             ;
             which
             I
             shal
             therefore
             ,
             to
             avoid
             all
             misunderstanding
             ,
             define
             .
          
           
             Chymistry
             is
             the
             Art
             of
             preparing
             Simples
             ,
             Animal
             ,
             Vegetal
             ,
             and
             Mineral
             ,
             so
             as
             their
             crasis
             or
             virtue
             
             being
             sequestred
             from
             its
             superfluities
             ,
             and
             its
             virulency
             overcome
             ,
             its
             crudities
             digested
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             an
             apt
             medicine
             to
             perform
             what
             God
             and
             nature
             hath
             granted
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             this
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             healing
             of
             the
             infirmities
             of
             man
             or
             beast
             ,
             or
             metals
             .
          
           
             I
             adde
             this
             clause
             of
             metals
             ,
             because
             I
             know
             tha
             it
             is
             much
             opposed
             by
             many
             ,
             beleeved
             by
             few
             ,
             but
             understood
             most
             rarely
             :
             so
             that
             I
             may
             say
             of
             this
             ,
             that
             those
             only
             are
             heirs
             of
             this
             science
             ,
             
               Quos
               meliore
               luto
               confinxit
               Jupiter
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             The
             prosecution
             of
             this
             definition
             will
             clearly
             illustrate
             the
             three
             forementioned
             Rules
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             all
             the
             arguments
             and
             cavils
             of
             our
             envious
             adversaries
             ;
             I
             shall
             therefore
             conclude
             this
             Proeme
             or
             Introduction
             herewith
             ,
             intending
             the
             full
             discovery
             of
             our
             cause
             in
             our
             following
             discourse
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             done
             so
             plainly
             and
             clearly
             th●●
             
             I
             hope
             all
             cause
             of
             reproach
             shall
             for
             time
             to
             come
             be
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             envious
             ,
             who
             ,
             like
             Momus
             ,
             what
             they
             cannot
             imitate
             they
             will
             not
             fail
             to
             calumniate
             ;
             from
             whose
             obloquie
             we
             shall
             clear
             this
             Art
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             appear
             to
             be
             of
             all
             humane
             Arts
             the
             most
             noble
             and
             desirable
             ,
             and
             to
             mankinde
             most
             profitable
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Natures
           Explication
           ,
           AND
           Helmont's
           Vindication
           .
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             That
             all
             Diseases
             are
             in
             their
             kinde
             curable
             .
          
           
             WEE
             have
             in
             our
             Preface
             touched
             in
             general
             the
             difference
             between
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             a
             School
             Doctor
             ,
             which
             so
             long
             as
             we
             infinited
             in
             generals
             ,
             could
             not
             so
             well
             be
             pondered
             ,
             nor
             the
             difference
             weighed
             ,
             for
             
               (
               In
               particularibus
               
               demonstratur
               generalis
               Enuntiati
               veritas
               )
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             we
             come
             to
             the
             thing
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             by
             it
             let
             the
             cause
             be
             judge
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             other
             it
             was
             stated
             .
          
           
             Our
             work
             at
             present
             is
             to
             explain
             Nature
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             shall
             easily
             discover
             which
             are
             the
             true
             witnesses
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             which
             false
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             a
             true
             Artist
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             Putationer
             .
          
           
             For
             every
             Artist
             is
             to
             be
             judged
             by
             his
             work
             ,
             which
             the
             way
             of
             judging
             all
             profession
             ;
             for
             whatever
             is
             meerly
             notional
             ,
             I
             account
             but
             a
             vain
             Chymera
             ,
             unworthy
             for
             a
             serious
             man
             to
             busie
             his
             time
             in
             learning
             ,
             lest
             he
             embrace
             a
             cloud
             in
             stead
             of
             Juno
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             misery
             of
             our
             School
             and
             Academies
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             teach
             barely
             words
             ,
             the
             other
             bare
             notions
             ,
             which
             indeed
             are
             nothing
             ,
             and
             in
             application
             prove
             but
             empty
             shadowes
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             seeks
             to
             apply
             
             them
             to
             practise
             ,
             beyond
             vain
             disputations
             can
             proceed
             no
             farther
             .
             But
             of
             this
             in
             my
             
               [
               Organum
               Philosophiae
            
             ]
             I
             have
             largely
             ventilated
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             noble
             saying
             of
             
               Cicero
               ,
               Virtutis
               omnis
               laus
               in
               actione
               consistit
               ,
            
             Away
             with
             all
             those
             foolish
             (
             though
             specious
             )
             curiosities
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             man
             is
             never
             the
             nearer
             any
             useful
             practical
             verity
             .
          
           
             The
             pratical
             end
             of
             Theosophy
             is
             living
             to
             God
             ,
             of
             Geometry
             ,
             Archirecture
             ,
             Gunnery
             ,
             &c.
             of
             Arithmetick
             ,
             summing
             up
             of
             sums
             ,
             &c.
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             Agriculture
             and
             all
             Mechanicks
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             Mankinde
             as
             to
             the
             conveniency
             of
             life
             ;
             and
             Medicine
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             last
             and
             noblest
             of
             all
             earthly
             Arts
             ,
             the
             Physitian
             being
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             a
             second
             parent
             to
             a
             sick
             man
             ,
             giving
             him
             under
             God
             his
             life
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             easing
             him
             of
             such
             griefs
             ,
             which
             though
             not
             mortal
             ,
             or
             not
             
             speedily
             ,
             yet
             make
             the
             life
             uncomfortable
             .
          
           
             The
             nobleness
             of
             this
             Art
             may
             hene
             appear
             ,
             for
             that
             all
             other
             things
             inasmuch
             as
             they
             only
             serve
             conveniency
             ,
             yet
             this
             Art
             is
             of
             necessity
             .
          
           
             Though
             Agriculture
             be
             a
             noble
             Art
             ,
             so
             priezed
             by
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             that
             the
             inventors
             of
             each
             part
             of
             it
             were
             celebrated
             with
             divine
             honors
             ,
             yet
             without
             any
             Agriculture
             ,
             the
             Indians
             live
             as
             long
             ,
             as
             contented
             ,
             and
             as
             healthy
             as
             any
             that
             abound
             with
             the
             variety
             of
             those
             rarities
             which
             that
             Art
             produceth
             and
             multiplieth
             .
             So
             Policy
             ,
             Grammar
             ,
             Rhetorick
             ,
             &c.
             they
             do
             adorn
             ,
             not
             constiture
             mankinde
             ,
             they
             keep
             them
             in
             a
             civil
             decorum
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             their
             being
             ;
             for
             where
             this
             is
             wanting
             they
             live
             ,
             and
             take
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             pleasure
             from
             what
             nature
             without
             Art
             affords
             ,
             not
             grieved
             for
             the
             want
             of
             what
             they
             know
             not
             .
          
           
           
             Nay
             rather
             they
             delight
             in
             their
             Barbarousness
             ,
             and
             prefer
             it
             to
             the
             affluence
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             order
             which
             civilized
             people
             enjoy
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             insist
             in
             comparing
             all
             kinds
             of
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             with
             this
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             which
             any
             man
             may
             do
             at
             his
             leisure
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             skin
             for
             skin
             oft
             times
             a
             man
             will
             give
             for
             his
             life
             .
          
           
             No
             Nation
             ,
             no
             People
             ,
             no
             Countrey
             without
             diseases
             and
             casualties
             ,
             this
             being
             part
             of
             the
             curse
             ;
             and
             as
             man
             at
             last
             is
             to
             return
             to
             earth
             whence
             he
             was
             taken
             ,
             so
             he
             never
             wants
             the
             Harbingers
             of
             death
             ,
             sometime
             one
             ,
             sometimes
             another
             sicknesse
             or
             casualty
             warning
             him
             of
             his
             mortality
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             the
             most
             savage
             nations
             are
             enforced
             to
             use
             this
             Art
             ,
             and
             where-ever
             it
             is
             more
             lamely
             taught
             and
             learned
             ,
             the
             more
             is
             their
             misfortune
             ;
             for
             no
             nation
             or
             people
             in
             which
             many
             do
             not
             often
             want
             the
             most
             
             absolute
             helps
             of
             Nature
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             which
             they
             oft
             have
             recourse
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             to
             heal
             them
             of
             more
             difficult
             diseases
             ,
             which
             makes
             Wizards
             and
             Sorcerers
             in
             great
             price
             among
             the
             barbarous
             people
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             by
             how
             much
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             is
             less
             known
             .
          
           
             How
             great
             honour
             did
             the
             ancient
             Grecians
             and
             Phoenicians
             to
             Aesculapius
             ,
             and
             his
             sons
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             after
             did
             account
             them
             as
             gods
             ,
             and
             all
             on
             the
             account
             of
             their
             dexterous
             science
             and
             skill
             in
             this
             Art.
             
          
           
             But
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
             to
             insist
             too
             long
             on
             things
             not
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             I
             shall
             come
             to
             the
             matter
             :
             And
             first
             to
             speak
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             what
             it
             is
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             descend
             a
             little
             more
             particularly
             into
             the
             enquiry
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Medicine
             is
             an
             Art
             by
             which
             all
             the
             defects
             and
             diseases
             to
             which
             mans
             nature
             is
             subject
             ,
             are
             so
             known
             as
             to
             be
             cured
             and
             restored
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             I
             say
             an
             Art
             of
             knowing
             ,
             curing
             ,
             and
             restoring
             all
             those
             defects
             which
             are
             accidental
             to
             man.
             Not
             that
             I
             do
             exclude
             other
             Animals
             ,
             but
             because
             man
             is
             the
             proper
             subject
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             I
             do
             name
             him
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             or
             for
             dignity
             sake
             .
          
           
             It
             includes
             a
             branch
             of
             the
             Art
             of
             Chymistry
             ,
             which
             being
             of
             a
             larger
             extent
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             yet
             define
             it
             by
             it
             as
             its
             genus
             ,
             because
             that
             Medicine
             is
             also
             employed
             about
             Simples
             ,
             many
             of
             which
             are
             used
             without
             preparation
             ,
             and
             many
             are
             prepared
             with
             preparations
             not
             properly
             Chymical
             ,
             yet
             the
             noblest
             of
             all
             Medicines
             flow
             from
             this
             fountain
             ;
             I
             therefore
             define
             it
             by
             the
             genus
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             that
             properly
             ,
             for
             Art
             contains
             both
             Theory
             and
             Practick
             ,
             and
             the
             knowledge
             of
             diseases
             is
             required
             to
             their
             cure
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             preparation
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             knowledge
             doth
             help
             an
             Artist
             ,
             first
             in
             choice
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             secondly
             in
             the
             administration
             
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             then
             the
             word
             Chy
             mistry
             doth
             include
             .
          
           
             Yea
             whatever
             it
             is
             that
             makes
             to
             the
             Art
             of
             healing
             diseases
             is
             properly
             Medicinal
             ,
             yea
             though
             it
             be
             miraculous
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             the
             gist
             of
             healing
             ,
             or
             medicine
             ,
             or
             infernal
             and
             superstitious
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Satanical
             imposture
             in
             medicine
             ;
             both
             which
             I
             exclude
             from
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ;
             the
             one
             as
             being
             above
             Art
             ,
             the
             other
             as
             besides
             Art.
             
          
           
             But
             that
             I
             refer
             to
             this
             Art
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             natural
             couse
             doth
             perform
             cures
             ,
             whether
             by
             Talismans
             ,
             or
             by
             Sympathetical
             remedies
             ,
             or
             by
             proper
             Medicaments
             ,
             either
             specifical
             or
             universal
             ,
             whether
             simply
             used
             as
             Nature
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             the
             Physician
             ,
             and
             that
             either
             Chymistry
             doth
             also
             comprehend
             the
             most
             absolute
             and
             perfect
             Medicaments
             ,
             besides
             
             which
             nothing
             can
             be
             defired
             for
             any
             disease
             or
             defect
             ,
             either
             inward
             or
             outward
             ,
             except
             those
             accidents
             which
             necessarily
             require
             the
             work
             of
             the
             hand
             ,
             as
             Fractures
             ,
             and
             Dislocations
             ,
             and
             pulling
             out
             of
             any
             thing
             violently
             thrust
             into
             the
             body
             ,
             of
             what
             kinde
             soever
             it
             be
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             we
             need
             not
             any
             Medicaments
             which
             Chymistry
             doth
             not
             supply
             ,
             yet
             the
             Art
             requiring
             the
             administration
             as
             well
             as
             the
             preparetion
             of
             the
             noblest
             Medicaments
             ;
             it
             followes
             that
             Chymistry
             is
             too
             narrow
             a
             Genus
             to
             comprehend
             the
             whole
             of
             Medicine
             ;
             which
             Art
             doth
             ,
             being
             equally
             referred
             to
             theory
             and
             Practick
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             Chymistry
             is
             larger
             then
             to
             betotaliy
             comprehended
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             for
             by
             it
             are
             prepared
             Diapasmes
             ,
             (
             which
             are
             in
             a
             sort
             medicinal
             )
             and
             sundry
             curiosities
             ,
             some
             not
             at
             all
             referring
             to
             medicine
             ,
             as
             the
             making
             of
             Jemmes
             ,
             
             malleable
             glasse
             ,
             &c.
             others
             are
             referred
             to
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             alse
             transcend
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             Elixir
             of
             the
             wise
             ,
             the
             white
             respecting
             only
             riches
             ,
             the
             red
             both
             riches
             and
             health
             .
          
           
             Yea
             and
             this
             supreme
             Medicine
             Both
             transcend
             the
             bare
             Art
             of
             reftoring
             defects
             of
             nature
             ;
             in
             as
             much
             as
             it
             doth
             lengthen
             life
             wonderfully
             ,
             although
             I
             know
             few
             do
             believe
             it
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             contains
             these
             branches
             ,
             first
             the
             knowledge
             of
             disenses
             ,
             and
             secondly
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             their
             cure
             .
             And
             this
             also
             contains
             two
             parts
             :
             first
             the
             choice
             and
             preparation
             of
             Mediqines
             :
             and
             secondly
             ,
             their
             administration
             .
          
           
             their
             administration
             includes
             a
             true
             knowledge
             of
             their
             virtue
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             proporitionable
             and
             convenient
             application
             of
             them
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             disease
             and
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Patient
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             universally
             to
             be
             
             noted
             ,
             that
             the
             more
             languid
             the
             medicines
             themselves
             are
             ,
             the
             greater
             sagacity
             is
             required
             in
             the
             Theorical
             part
             ,
             and
             care
             joyned
             with
             dexterity
             in
             the
             practick
             .
             I
             know
             that
             according
             to
             the
             received
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Schools
             ,
             I
             sholuld
             now
             unfold
             many
             very
             unprositable
             questions
             ,
             but
             intending
             the
             reality
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             not
             respecting
             the
             empty
             bubbles
             of
             Aerical
             notions
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             meddle
             with
             them
             ,
             I
             mean
             questions
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             desinition
             ,
             and
             division
             and
             subdivision
             of
             this
             Art.
             
          
           
             To
             proceed
             then
             to
             what
             I
             intend
             ,
             I
             said
             that
             Medicine
             is
             the
             Art
             of
             knowing
             ,
             curing
             and
             restoring
             all
             diseases
             and
             defects
             to
             which
             mankinde
             is
             subject
             to
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             Theosophy
             doth
             the
             same
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             soul
             ,
             so
             that
             next
             to
             it
             ,
             this
             Art
             hath
             the
             first
             place
             .
          
           
             I
             express
             knowing
             ,
             curing
             ,
             and
             restoring
             not
             without
             cause
             ,
             as
             i
             shall
             by
             and
             by
             explain
             .
             Knowing
             I
             say
             
             because
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             diseases
             a
             man
             may
             be
             a
             Mountebank
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             Physician
             ;
             which
             knowledge
             of
             diseases
             is
             as
             it
             were
             his
             line
             and
             plumment
             by
             which
             he
             works
             .
             By
             this
             he
             judges
             the
             facility
             or
             improbability
             of
             the
             cure
             ,
             for
             though
             no
             disease
             in
             its
             kinde
             ,
             yet
             many
             particular
             diseases
             are
             incurable
             ,
             as
             in
             my
             Preface
             I
             touched
             and
             explained
             ,
             nor
             shall
             I
             here
             repeat
             .
          
           
             There
             also
             I
             did
             clearly
             discover
             what
             knowledge
             was
             absolute
             ,
             and
             what
             accidental
             to
             a
             Physician
             ,
             the
             one
             constituting
             ,
             the
             other
             adorning
             him
             ;
             the
             one
             to
             be
             required
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             be
             desired
             in
             him
             ;
             I
             shall
             also
             passe
             that
             as
             already
             spoken
             fully
             to
             .
          
           
             Curing
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             taking
             care
             of
             ,
             and
             imploying
             diligence
             about
             them
             ;
             nor
             any
             diligence
             is
             not
             enough
             or
             any
             care
             promiscuously
             ,
             for
             the
             nurse
             and
             cook
             ,
             &c.
             
             docarefully
             attend
             the
             sick
             party
             ;
             but
             by
             cure
             or
             care
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             all
             one
             ,
             being
             but
             the
             English
             of
             the
             Latine
             word
             Cura
             )
             of
             the
             Physician
             is
             that
             which
             is
             intended
             to
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             Patient
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             as
             much
             speed
             and
             sasety
             as
             may
             be
             .
          
           
             I
             add
             restorng
             ,
             as
             the
             grand
             mark
             of
             a
             real
             and
             true
             son
             of
             Art
             ,
             it
             is
             his
             diploma
             by
             which
             he
             appears
             to
             be
             one
             created
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Schools
             ;
             for
             their
             creatures
             they
             adorn
             with
             titles
             ,
             God
             graceth
             his
             with
             real
             abilities
             .
          
           
             His
             knowledge
             is
             not
             such
             as
             he
             sucks
             from
             the
             Schools
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             is
             applicable
             to
             action
             ,
             the
             other
             being
             but
             empty
             shadowes
             of
             which
             in
             its
             place
             .
          
           
             His
             cure
             and
             care
             is
             not
             consisting
             only
             in
             reiterated
             Visits
             ,
             seeling
             of
             Pulses
             ,
             and
             tossing
             of
             urines
             ,
             Stirring
             of
             Close-stooles
             ,
             and
             appointing
             Purges
             ,
             Vomits
             ,
             Bleeding
             ,
             Fontinels
             ,
             Blisters
             ,
             Scarisications
             ,
             Leeches
             ,
             
             and
             such
             enseebling
             Martyrdoms
             ,
             nor
             prescribing
             Syrups
             ,
             distilled
             Waters
             of
             green
             Herbs
             ,
             Lozenges
             ,
             Electuaries
             ,
             and
             such
             fooleries
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             more
             sordid
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             oversee
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             Gelly
             ,
             or
             that
             Broth
             ,
             or
             this
             Glyster
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             but
             like
             a
             valiant
             Achilles
             or
             Hercules
             ,
             he
             assayles
             the
             Disease
             with
             powerful
             and
             prevailing
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             o
             precise
             ,
             provided
             alwaies
             meat
             be
             not
             taken
             immoderately
             of
             any
             sort
             ,
             and
             stomack
             which
             is
             of
             easiest
             concoction
             :
             but
             of
             this
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             we
             shall
             insist
             larger
             on
             it
             in
             its
             place
             .
          
           
             He
             doth
             not
             cowardly
             sum
             up
             a
             Catalogue
             of
             incurable
             diseases
             ,
             so
             that
             as
             the
             ignorant
             Academians
             of
             old
             had
             their
             
               (
               Gracum
               est
               ,
               nec
               potest
               legi
               )
            
             so
             the
             School
             Doctors
             have
             a
             very
             large
             roll
             of
             maladies
             over
             which
             they
             only
             put
             this
             inscription
             
             
               (
               Incurabiliasunt
            
             )
             and
             so
             leave
             them
             with
             a
             sad
             recommendation
             to
             God.
             But
             as
             the
             valiant
             Hercules
             sought
             against
             Giants
             and
             Monsters
             and
             ovencame
             them
             ,
             so
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             Art
             makes
             it
             appear
             that
             all
             diseases
             are
             in
             their
             kinde
             curable
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             may
             Reverend
             Doctors
             ,
             who
             perhaps
             some
             of
             you
             have
             read
             Galen
             ,
             at
             least
             curforily
             ,
             and
             some
             have
             read
             Hippocrates
             ,
             but
             never
             understood
             him
             ;
             some
             have
             turned
             over
             
               Fernelius
               ,
               Sennertus
               ,
               Avicen
            
             and
             others
             both
             ancient
             and
             modern
             writers
             ,
             to
             you
             I
             speak
             .
          
           
             The
             Art
             that
             you
             think
             your selves
             masters
             of
             ,
             so
             that
             you
             would
             perswade
             your selves
             to
             be
             the
             very
             natural
             Sons
             of
             Asculapius
             ,
             what
             is
             your
             Art
             ?
             let
             us
             weight
             it
             in
             the
             ballance
             ,
             let
             us
             consider
             it
             and
             compare
             it
             with
             this
             Art
             which
             we
             commend
             and
             admire
             ;
             and
             I
             dobut
             not
             but
             as
             a
             shadow
             before
             the
             Sun
             ,
             so
             your
             appearing
             Art
             before
             true
             Art
             will
             pass
             away
             .
          
           
           
             Can
             you
             cure
             the
             Gout
             ?
             some
             perhaps
             haps
             of
             you
             will
             finde
             impudence
             enough
             to
             affirm
             it
             ,
             to
             whom
             I
             shall
             only
             object
             ,
             
               Fiat
               experimentuam
            
             .
             The
             people
             deny
             it
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Neseit
               nodosam
               medicus
               curare
               podagram
               .
            
          
           
             How
             then
             ?
             You
             can
             cure
             you
             will
             say
             the
             running
             Gout
             ,
             speak
             sostly
             I
             pray
             ,
             lest
             some
             of
             your
             patients
             heart
             you
             ,
             and
             object
             this
             :
             And
             why
             then
             did
             you
             not
             cure
             me
             ?
             'T
             will
             be
             a
             serious
             check
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             suppose
             you
             much
             mistake
             the
             name
             and
             nature
             of
             the
             running
             Gout
             ,
             the
             Gout
             properly
             and
             truly
             is
             an
             Arthritical
             pain
             affecting
             the
             joynts
             immediately
             ,
             and
             some
             nerves
             sometimes
             by
             a
             Deuteropatheia
             ,
             a
             nd
             according
             to
             the
             situation
             it
             is
             called
             
               Podagra
               ,
               Cheiragra
            
             ,
             and
             Ischiatica
             ;
             to
             these
             I
             shall
             adde
             two
             other
             species
             ,
             
             to
             wit
             Cephalagia
             ,
             and
             Odontalgia
             ,
             which
             are
             reall
             branches
             of
             the
             same
             disease
             :
             the
             Head-ach
             affecting
             the
             Meninges
             of
             the
             brain
             ,
             and
             the
             Tooth-ach
             the
             Roots
             of
             the
             teeth
             which
             are
             in
             these
             two
             griest
             equlvalent
             to
             joynts
             .
          
           
             The
             Head-ach
             if
             tedious
             and
             durable
             is
             called
             commonly
             a
             Megrim
             ,
             the
             Tooth-ach
             retains
             alwaies
             its
             name
             .
          
           
             Now
             all
             thse
             kindes
             of
             griefs
             are
             either
             habitual
             or
             accidental
             ,
             habitual
             either
             hereditary
             ,
             or
             gotten
             by
             some
             disorder
             or
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             Accidental
             sorts
             of
             these
             griess
             are
             of
             their
             own
             nature
             transtent
             ,
             as
             having
             no
             fixed
             root
             ,
             and
             are
             caused
             by
             unusual
             cold
             ,
             or
             fals
             ,
             or
             strokes
             ,
             of
             strains
             it
             s
             healed
             ,
             or
             dislocations
             ill
             set
             and
             restrored
             ,
             or
             stactures
             ill
             conglutinated
             ,
             or
             else
             through
             some
             or
             other
             intemperance
             in
             meat
             or
             drink
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Remedy
             of
             the
             Tooth-ach
             
             if
             it
             come
             to
             extremity
             there
             is
             one
             only
             capital
             remedy
             of
             pulling
             them
             out
             ,
             which
             oft
             proves
             but
             an
             insufficient
             ,
             alwaies
             a
             lame
             remedy
             ,
             but
             our
             age
             hath
             found
             the
             way
             of
             counterfeiting
             the
             teeth
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             loss
             appear
             the
             less
             .
             For
             the
             Tooth-ach
             there
             are
             a
             thousand
             (
             not
             to
             say
             more
             )
             applications
             and
             tricks
             used
             to
             heart
             and
             abate
             the
             present
             pain
             ,
             and
             those
             sometimes
             effectual
             ,
             sometimes
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             only
             topical
             ,
             and
             therefore
             at
             the
             best
             do
             but
             ease
             for
             the
             time
             ;
             others
             use
             Spels
             ,
             Charmes
             and
             Magical
             enchantmens
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             and
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             how
             many
             thousands
             there
             are
             who
             in
             their
             youth
             have
             their
             Teeth
             most
             rotted
             out
             and
             corrupted
             with
             this
             grief
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             want
             of
             help
             ,
          
           
             Well
             and
             what
             saith
             the
             Doctor
             to
             this
             ?
             In
             very
             deed
             he
             is
             as
             contemptible
             as
             a
             Bag-piper
             ,
             every
             old
             woman
             and
             nurse
             hath
             as
             many
             and
             as
             good
             Medicines
             for
             it
             as
             he
             .
             Fie
             on
             
             your
             worship
             good
             Doctor
             ,
             with
             reverence
             to
             your
             gravity
             be
             it
             spoken
             ,
             are
             you
             not
             ashamed
             of
             your
             own
             craft
             ,
             which
             know
             not
             how
             radically
             to
             cure
             the
             Tooth-ach
             ?
          
           
             You
             will
             say
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             too
             mean
             for
             your
             gravity
             ,
             which
             therefore
             you
             leave
             to
             every
             Barber
             ,
             he
             being
             the
             only
             man
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ;
             for
             what
             with
             oyl
             of
             cloves
             ,
             Origanum
             ,
             Peper
             ,
             Vitriol
             ,
             &c.
             he
             cannot
             mend
             ,
             with
             his
             instrument
             he
             can
             end
             .
          
           
             But
             good
             Mr.
             Doctor
             ,
             why
             is
             your
             worship
             so
             squeamish
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             below
             your
             worth
             to
             toss
             a
             piss-pot
             for
             a
             groat
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             the
             Patient
             a
             long
             tale
             of
             you
             know
             not
             what
             your self
             ,
             when
             perhaps
             the
             grief
             is
             far
             of
             less
             concernment
             then
             the
             Tooth-ach
             ?
          
           
             What
             them
             ?
             Even
             this
             is
             the
             Reason
             ,
             here
             the
             cause
             is
             apparent
             ,
             every
             one
             knowes
             it
             as
             well
             as
             your self
             ,
             here
             is
             not
             room
             to
             juggle
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             come
             to
             action
             ,
             which
             you
             
             are
             as
             willing
             to
             as
             
               Hocus
               pocus
            
             is
             to
             act
             a
             Puppet-play
             with
             the
             curtain
             drawn
             open
             .
             In
             cases
             that
             are
             not
             evident
             ,
             you
             can
             advise
             them
             to
             bring
             their
             water
             ,
             and
             this
             you
             will
             view
             as
             a
             Fortune-teller
             the
             palm
             of
             ones
             hand
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             have
             your
             tale
             as
             ready
             as
             a
             Jugler
             that
             shews
             his
             sights
             in
             Bartholomew-fair
             ,
             and
             a
             Bill
             to
             the
             Apothecary
             you
             can
             give
             them
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             or
             they
             desire
             it
             ,
             or
             some
             good
             counsel
             you
             have
             in
             readiness
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             case
             were
             your
             own
             ,
             you
             would
             think
             on
             it
             twice
             ere
             you
             would
             take
             it
             once
             .
             But
             in
             such
             cases
             which
             oft
             experience
             hath
             made
             as
             notorious
             to
             others
             as
             to
             you
             ,
             there
             the
             Urinal
             must
             be
             thrown
             aside
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             are
             at
             your
             wits
             ends
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Stercus
               &
               urina
               medicorum
               fercula
               prima
               .
            
          
           
             How
             then
             ?
             Marry
             thus
             ,
             The
             Academies
             
             have
             dub'd
             you
             ,
             and
             declared
             you
             Doctors
             ,
             which
             though
             at
             the
             first
             admission
             you
             know
             to
             be
             but
             a
             formal
             empty
             shew
             ,
             yet
             you
             had
             the
             knavery
             to
             dissemble
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             title
             bringing
             honour
             you
             are
             willing
             to
             accept
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             may
             not
             make
             your selves
             ridiculours
             ,
             are
             apt
             and
             ready
             confidently
             to
             pretend
             what
             you
             know
             you
             have
             not
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             skill
             .
             And
             as
             a
             lyar
             by
             oft
             telling
             a
             lye
             doth
             at
             last
             come
             almost
             to
             beleeve
             it
             himself
             ;
             so
             at
             last
             after
             along
             profession
             ,
             you
             claim
             prescription
             ,
             which
             that
             you
             may
             not
             expose
             to
             derision
             ,
             you
             will
             undertake
             any
             thing
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             busie
             about
             any
             sick
             man
             as
             Davus
             in
             the
             Comedy
             ,
             he
             shall
             scarse
             piss
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             toss
             it
             ;
             nor
             go
             to
             stool
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             put
             your
             nose
             to
             it
             and
             stir
             it
             ;
             nor
             have
             a
             mess
             of
             broth
             drest
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             have
             a
             finger
             in
             its
             direction
             ;
             and
             as
             though
             you
             scorned
             Nature
             should
             stand
             cheek
             by
             joul
             
             with
             you
             ,
             if
             the
             patient
             be
             sleepy
             (
             as
             oft
             times
             )
             he
             must
             be
             kept
             waking
             (
             yea
             and
             that
             on
             pain
             of
             death
             )
             Massanelloes
             commands
             right
             :
             if
             his
             stomack
             be
             indifferent
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             curbed
             in
             his
             diet
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             droughty
             and
             thirsty
             ,
             you
             will
             forbid
             him
             drink
             ;
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             you
             are
             of
             Caesars
             minde
             in
             that
             ,
             
               Aut
               viam
               inveniam
               ,
               aut
               faciam
               ,
            
             so
             you
             ,
             
               Aut
               morbum
               inveniam
               ,
               aut
               faciam
            
             If
             his
             appetite
             be
             to
             any
             thing
             more
             then
             other
             ,
             be
             sure
             that
             he
             must
             be
             restrained
             of
             and
             bound
             precisely
             to
             your
             Broths
             ,
             your
             Julips
             ,
             your
             Barley-waters
             ,
             Gellies
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             if
             the
             disease
             by
             too
             soon
             drawing
             to
             a
             period
             prevent
             you
             not
             ,
             you
             will
             use
             all
             the
             Electuaries
             ,
             distilled
             Waters
             ,
             Julips
             ,
             Diet-drink
             ,
             Potions
             ,
             Tablets
             ,
             Species
             ,
             and
             Cordials
             ,
             as
             you
             call
             them
             ;
             all
             the
             Herbs
             ,
             Flowers
             ,
             Seeds
             ,
             and
             Roots
             which
             you
             can
             probably
             conj●cture
             may
             chance
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             you
             hope
             will
             do
             no
             hurt
             .
          
           
           
             But
             if
             you
             prevail
             not
             here
             ,
             then
             as
             the
             Poet
             by
             degrees
             came
             to
             his
             ,
             
               Sicelides
               musae
               paulo
               majora
               canamus
               .
            
          
           
             And
             from
             them
             to
             his
             
               Arma
               virumque
               cano
               —
            
          
           
             So
             if
             your
             Diaeticall
             Cookery
             prevail
             nor
             ,
             as
             seldome
             in
             doth
             (
             though
             sometimes
             ,
             for
             Reasons
             hereafter
             to
             be
             shewn
             )
             then
             you
             go
             a
             step
             higher
             ,
             to
             gently
             Purges
             and
             Vomits
             ,
             as
             you
             call
             them
             ,
             and
             if
             those
             fail
             ,
             then
             by
             Issues
             ,
             or
             Blecding
             ,
             or
             Scarification
             or
             the
             like
             :
             and
             lastly
             ,
             if
             all
             fail
             ,
             then
             you
             resolve
             to
             cure
             a
             desperate
             disease
             with
             a
             desperate
             medicine
             ,
             singing
             with
             the
             Poet
             this
             Palinode
             .
          
           
             Flectere
             si
             nequeo
             superos
             ,
             Acheronta
             movebo
             .
          
           
             Them
             must
             poysons
             be
             used
             in
             good
             earnest
             ,
             
               Helleboro
               purgandum
               Caput
            
             ,
             is
             an
             acient
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Hellebore
               &
               
               Euforbium
            
             must
             do
             what
             Cochipils
             will
             not
             :
             Opium
             must
             do
             what
             Lettice
             posset
             will
             not
             ;
             but
             first
             it
             must
             be
             mixed
             up
             into
             a
             ridiculous
             
               Laudanum
               ;
               Colocyntida
               &
               Scammony
            
             must
             effect
             what
             
               Manna
               ,
               Sene
               &
               Rhubarb
            
             will
             not
             :
             O
             brave
             Doctors
             !
             
               O
               capita
               Helleboro
               digna
            
             !
             yet
             you
             are
             the
             men
             that
             cry
             out
             against
             poysons
             .
          
           
             As
             though
             
               Scammony
               ,
               Colocyntide
               ,
               Elaterium
               ,
               Esula
               ,
               Euphorbium
               ,
               Ialapium
               ,
               Bryony
               ,
               Asarum
               ,
               Aaron
               ,
               Hellebore
               ,
            
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             as
             
               Cambogia
               ,
               &c.
            
             were
             not
             absolute
             Poysons
             .
             O
             but
             they
             are
             tempered
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             the
             skilful
             Doctor
             .
             Good
             words
             cost
             no
             money
             ,
             I
             wish
             it
             prove
             so
             .
             But
             I
             pray
             Mr.
             Doctor
             if
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             what
             means
             the
             bleating
             of
             the
             sheep
             ?
             I
             mean
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             reason
             your
             Medicements
             retain
             their
             vomiting
             quality
             with
             convulsions
             of
             the
             stomack
             which
             have
             Hellebore
             mixed
             ,
             and
             their
             purging
             quality
             with
             gripings
             
             and
             such
             symptomes
             that
             have
             Scammony
             mixed
             :
             thus
             you
             use
             to
             correct
             poysons
             ,
             thus
             you
             intend
             to
             cure
             diseases
             .
             
               Minervain
               crassissimam
            
             !
          
           
             But
             as
             a
             Jugler
             when
             his
             feats
             are
             discovered
             ,
             so
             you
             by
             this
             means
             become
             ridiculous
             ,
             you
             know
             the
             serious
             check
             the
             Frog
             in
             Aesop
             received
             ,
             who
             as
             you
             do
             ,
             would
             pretend
             to
             be
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             
               Our
               tibi
               ipsi
               labra
               livida
               non
               curas
               ?
            
          
           
             Coughs
             ,
             Colds
             ,
             Murres
             ,
             Hoarsenesses
             ,
             Head-aches
             ,
             Tooth-aches
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             nay
             oft-times
             the
             simple
             Itch
             and
             Scab
             ,
             doth
             reproach
             you
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             outdare
             you
             abroad
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             your
             excuse
             ?
             they
             are
             trivial
             cases
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             if
             other
             diseases
             should
             become
             as
             common
             as
             these
             ,
             they
             would
             all
             be
             too
             mean
             for
             the
             Doctors
             reverence
             ;
             and
             good
             reason
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             above
             his
             abilities
             .
          
           
             Though
             you
             name
             Mountebanks
             
             with
             contempt
             ,
             yet
             you
             differ
             from
             them
             obiefly
             herein
             :
             They
             pretend
             skill
             in
             notorious
             diseases
             ,
             obiefly
             there
             where
             they
             are
             least
             or
             not
             at
             all
             known
             ;
             You
             in
             a
             place
             where
             you
             are
             most
             known
             ,
             are
             most
             desirous
             to
             deal
             in
             hidden
             unknown
             maladies
             .
          
           
             How
             often
             shall
             a
             man
             finde
             the
             Doctors
             worship
             himself
             tormented
             and
             at
             his
             wits
             end
             with
             the
             Tooth-ach
             ,
             or
             Head-ach
             ,
             muffled
             up
             for
             a
             Hoarsness
             ,
             often
             coughing
             at
             every
             breath
             ?
             to
             whom
             if
             you
             object
             the
             common
             Proverb
             ,
             Physician
             heal
             thy self
             ,
             he
             will
             thank
             you
             heartily
             as
             much
             as
             if
             he
             did
             ,
             but
             he
             knowes
             he
             cannot
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             wear
             away
             ,
             he
             will
             take
             perhaps
             some
             old
             wives
             Medicine
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             the
             cause
             ?
             If
             another
             come
             to
             him
             for
             the
             same
             grief
             ,
             he
             is
             straight
             at
             his
             rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             the
             Cough
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             is
             caused
             by
             a
             Catharr
             ,
             and
             therefore
             first
             you
             must
             purge
             ,
             and
             then
             make
             an
             isfue
             ,
             and
             use
             Conserves
             of
             Fox-lungs
             ,
             
             and
             such
             like
             remedies
             ;
             why
             doth
             he
             not
             use
             these
             tricks
             himself
             ?
             this
             is
             the
             reason
             ,
             he
             knows
             it
             is
             a
             folly
             ,
             for
             these
             remedies
             are
             invalid
             ,
             yet
             be
             it
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             he
             that
             hath
             money
             ,
             shall
             have
             his
             counsel
             which
             he
             will
             not
             take
             himself
             ,
             because
             he
             wants
             some
             body
             to
             pay
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             other
             good
             he
             expects
             none
             ,
             but
             the
             Patients
             confidence
             he
             hopes
             will
             help
             out
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             the
             Medicament
             ,
             which
             therefore
             he
             will
             confidently
             prescribe
             ,
             and
             count
             this
             his
             Counsel
             worth
             a
             Fee
             to
             another
             ,
             which
             to
             himself
             would
             not
             be
             worth
             taking
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             be
             it
             so
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             
               Aquila
               non
               capit
               muscas
            
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             is
             above
             these
             petty
             imployments
             ,
             which
             are
             too
             vulgar
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             the
             better
             beleeved
             if
             he
             were
             free
             from
             them
             himself
             ,
             yet
             I
             then
             desire
             to
             be
             enformed
             ,
             what
             they
             say
             to
             the
             forementioned
             Gout
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             a
             disease
             
             worthy
             their
             care
             and
             cure
             ?
          
           
             Yes
             without
             doubt
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             a
             disease
             that
             often
             followes
             great
             men
             ,
             and
             Heroes
             ,
             whom
             it
             so
             affects
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             be
             unrewarded
             and
             that
             highly
             ,
             that
             could
             perform
             that
             ,
             here
             the
             Doctor
             hath
             proved
             his
             skill
             and
             method
             
               (
               ad
               nauseam
            
             )
             and
             at
             last
             he
             concludes
             it
             to
             be
             incurable
             .
          
           
             Perhaps
             upon
             some
             disorder
             of
             the
             body
             by
             sudden
             heat
             and
             cold
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             caused
             a
             running
             and
             very
             sharp
             pain
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             said
             before
             is
             accidental
             ,
             and
             therefore
             transient
             ;
             the
             Doctor
             is
             advised
             and
             consulted
             with
             ,
             he
             adviseth
             fomentations
             ,
             unguents
             ,
             plaisters
             ,
             scar-cloths
             and
             scarifications
             ,
             then
             he
             purgeth
             the
             body
             once
             or
             again
             as
             the
             fansie
             takes
             him
             ,
             perhaps
             he
             will
             cause
             blisters
             to
             be
             drawn
             ,
             and
             after
             them
             cause
             issues
             to
             be
             made
             ;
             then
             he
             prescribes
             a
             Dietory
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             causeth
             him
             to
             sweat
             ,
             the
             pain
             goeth
             
             away
             sometimes
             ,
             he
             useth
             bathing
             of
             the
             part
             in
             hot
             Bathes
             ,
             either
             wet
             or
             dry
             ;
             then
             the
             Doctor
             strokes
             his
             beard
             ,
             and
             perswades
             himself
             he
             hath
             cured
             the
             running
             Gout
             .
             
               Nesaevi
               magne
               sacerdos
            
             .
             Oft
             times
             a
             good
             old
             woman
             sweating
             a
             party
             so
             taken
             soundly
             with
             Carduus
             &
             Camomile-flowers
             ,
             &
             batching
             the
             place
             affected
             with
             Brany
             Wine
             warm
             ,
             hath
             performed
             the
             like
             :
             Amplaspolia
             !
          
           
             This
             ,
             O
             this
             is
             the
             Doctors
             Method
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Art
             they
             so
             magnifie
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             which
             a
             Chymical
             Physician
             in
             contempt
             is
             by
             them
             termed
             an
             emperick
             ,
             and
             a
             Mountebank
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ?
          
           
             We
             have
             seen
             their
             mystery
             in
             common
             maladies
             ,
             which
             are
             too
             vulgar
             for
             them
             ,
             a
             gallant
             excuse
             ,
             and
             in
             moe
             difficult
             cases
             in
             which
             being
             convinced
             by
             daily
             experience
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             of
             being
             more
             fully
             convinece
             ,
             still
             presenting
             it self
             ,
             hath
             extorted
             a
             confession
             of
             their
             impotency
             
             herein
             ,
             yet
             palliated
             with
             a
             shameless
             falshood
             ,
             that
             such
             discases
             are
             incurable
             ,
             which
             censure
             they
             give
             on
             a
             multitude
             of
             other
             diseases
             ,
             as
             the
             Phthisick
             ,
             Consumption
             ,
             Strangury
             ,
             Palsie
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             which
             it
             would
             be
             tedious
             to
             relate
             and
             hame
             .
          
           
             But
             a
             true
             Physician
             acknowledges
             none
             of
             those
             shameful
             distinctions
             ,
             of
             trivial
             and
             considerable
             diseases
             ,
             nor
             that
             false
             distinction
             of
             curable
             and
             incurable
             ;
             but
             by
             his
             Art
             with
             Gods
             blessing
             he
             is
             able
             to
             cure
             and
             restore
             to
             their
             integrity
             all
             distempers
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             briefly
             yet
             fully
             clear
             up
             and
             demonstrate
             .
          
           
             This
             task
             may
             seem
             to
             some
             very
             difficult
             ,
             especially
             to
             a
             Pisse-Prophet
             ,
             who
             I
             suppose
             are
             very
             desirous
             to
             hear
             it
             demonstrated
             .
          
           
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             many
             of
             the
             Goosquill
             Tribe
             hope
             the
             contrary
             ,
             having
             this
             confidence
             ,
             that
             what
             
             ever
             is
             beyond
             their
             capacity
             is
             beyond
             possibility
             whom
             therefore
             I
             shall
             principally
             assail
             in
             this
             demonstration
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             of
             you
             desire
             to
             know
             how
             I
             prove
             all
             disdases
             to
             be
             curable
             ,
             who
             am
             so
             consident
             to
             affirm
             it
             ,
             I
             shall
             aske
             you
             how
             you
             prove
             any
             diseases
             to
             be
             incurable
             ,
             which
             you
             so
             confidently
             affirm
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             what
             ever
             you
             will
             answer
             ,
             though
             by
             much
             circumlocution
             it
             will
             all
             tend
             to
             this
             ,
             because
             you
             never
             could
             certainly
             cure
             such
             diseses
             ,
             there
             fore
             you
             so
             judge
             them
             .
             In
             very
             truth
             Gentlemen
             ,
             if
             you
             from
             negative
             experience
             are
             so
             bold
             to
             collect
             a
             positive
             Maxim
             ,
             and
             confidently
             pronounce
             that
             incurable
             which
             you
             cannot
             cure
             :
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             give
             the
             like
             liberty
             to
             a
             Son
             of
             Art
             ,
             to
             affirm
             those
             diseases
             to
             be
             curable
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             oft
             and
             certainly
             restored
             .
          
           
             Worth
             derision
             was
             that
             of
             an
             
             Ideot
             ,
             who
             being
             asked
             how
             many
             even
             and
             seven
             was
             he
             counted
             it
             on
             his
             fingers
             and
             could
             tell
             the
             number
             ;
             being
             asked
             how
             many
             four
             times
             seven
             was
             ,
             his
             finger
             Arithmetick
             failing
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             tell
             ;
             but
             being
             asked
             how
             many
             seven
             times
             seven
             was
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             No
             man
             could
             tell
             :
             he
             thought
             some
             men
             might
             possibly
             count
             up
             4
             times
             7
             ,
             but
             7
             times
             7
             God
             only
             knew
             .
             So
             you
             ,
             some
             diseases
             you
             think
             you
             can
             cure
             ,
             others
             though
             you
             cannot
             ,
             yet
             some
             more
             experienced
             in
             your
             Art
             can
             ,
             but
             the
             knotted
             Gout
             ,
             Stone
             ,
             Strangury
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             &c.
             
             God
             only
             can
             cure
             .
             This
             is
             your
             sentence
             ;
             someThings
             often
             succeed
             in
             our
             hands
             ,
             and
             some
             ,
             though
             rarely
             ,
             yet
             some-times
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             curable
             ;
             others
             never
             succeed
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             incurable
             .
          
           
             This
             Logick
             would
             make
             almost
             all
             Mechanicks
             to
             be
             impossible
             ,
             if
             what
             ever
             you
             cannot
             do
             must
             
             straight
             be
             unfecible
             .
             Can
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             or
             all
             your
             Colledge
             together
             ,
             make
             the
             Tyrian
             Purple
             ?
             Can
             you
             make
             that
             refined
             C●●per
             which
             in
             Ezra
             is
             spoken
             of
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             precious
             as
             Gold
             ,
             yet
             both
             are
             not
             only
             fecible
             ,
             but
             the
             Art
             was
             formerly
             known
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             .
             But
             what
             need
             I
             propound
             such
             hard
             Cases
             to
             you
             ?
             Can
             any
             of
             you
             make
             a
             Sword
             ,
             or
             a
             pair
             of
             handsom
             Shooes
             ?
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             not
             therefore
             conclude
             it
             impossible
             .
          
           
             Is
             all
             wisdom
             with
             you
             ?
             Is
             nature
             limited
             to
             your
             knowledge
             ?
             Shall
             that
             skill
             not
             be
             accounted
             true
             which
             you
             have
             not
             ?
             Fie
             on
             all
             such
             arrogrance
             ,
             and
             fie
             on
             all
             positive
             conclusions
             drawn
             from
             negative
             experience
             ,
             which
             is
             indeed
             but
             ignorance
             ;
             for
             what
             is
             negative
             experience
             but
             want
             of
             experience
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             that
             but
             ignorance
             ?
             It
             is
             a
             true
             saying
             ,
             
               Qui
               ad
               pauta
               respicit
               facile
               
               Pronunciat
               .
            
             Tell
             me
             seriously
             ,
             why
             should
             you
             account
             that
             incurable
             which
             you
             cannot
             cure
             ?
             What
             have
             you
             tryed
             ,
             for
             to
             give
             such
             a
             resolute
             sentence
             ?
             Do
             you
             know
             all
             natural
             things
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             prep
             ;
             arations
             ,
             and
             the
             virtue
             of
             them
             both
             in
             their
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             may
             be
             advanced
             to
             by
             a
             due
             preparation
             ?
             Or
             do
             you
             think
             that
             this
             is
             needless
             for
             a
             Physician
             to
             know
             ?
             Do
             you
             think
             that
             diseases
             will
             be
             scared
             into
             conformity
             by
             the
             vengeance
             of
             your
             gravity
             ?
             Or
             what
             is
             the
             matter
             ?
             for
             shame
             confess
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             refuge
             only
             for
             your
             ignorance
             and
             laziness
             that
             you
             have
             compiled
             that
             Catalogue
             of
             incurable
             maladies
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             be
             not
             past
             all
             grace
             and
             shame
             ,
             attend
             to
             him
             who
             offers
             to
             inform
             you
             better
             ,
             If
             the
             cure
             of
             the
             sick
             be
             your
             aim
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             do
             not
             envie
             a
             profitable
             truth
             because
             it
             is
             fallen
             
             out
             of
             your
             lot
             ,
             which
             you
             might
             have
             shared
             in
             ,
             had
             you
             been
             industrious
             in
             your
             time
             and
             youth
             .
             But
             then
             being
             to
             flothful
             to
             learn
             ,
             and
             now
             too
             proud
             to
             confess
             your
             ignorance
             ;
             I
             cannot
             expect
             but
             you
             will
             be
             like
             
               Momi
               &
               Zoili
            
             snarling
             at
             what
             you
             cannot
             imitate
             ,
             verifying
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               
                 Inscius
                 quae
                 non
                 capit
                 ea
                 carpit
              
               
                 Doctus
                 &
                 tanta
                 mysteria
                 ridet
              
               
                 Ambosic
                 pergant
                 ,
                 fatnus
                 at
                 unus
              
               Invidus
               alter
               .
            
          
           
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             what
             you
             affirm
             to
             be
             impossible
             that
             I
             will
             yeeld
             to
             be
             very
             difficult
             ,
             which
             difficulty
             respects
             not
             the
             cure
             ,
             (
             for
             all
             diseases
             are
             alike
             to
             a
             noble
             Medicine
             )
             but
             the
             preparation
             of
             the
             Medicines
             ;
             but
             you
             know
             the
             proverb
             ,
             
               Difficilia
               sunt
               quae
               pulchra
               .
            
          
           
             But
             though
             they
             be
             difficult
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             despaired
             of
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Poer
             ,
             
             
               Nil
               tam
               difficile
               est
               quod
               non
               solertia
               vincat
               .
            
          
           
             Do
             you
             think
             that
             Science
             and
             Art
             will
             drop
             down
             on
             you
             without
             pains
             and
             diligence
             ,
             as
             Diana
             is
             fabled
             to
             have
             fell
             from
             Jupiter
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             inspired
             miraculously
             ,
             as
             Danae
             was
             fabled
             to
             be
             impregnated
             by
             Jupiter
             coming
             down
             into
             her
             lap
             in
             a
             showre
             of
             Gold
             ?
             know
             you
             not
             that
             
               vendidere
               dii
               sudoribus
               Artes
            
             ?
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             reading
             of
             Aristotle
             that
             will
             make
             a
             Philosopher
             ,
             or
             of
             
               Galen
               ,
               Hippocrates
               ,
               Avicen
               ,
               Mesue
               ,
            
             or
             
               Fernelius
               ,
               Sennertus
            
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             will
             make
             a
             Physician
             .
             It
             is
             not
             the
             reading
             over
             of
             Herbals
             ,
             or
             learning
             the
             form
             and
             history
             of
             plants
             that
             will
             make
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             Art.
             No
             verily
             ,
             it
             requires
             a
             far
             greater
             diligence
             .
             There
             are
             Medicines
             to
             be
             made
             that
             will
             cure
             all
             diseases
             ,
             none
             excepted
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             health
             of
             men
             and
             conscionable
             
             performing
             of
             your
             duty
             were
             a
             thing
             you
             made
             conscience
             of
             ,
             you
             would
             seriously
             attend
             ,
             and
             not
             suffer
             so
             many
             to
             languish
             and
             perish
             hopeless
             ,
             and
             helpless
             when
             God
             hath
             appointed
             means
             abundantly
             for
             their
             recovery
             .
          
           
             You
             will
             say
             ,
             if
             we
             could
             be
             sure
             that
             there
             were
             such
             remedies
             ,
             we
             would
             not
             spare
             for
             any
             cost
             to
             attain
             them
             ,
             but
             we
             cannot
             beleeve
             any
             such
             thing
             .
          
           
             But
             why
             cannot
             we
             beleeve
             it
             ?
             Doth
             not
             the
             Scripture
             say
             ,
             that
             Gods
             mercy
             is
             above
             all
             his
             works
             :
             it
             is
             a
             great
             diffiding
             in
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             to
             think
             that
             there
             are
             so
             many
             diseases
             left
             incurable
             ,
             and
             yer
             this
             is
             one
             of
             Christs
             Attributes
             ,
             that
             he
             took
             our
             infirmities
             and
             bare
             our
             griefs
             ,
             he
             went
             about
             doing
             good
             and
             curing
             all
             manner
             of
             diseases
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             a
             good
             thing
             ,
             that
             all
             diseases
             should
             be
             cured
             ,
             and
             is
             any
             good
             thing
             impossible
             ?
          
           
           
             The
             saddnest
             affliction
             of
             all
             that
             befals
             mankinde
             ,
             as
             to
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             deplorable
             ,
             God
             hath
             not
             left
             without
             a
             remedy
             ,
             viz.
             the
             possessing
             of
             the
             body
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             which
             is
             prayer
             and
             fasting
             .
             And
             is
             it
             likely
             that
             he
             hath
             left
             any
             natural
             malady
             destitute
             of
             a
             remedy
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             doth
             not
             the
             Lord
             Protest
             that
             he
             doth
             not
             willingly
             grieve
             nor
             afflict
             thé
             children
             of
             men
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             a
             paradox
             to
             believe
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             no
             remedy
             for
             such
             and
             such
             diseases
             ,
             when
             the
             Lord
             by
             the
             most
             deplorable
             diseases
             would
             set
             out
             the
             saddest
             afflicted
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             for
             their
             sins
             sake
             ,
             askes
             this
             question
             ,
             
               Is
               there
               no
               balm
               in
               Gilead
               ?
               is
               there
               no
               Physician
               there
               ?
            
             it
             were
             a
             very
             unapt
             similitude
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             such
             a
             catalogue
             of
             sores
             for
             which
             there
             is
             no
             balm
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             roll
             of
             diseases
             for
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Physician
             .
          
           
           
             Tell
             me
             ,
             dis
             you
             never
             read
             of
             a
             medicine
             created
             out
             of
             earth
             ,
             which
             he
             that
             was
             wise
             should
             not
             despise
             ?
             But
             according
             to
             your
             Doctrine
             ,
             If
             this
             wise
             man
             were
             either
             afflicted
             with
             the
             Gout
             ,
             Strangury
             ,
             Palsie
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             he
             should
             despise
             that
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             that
             justly
             ,
             if
             it
             would
             do
             him
             no
             good
             for
             his
             distempers
             .
             It
             must
             needs
             follow
             ,
             that
             that
             which
             no
             wise
             man
             should
             despise
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             unless
             he
             would
             discover
             folly
             in
             so
             despising
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             or
             virtue
             to
             cure
             all
             diseases
             or
             any
             ,
             or
             else
             if
             a
             wise
             man
             may
             be
             subject
             to
             any
             disease
             which
             that
             Medicine
             could
             not
             cure
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             without
             folly
             but
             despise
             it
             in
             reference
             to
             his
             own
             behalf
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             never
             read
             that
             the
             sick
             have
             need
             of
             a
             Physician
             ?
             To
             what
             end
             I
             Pray
             thee
             ?
             to
             entreat
             God
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             prove
             one
             of
             Jobs
             comforters
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             tell
             him
             that
             his
             sickness
             was
             incurable
             ,
             if
             then
             the
             
             sick
             indifferently
             (
             not
             this
             sick
             man
             and
             that
             sick
             man
             excluding
             such
             and
             such
             )
             need
             a
             Physician
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             that
             the
             Physician
             hath
             or
             should
             have
             remedies
             to
             help
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             hath
             little
             need
             of
             him
             to
             take
             his
             money
             and
             to
             torment
             him
             with
             his
             Rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             incurable
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             never
             read
             that
             God
             had
             created
             the
             Physician
             for
             necessity
             ,
             and
             appointed
             him
             to
             be
             honoured
             for
             necessity
             sake
             ;
             either
             then
             such
             cases
             which
             you
             shamelesly
             account
             uncurable
             ,
             are
             cases
             of
             necessity
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Physician
             is
             created
             of
             God
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             or
             no
             :
             what
             honour
             think
             you
             is
             Physician
             like
             to
             receive
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             is
             called
             to
             some
             Partient
             ,
             hath
             this
             shameful
             subterfuge
             (
             it
             in
             not
             to
             be
             done
             )
             ?
          
           
             Nor
             do
             there
             want
             examples
             sufficient
             to
             convince
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             ,
             if
             you
             were
             but
             as
             careful
             to
             minde
             
             true
             Artists
             ,
             and
             to
             incourage
             them
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             to
             hearken
             out
             all
             the
             vagabond
             and
             apostate
             Chymists
             and
             Empericks
             to
             make
             use
             of
             their
             ignorant
             rash
             adventures
             ,
             to
             the
             reproaching
             of
             true
             sons
             of
             Art.
             
          
           
             
               Basilius
               Valentinus
            
             cures
             are
             beyond
             your
             cavils
             notorious
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dared
             all
             the
             Doctors
             of
             his
             time
             to
             the
             field
             (
             as
             I
             may
             say
             )
             nor
             was
             he
             so
             contemptible
             a
             man
             ,
             to
             have
             exposed
             his
             credit
             so
             to
             derision
             ,
             in
             making
             such
             a
             challenge
             ,
             had
             not
             his
             cures
             been
             notorious
             .
          
           
             Suchten
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             no
             obscure
             family
             ,
             and
             
               Georgius
               Phadro
            
             ,
             did
             both
             promise
             and
             perform
             the
             cure
             of
             diseases
             counted
             incurable
             .
          
           
             Count
             Trevisan
             in
             his
             Treatise
             
               de
               Miraculo
               Chemico
            
             ,
             reckons
             up
             all
             incurable
             diseases
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             Medicine
             he
             affirmed
             that
             he
             had
             cured
             .
          
           
             Paracelsus
             to
             the
             admiration
             of
             all
             Germany
             ,
             did
             both
             promise
             and
             perform
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             is
             beyond
             denial
             
             testified
             of
             him
             by
             an
             hounourable
             Prince
             of
             Germany
             ,
             in
             an
             honouble
             Epitaph
             for
             that
             end
             set
             upon
             his
             Tomb.
             
          
           
             Quercetan
             after
             him
             did
             effect
             most
             marvellous
             cures
             by
             this
             true
             Art
             ,
             whose
             testimony
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             man
             may
             make
             Authentical
             .
             Yea
             so
             far
             was
             he
             from
             studying
             parties
             ,
             that
             his
             design
             was
             to
             supply
             the
             defects
             of
             Art
             in
             the
             common
             Apothecaries
             shops
             ,
             which
             he
             endevoured
             in
             his
             
               Pharmacopaea
               Dogmaticorum
               restituts
            
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             did
             
               (
               exungue
               Leonem
            
             )
             by
             those
             commoner
             things
             of
             Chymistry
             ,
             yet
             far
             surpassing
             the
             ordinary
             drugs
             ,
             do
             what
             he
             could
             to
             incite
             those
             who
             were
             diligent
             and
             judicious
             to
             a
             more
             serious
             search
             after
             secrets
             ,
             which
             because
             he
             would
             not
             prostitute
             ,
             he
             declared
             covertly
             ,
             yet
             nevertheless
             to
             a
             son
             of
             Art
             plain
             enough
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             our
             Age
             the
             noble
             Helmont
             did
             perform
             the
             same
             to
             admiration
             ,
             
             and
             hath
             so
             satisfactorily
             written
             of
             the
             whole
             Art
             in
             his
             large
             volume
             every
             where
             extant
             ,
             that
             though
             many
             sharl
             and
             bark
             at
             him
             ,
             yet
             hitherto
             none
             hath
             appeared
             that
             durst
             take
             up
             the
             buckler
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             to
             these
             men
             good
             Mr.
             Doctors
             ,
             are
             their
             testimonies
             true
             or
             no
             ?
             I
             suppose
             this
             question
             will
             prove
             to
             you
             as
             Christs
             in
             the
             like
             case
             did
             to
             the
             Pharisees
             and
             Scribes
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Baptism
             of
             John
             ,
             when
             he
             asked
             them
             if
             it
             were
             of
             heaven
             or
             of
             men
             .
             If
             you
             confess
             it
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             then
             I
             aske
             you
             why
             you
             do
             not
             follow
             them
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             not
             beleeve
             them
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             reproach
             the
             Art
             so
             signally
             testified
             ?
             If
             you
             say
             it
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             the
             people
             will
             condemn
             you
             ,
             your
             own
             Chieftains-will
             convince
             you
             ,
             
               Sennertus
               ,
               Fernelius
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             have
             been
             forced
             to
             confess
             that
             of
             this
             Art
             in
             its
             commendation
             ,
             which
             
             would
             make
             your
             ears
             glow
             to
             hear
             it
             in
             English
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             deal
             in
             good
             sadness
             ,
             How
             come
             you
             know
             any
             thing
             concerning
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ?
             Have
             you
             it
             not
             from
             testimony
             ?
             Are
             not
             Authors
             authorities
             your
             main
             pillars
             ?
             suppose
             your selves
             to
             be
             as
             you
             were
             before
             you
             had
             any
             practise
             ,
             yet
             you
             were
             dub'd
             Doctors
             ;
             and
             what
             was
             all
             your
             skill
             then
             but
             on
             credit
             ?
             are
             not
             the
             Herbals
             but
             so
             many
             collections
             of
             the
             Judgements
             of
             such
             Authors
             as
             have
             written
             on
             the
             subject
             ?
             And
             are
             the
             opinions
             of
             some
             men
             that
             you
             fancy
             ,
             to
             be
             believed
             before
             the
             absolute
             testimony
             of
             others
             ?
             What
             partiality
             is
             this
             ?
             What
             had
             Galen
             to
             induce
             credit
             more
             then
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Helmont
            
             ,
             Count
             
               Trevisan
               ,
               Valentinus
               ,
               Quercetan
            
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             his
             Art
             ,
             whose
             persons
             were
             noble
             ,
             whose
             learning
             not
             contemptible
             ,
             and
             who
             wrote
             not
             their
             placits
             ,
             but
             their
             experiences
             ;
             
             not
             what
             they
             thought
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             could
             do
             .
             Is
             a
             negation
             to
             be
             accounted
             as
             an
             oracle
             before
             a
             positive
             affirmation
             ?
             Away
             with
             this
             madness
             !
             If
             you
             would
             desire
             a
             reason
             for
             the
             curableness
             of
             all
             diseases
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             effect
             is
             to
             be
             the
             proof
             of
             the
             cause
             :
             I
             suppose
             you
             are
             so
             good
             Logicians
             as
             to
             know
             that
             cause
             and
             effect
             do
             mutually
             argue
             each
             other
             .
             If
             then
             all
             diseases
             in
             kinde
             have
             been
             ,
             are
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             cured
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             curable
             .
             The
             assumption
             is
             proved
             by
             testimonies
             sufficient
             ,
             by
             experience
             ,
             and
             no
             obscure
             grounds
             from
             the
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               II.
            
             The
             insufficiency
             of
             vulgar
             Medicines
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             many
             Diseases
             are
             judged
             inourable
             .
          
           
             BY
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             incurable
             Diseases
             it
             may
             appear
             what
             and
             how
             many
             diseases
             there
             be
             which
             the
             Doctor
             confesseth
             are
             without
             the
             reach
             of
             his
             medicines
             and
             method
             .
             We
             shall
             take
             them
             at
             their
             word
             ,
             who
             grant
             indeed
             that
             they
             cannot
             cure
             them
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             not
             therefore
             cureable
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             upon
             good
             ground
             denied
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             us
             consider
             the
             efficacy
             of
             their
             method
             and
             medicines
             in
             other
             cases
             ,
             which
             they
             do
             account
             curable
             ,
             and
             examine
             what
             they
             do
             perform
             there
             .
          
           
             But
             first
             I
             shall
             adde
             a
             word
             or
             two
             of
             serious
             reproof
             to
             them
             in
             reference
             
             to
             the
             former
             number
             of
             incurable
             maladies
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             to
             me
             seem
             not
             a
             little
             culpable
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             would
             candidly
             wave
             the
             cure
             of
             such
             griefs
             ,
             and
             deal
             ingenuously
             with
             the
             sick
             Patient
             ,
             it
             were
             commendable
             in
             them
             as
             honesty
             ,
             although
             they
             should
             much
             diminish
             their
             reputation
             thereby
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             though
             they
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             ablest
             of
             the
             sect
             )
             do
             confesse
             their
             unsufficiency
             to
             cure
             such
             and
             such
             maladies
             ,
             yet
             this
             notwithstanding
             ,
             if
             any
             through
             ignorance
             of
             their
             abilities
             come
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             any
             such
             case
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             turn
             him
             away
             ,
             verifying
             therein
             the
             sordid
             saying
             of
             an
             unworthy
             Emperor
             ,
             
               Dulcis
               odor
               lucri
               ex
               re
               qualibet
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             for
             this
             they
             want
             no
             a
             shift
             ,
             and
             a
             poor
             one
             too
             ,
             Although
             say
             they
             were
             know
             not
             certainly
             to
             cure
             it
             ,
             yet
             we
             know
             the
             causes
             of
             it
             ,
             what
             breeds
             it
             ,
             and
             what
             feeds
             it
             ,
             these
             we
             cannot
             totally
             remove
             ,
             but
             
             we
             can
             so
             diminish
             bad
             humors
             which
             is
             as
             fuel
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             so
             dangerous
             ,
             nor
             so
             troublesom
             as
             else
             it
             would
             be
             ,
             also
             we
             can
             apply
             remedies
             to
             abate
             Symptomes
             ,
             and
             this
             Art
             will
             do
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             good
             words
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             give
             ,
             it
             is
             pity
             but
             they
             had
             been
             turned
             to
             plough
             when
             they
             had
             been
             first
             sent
             to
             the
             School
             .
             But
             as
             good
             words
             alone
             will
             never
             satisfie
             a
             hungry
             belly
             ,
             so
             will
             it
             less
             profit
             in
             so
             difficult
             a
             case
             .
          
           
             What
             our
             Doctors
             can
             do
             in
             abating
             the
             Symptomes
             of
             the
             Gout
             ,
             the
             Stone
             ,
             the
             Epilepsie
             ,
             the
             Palsie
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             and
             learn
             ,
             nay
             in
             a
             less
             case
             then
             those
             mentioned
             ,
             in
             the
             Quartan
             Feaver
             .
          
           
             I
             confess
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             time
             of
             misery
             the
             Patient
             oft
             times
             will
             admit
             of
             any
             help
             real
             or
             only
             promised
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             old
             saying
             ,
             A
             drowning
             man
             will
             catch
             at
             a
             straw
             .
             But
             
             the
             Doctors
             ready
             affording
             to
             them
             their
             help
             and
             counsel
             when
             called
             ,
             in
             such
             and
             other
             the
             like
             cases
             ,
             and
             performing
             nothing
             in
             lieu
             of
             great
             fees
             ,
             doth
             make
             them
             justly
             at
             last
             ridiculous
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Doctor
             is
             as
             contemptible
             to
             many
             of
             the
             most
             vulgar
             ,
             as
             a
             Pupper-player
             ;
             and
             justly
             ,
             for
             who
             sees
             not
             how
             sordidly
             in
             these
             cases
             he
             behaves
             himself
             ?
             Let
             a
             poor
             man
             be
             taken
             Paralytical
             ,
             or
             Epileptical
             ,
             or
             Leprous
             ,
             or
             with
             a
             Cancer
             ,
             Lupus
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             they
             will
             very
             friendly
             advise
             them
             not
             to
             spend
             their
             money
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             in
             vain
             ;
             nay
             Hospitals
             are
             not
             to
             entertain
             such
             persons
             as
             being
             out
             of
             hope
             of
             cure
             ;
             and
             yet
             if
             a
             great
             Heroe
             be
             taken
             with
             any
             of
             the
             like
             cases
             ,
             no
             Ravens
             will
             slie
             more
             greedily
             to
             carrion
             then
             they
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             this
             acting
             very
             impudently
             and
             dishonestly
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             my
             purpose
             here
             to
             descend
             to
             the
             particulars
             of
             diseases
             ,
             
             this
             being
             only
             an
             Apology
             ,
             I
             haing
             elsewhere
             largely
             insisted
             upon
             many
             diseases
             in
             particular
             ,
             such
             to
             wit
             which
             are
             more
             common
             and
             truculent
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             ,
             that
             ingenious
             men
             which
             have
             not
             the
             happiness
             to
             attain
             to
             the
             greater
             arcanaes
             ,
             may
             yet
             have
             a
             Succedaneum
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             being
             of
             a
             more
             precise
             ,
             nature
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             used
             in
             some
             cases
             only
             ,
             not
             so
             commonly
             ,
             and
             universally
             in
             all
             .
          
           
             To
             return
             therefore
             to
             the
             thing
             proposed
             ,
             namely
             to
             consider
             and
             take
             a
             view
             of
             the
             Doctors
             performances
             in
             other
             cases
             which
             they
             count
             curable
             ,
             namely
             Feavers
             ,
             Fluxes
             ,
             Pleurisies
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             first
             to
             begin
             with
             the
             Feaver
             ;
             is
             that
             I
             pray
             you
             certainly
             by
             you
             cured
             ?
             No
             verily
             ,
             nay
             the
             contrary
             .
             Truth
             ,
             there
             are
             very
             great
             varieties
             of
             Feavers
             ,
             some
             are
             diary
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             end
             in
             a
             fit
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             here
             perhaps
             
             the
             Doctor
             is
             called
             ,
             and
             prescribes
             a
             ridiculous
             medicine
             with
             a
             severe
             diet
             ,
             and
             the
             party
             recovers
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             which
             of
             its
             own
             accord
             would
             have
             ceased
             ,
             or
             at
             most
             nature
             being
             holpen
             by
             a
             Sage
             or
             a
             Carduus
             posset
             ,
             and
             sweat
             provoked
             thereby
             .
          
           
             The
             cause
             of
             these
             Feavers
             being
             a
             light
             error
             in
             the
             first
             digestion
             ,
             and
             not
             affecting
             the
             spermatical
             membrane
             of
             the
             stomack
             with
             any
             malignant
             impression
             ,
             is
             easily
             avoided
             by
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             oft
             no
             tedious
             fit
             ,
             and
             not
             rarely
             is
             expelled
             by
             vomit
             ,
             and
             loosness
             ,
             but
             most
             often
             by
             sweat
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Doctor
             comes
             to
             such
             a
             Patient
             ,
             finding
             him
             very
             ill
             at
             stomack
             ,
             restless
             ,
             and
             oft
             with
             much
             pain
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             very
             thirsty
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             thick
             pulse
             ,
             he
             for
             the
             time
             appoints
             him
             some
             cooling
             Julip
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             some
             simple
             Cordial
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             means
             hindering
             natures
             indication
             ,
             
             the
             party
             who
             after
             a
             sound
             sweat
             would
             the
             next
             day
             be
             pretty
             well
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             sea-sick
             man
             ,
             though
             the
             rigor
             of
             the
             former
             day
             be
             abated
             yet
             he
             is
             untoward
             ,
             with
             a
             dejected
             appetite
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             Feaverish
             ;
             then
             the
             Doctor
             prescribes
             a
             purge
             ,
             to
             carry
             away
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             )
             the
             peccant
             matter
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             handles
             the
             case
             so
             artificially
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             make
             a
             fortnights
             cure
             of
             it
             ,
             sometimes
             twice
             as
             long
             .
          
           
             This
             then
             he
             accounts
             a
             great
             cure
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             it
             the
             more
             esteemed
             ,
             he
             will
             make
             it
             costly
             enough
             ,
             the
             Apothecaries
             Bils
             oft
             times
             in
             such
             cases
             rising
             to
             five
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             ten
             pounds
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctors
             Fees
             to
             as
             much
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             disease
             at
             the
             first
             taking
             in
             hand
             was
             but
             a
             plain
             Diary
             ,
             though
             before
             the
             Doctors
             making
             an
             end
             ,
             it
             be
             by
             his
             rules
             of
             Art
             changed
             into
             a
             Synochus
             .
          
           
             Nor
             may
             this
             seem
             a
             false
             imputation
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             known
             the
             like
             done
             
             where
             no
             Feaver
             hath
             been
             before
             ,
             yet
             the
             Doctor
             by
             his
             Art
             of
             preventing
             diseases
             ,
             hath
             not
             only
             caused
             disease
             ,
             but
             also
             promoted
             it
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             by
             it
             all
             furture
             maladies
             have
             been
             certainly
             prevented
             ,
             and
             the
             grave
             hath
             covered
             his
             error
             .
          
           
             A
             Gentleman
             of
             my
             acquaintance
             in
             London
             ,
             some
             three
             years
             past
             ,
             in
             the
             Autumn
             ,
             was
             asking
             me
             what
             I
             would
             advise
             him
             for
             the
             purging
             of
             his
             body
             to
             prevent
             diseases
             ,
             (
             malignant
             Feavers
             being
             then
             common
             )
             I
             demanded
             of
             him
             what
             moved
             him
             to
             desire
             Physick
             ;
             he
             told
             me
             indeed
             he
             found
             no
             disorder
             in
             his
             body
             ,
             but
             thought
             it
             were
             good
             to
             use
             Physick
             notwithstanding
             for
             prevention
             sake
             .
             I
             told
             him
             that
             Christs
             rule
             therein
             was
             not
             to
             be
             contemned
             ,
             viz.
             That
             the
             whole
             need
             not
             a
             Physician
             ,
             but
             such
             who
             are
             sick
             ;
             and
             advised
             him
             if
             he
             were
             well
             ,
             to
             keep
             himself
             well
             ;
             but
             he
             would
             needs
             take
             the
             advise
             of
             a
             
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             some
             gentle
             thing
             to
             cleanse
             his
             body
             ,
             hoping
             by
             it
             to
             be
             the
             less
             subject
             to
             the
             disease
             of
             the
             time
             .
          
           
             He
             advised
             with
             one
             ,
             without
             exception
             of
             as
             great
             fame
             and
             note
             as
             any
             in
             London
             ,
             who
             hath
             heaped
             up
             riches
             out
             of
             the
             ruines
             of
             several
             persons
             and
             families
             ,
             and
             for
             doing
             it
             with
             a
             grace
             ,
             hath
             with
             them
             gotten
             a
             name
             :
             he
             adviseth
             him
             to
             a
             gentle
             Purge
             ,
             which
             being
             taken
             ,
             wrought
             little
             or
             not
             at
             all
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             next
             day
             finding
             himself
             little
             the
             better
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             prescribed
             him
             a
             Purge
             somewhat
             stronger
             ;
             for
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             the
             humor
             is
             melancholick
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             easily
             removed
             :
             this
             purge
             wrought
             throughly
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             night
             he
             had
             little
             rest
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             was
             Feaverish
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             handled
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             in
             ten
             daies
             he
             rid
             him
             both
             of
             his
             Feaver
             and
             his
             life
             .
          
           
           
             Another
             Doctor
             of
             no
             less
             note
             ,
             about
             two
             years
             since
             ,
             came
             to
             a
             Gentlewoman
             of
             good
             quality
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             been
             his
             Patient
             ,
             and
             was
             at
             that
             time
             in
             good
             health
             ,
             only
             desirous
             for
             prevention
             sake
             to
             purge
             ,
             which
             he
             directed
             her
             to
             do
             ,
             prescribing
             a
             Purge
             ,
             which
             working
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             he
             advised
             another
             of
             greater
             force
             ;
             this
             wrought
             about
             16
             or
             20
             stools
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             night
             began
             to
             work
             afresh
             ,
             nor
             ceased
             (
             the
             Doctors
             skill
             notwithstanding
             )
             till
             in
             three
             dales
             it
             fully
             cured
             her
             of
             all
             infirmities
             present
             and
             to
             come
             .
             No
             marvel
             then
             since
             they
             are
             so
             dextrous
             in
             causing
             diseases
             where
             none
             were
             ,
             and
             managing
             them
             till
             by
             them
             is
             made
             an
             end
             of
             all
             worldly
             miseries
             ,
             if
             they
             being
             called
             to
             a
             diary
             can
             articially
             turn
             it
             into
             a
             Synochus
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Facilius
               inventis
               additur
               ,
               quàm
               nova
               inveniuntur
               .
            
          
           
           
             If
             I
             were
             minded
             here
             to
             insist
             on
             instances
             ,
             I
             might
             spend
             more
             time
             then
             this
             Apology
             will
             admit
             ;
             I
             shall
             therefore
             pass
             on
             to
             the
             matter
             in
             hand
             ,
             namely
             that
             the
             Doctor
             with
             all
             his
             medicaments
             which
             the
             Apothecaries
             shops
             afford
             ,
             and
             his
             so
             much
             adored
             method
             to
             boot
             ,
             is
             not
             confident
             of
             the
             cure
             of
             any
             one
             disease
             ,
             nor
             can
             he
             assure
             his
             Patient
             thereof
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             if
             there
             be
             any
             accidentall
             distemper
             befallen
             a
             strong
             man
             ,
             or
             woman
             ,
             there
             he
             will
             tamper
             like
             a
             tinker
             ,
             who
             seldome
             mends
             a
             hole
             till
             he
             makes
             it
             twice
             or
             thrice
             as
             big
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             may
             account
             so
             many
             the
             more
             nailes
             ;
             so
             the
             Doctor
             will
             not
             spare
             to
             play
             booty
             between
             Nature
             and
             the
             disease
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             aggravated
             to
             what
             height
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             nature
             to
             bear
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             withdrawes
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             expects
             the
             Critical
             day
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             see
             what
             end
             nature
             will
             make
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             
             to
             the
             disturbance
             of
             her
             as
             much
             as
             he
             can
             ,
             he
             forbids
             all
             meat
             and
             drink
             but
             his
             cookery
             ,
             every
             day
             peeping
             in
             the
             urinal
             ,
             and
             feeling
             the
             pulse
             ,
             and
             prescribing
             this
             or
             that
             slop
             for
             a
             Cordial
             ;
             if
             the
             Patient
             die
             ,
             then
             he
             takes
             himself
             excused
             ,
             for
             he
             proceeded
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             if
             he
             recover
             (
             as
             God
             in
             mercy
             doth
             recover
             many
             ,
             though
             far
             less
             then
             otherwise
             through
             the
             Doctors
             help
             )
             then
             he
             reckons
             this
             for
             a
             cure
             ,
             and
             prides
             himself
             herein
             ,
             whose
             folly
             we
             shall
             discover
             fully
             to
             the
             Impartial
             Reader
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             shameful
             excuse
             that
             Doctors
             usually
             make
             when
             many
             die
             under
             their
             hands
             ,
             that
             they
             proceed
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             if
             this
             Art
             be
             worse
             then
             the
             Art
             of
             a
             Tinker
             or
             a
             Cobler
             :
             For
             let
             any
             of
             these
             be
             called
             to
             do
             any
             job
             of
             work
             that
             is
             in
             their
             Trade
             ,
             they
             will
             tell
             you
             straight
             ,
             if
             or
             no
             it
             be
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             undertaking
             will
             perform
             
             it
             ,
             only
             the
             Doctor
             if
             called
             to
             a
             sick
             patient
             ,
             will
             in
             lieu
             of
             a
             large
             Fee
             tell
             you
             what
             the
             disease
             is
             (
             as
             least
             what
             comes
             into
             his
             minde
             at
             the
             time
             ,
             which
             he
             thinks
             will
             satisfie
             an
             ignorant
             patient
             )
             and
             what
             is
             this
             ?
             The
             sick
             man
             needs
             a
             Physician
             ,
             not
             a
             witness
             of
             his
             misery
             .
             Well
             ,
             aske
             him
             concerning
             the
             cure
             ,
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             that
             he
             can
             promise
             nothing
             ,
             for
             the
             blessing
             is
             only
             in
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             but
             he
             will
             do
             his
             endevour
             ,
             A
             religious
             Answer
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             will
             garnish
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             vulgar
             specious
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             is
             but
             a
             visard
             to
             hide
             a
             grievous
             imposture
             .
          
           
             For
             as
             our
             life
             ,
             so
             all
             our
             actions
             are
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ;
             't
             is
             he
             that
             buildeth
             the
             house
             ,
             else
             in
             vain
             is
             the
             work
             of
             the
             workman
             .
             the
             husband-mans
             breaking
             up
             his
             ground
             ,
             fowing
             his
             seed
             ,
             and
             managing
             his
             ground
             :
             even
             this
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             is
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             He
             teacheth
             him
             ,
             and
             helpeth
             him
             ,
             else
             he
             could
             
             do
             nothing
             .
             So
             in
             God
             we
             live
             ,
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             being
             :
             and
             when
             we
             speak
             of
             ordinary
             natural
             things
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             cautious
             in
             speaking
             as
             not
             to
             promise
             any
             thing
             without
             mentioning
             God
             ,
             is
             not
             discommendable
             ,
             bur
             rhw
             contrary
             ;
             yet
             as
             it
             may
             be
             use
             ,
             or
             rather
             misused
             ,
             this
             may
             seem
             not
             only
             ridiculous
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             manner
             an
             affected
             taking
             Gods
             name
             in
             vain
             :
             as
             for
             instance
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             being
             desired
             to
             make
             a
             garment
             ,
             should
             promise
             not
             absolutely
             ,
             but
             with
             proviso
             ,
             if
             God
             permit
             ,
             and
             give
             life
             ,
             it
             is
             Christian-like
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             desire
             Gods
             blessing
             as
             to
             the
             effect
             ,
             the
             causes
             being
             granted
             ,
             that
             is
             ridiculous
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             I
             cannot
             promise
             to
             make
             you
             a
             garment
             ,
             but
             I
             wil
             use
             all
             the
             skill
             I
             have
             and
             my
             endevours
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             in
             Gods
             hand
             whether
             it
             shall
             become
             a
             garment
             or
             no.
             So
             of
             a
             servant
             should
             be
             bidden
             to
             kindle
             a
             fire
             ,
             should
             say
             he
             could
             not
             promise
             to
             
             do
             that
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             do
             his
             endevour
             ,
             but
             Gods
             blessing
             must
             give
             the
             success
             ;
             how
             ridiculous
             were
             this
             ?
             but
             much
             more
             if
             for
             fuel
             he
             should
             take
             stones
             ,
             and
             for
             fire
             something
             of
             a
             different
             nature
             ,
             and
             excuse
             himself
             ,
             as
             having
             done
             what
             was
             on
             his
             part
             but
             Gods
             blessing
             not
             concurring
             ,
             the
             effect
             did
             not
             succeed
             according
             to
             desire
             .
          
           
             Not
             unlike
             is
             it
             in
             this
             case
             :
             a
             Doctor
             is
             called
             to
             a
             Patient
             taken
             with
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             and
             first
             orders
             him
             to
             be
             let
             bloud
             ,
             then
             purged
             either
             upward
             or
             downward
             ,
             or
             both
             waies
             ;
             the
             disease
             yet
             encreasing
             he
             gives
             his
             cooling
             Julips
             ,
             pectoral
             Electualries
             ,
             Conserves
             and
             Syrups
             ,
             withall
             he
             prescribes
             Clysters
             ,
             or
             Suppositers
             ,
             Lotions
             for
             the
             mouth
             ,
             and
             such
             fooleries
             ;
             if
             notwithstanding
             the
             disease
             continue
             ,
             and
             grow
             more
             violent
             ,
             he
             then
             expects
             the
             crisis
             of
             Nature
             ,
             only
             he
             will
             perhaps
             apply
             pigeons
             or
             the
             like
             to
             the
             feet
             ,
             or
             
             vesicate
             the
             external
             members
             for
             revulsion
             sake
             ,
             and
             yet
             if
             the
             Patient
             die
             ,
             he
             holds
             himself
             excused
             ,
             as
             having
             followed
             the
             rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             done
             what
             was
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             only
             the
             success
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             being
             in
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             he
             therefore
             could
             not
             help
             it
             ,
             if
             God
             did
             not
             see
             good
             to
             make
             the
             medicines
             applyed
             ,
             effectual
             for
             the
             mans
             recovery
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             it
             is
             a
             sad
             thing
             that
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             pretended
             ,
             should
             be
             used
             as
             a
             pander
             unto
             wantonness
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             no
             less
             hateful
             ,
             that
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             should
             be
             misapplied
             as
             a
             cover-slut
             of
             idleness
             ,
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             unconscionableness
             :
             for
             who
             knowes
             not
             that
             our
             life
             is
             so
             in
             Gods
             hand
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             ordinarily
             preserved
             ro
             lost
             by
             the
             use
             or
             want
             of
             things
             proper
             thereto
             ?
             even
             hunger
             if
             self
             would
             be
             certainly
             mortal
             ,
             if
             not
             appeased
             by
             meat
             appropriated
             thereto
             by
             the
             appointment
             of
             God.
             And
             if
             stones
             were
             used
             for
             food
             ,
             no
             
             man
             would
             doubt
             to
             impute
             death
             in
             that
             case
             to
             the
             want
             of
             food
             ,
             as
             the
             immediate
             cause
             subordinate
             to
             the
             providence
             of
             God
             :
             so
             is
             it
             in
             this
             case
             .
             And
             in
             truth
             God
             can
             ,
             but
             rarely
             doth
             work
             miracles
             ;
             a
             man
             rarely
             is
             sarved
             to
             death
             amidst
             variety
             of
             victuals
             ,
             nor
             pined
             for
             thirst
             where
             drink
             is
             plenty
             ,
             much
             lest
             where
             he
             both
             may
             ,
             and
             doth
             eat
             and
             drink
             at
             pleasure
             .
             So
             then
             as
             to
             the
             starving
             of
             a
             man
             is
             required
             want
             of
             meat
             &
             drink
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             so
             to
             the
             perishing
             of
             a
             man
             under
             a
             Feaver
             is
             required
             the
             defect
             of
             a
             true
             medicine
             ,
             or
             want
             fo
             timely
             application
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             every
             ridiculous
             slop
             that
             is
             a
             Medicine
             ,
             nor
             any
             promiscuous
             care
             of
             the
             sick
             that
             is
             the
             true
             .
             Art
             of
             cure
             ;
             that
             is
             a
             Medicine
             indeed
             ,
             and
             the
             Art
             of
             cure
             indeed
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             power
             to
             perform
             what
             the
             Physician
             promiseth
             ,
             or
             the
             Patient
             expecteth
             .
             Sothen
             the
             Art
             and
             Medicines
             which
             are
             required
             for
             
             cure
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             pretence
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             related
             unto
             actual
             recovery
             as
             a
             sufficient
             cause
             to
             the
             effect
             ,
             which
             is
             certainly
             effectual
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             as
             naturall
             and
             certain
             for
             a
             right
             Medicine
             to
             cure
             a
             disease
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             for
             fire
             to
             inflame
             combustible
             things
             ,
             for
             the
             Sun
             to
             give
             light
             ,
             for
             water
             to
             quench
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             would
             be
             supernatural
             ,
             yea
             I
             am
             bold
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             as
             strange
             for
             a
             true
             Medicine
             rightly
             applyed
             to
             miss
             the
             cure
             of
             a
             natural
             disease
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             flame
             not
             to
             consume
             a
             conbustible
             object
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             for
             Doctors
             to
             pretend
             that
             they
             use
             the
             means
             ,
             and
             that
             according
             to
             the
             reles
             of
             Art
             ,
             but
             Gods
             blessing
             not
             concurring
             ,
             the
             effect
             did
             not
             answer
             expectation
             ;
             is
             as
             much
             as
             if
             they
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             God
             to
             render
             their
             labour
             and
             care
             frustrate
             ,
             doth
             work
             miracles
             daily
             ,
             in
             denying
             the
             natural
             effect
             to
             an
             adequate
             cause
             .
          
           
           
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             they
             may
             justly
             fear
             themselves
             to
             be
             highly
             out
             of
             Gods
             favour
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             cross
             and
             pervert
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             that
             daily
             and
             commonly
             to
             frustrate
             their
             endevours
             ;
             or
             else
             they
             must
             confess
             the
             truth
             as
             it
             is
             namely
             ,
             that
             their
             method
             and
             medicines
             are
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             as
             an
             adequate
             cause
             to
             the
             effect
             of
             cure
             of
             diseases
             ;
             and
             then
             what
             is
             their
             Art
             ,
             but
             a
             shalmeful
             imposture
             and
             cheat
             of
             the
             world
             ?
          
           
             I
             Would
             gladly
             any
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             would
             salve
             this
             Argument
             ,
             by
             resolving
             the
             world
             to
             what
             diseases
             their
             Art
             ,
             Method
             ,
             and
             Medicaments
             ,
             are
             adequated
             causes
             in
             respect
             of
             cure
             and
             reference
             to
             recovery
             ,
             if
             to
             any
             ,
             then
             in
             such
             diseases
             they
             may
             as
             confidently
             warrant
             the
             effect
             ,
             as
             a
             Gunner
             to
             fire
             a
             Gun
             that
             is
             charged
             with
             good
             powder
             ,
             and
             he
             with
             a
             lighted
             linstock
             in
             his
             hand
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             presumption
             in
             the
             
             one
             more
             then
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             alas
             is
             it
             not
             evident
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             Doctor
             be
             called
             to
             a
             sick
             man
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             full
             strength
             ,
             yet
             he
             can
             promise
             nothing
             but
             to
             do
             his
             endevour
             ,
             as
             the
             man
             doth
             who
             according
             to
             the
             man
             doth
             who
             according
             to
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             thresheth
             in
             his
             cloak
             ?
             whence
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             when
             ever
             any
             one
             recovers
             he
             doth
             it
             only
             through
             Natures
             benignity
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             any
             art
             of
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             could
             not
             warrant
             the
             cure
             ,
             much
             less
             how
             soon
             it
             would
             be
             effected
             .
          
           
             Fie
             on
             that
             Art
             ,
             which
             alone
             of
             all
             Arts
             in
             the
             world
             can
             not
             ,
             dare
             not
             ,
             will
             not
             warrant
             to
             perform
             what
             it
             undertakes
             ,
             when
             as
             the
             most
             hazarbable
             Art
             of
             all
             Agriculture
             ,
             and
             the
             Mariners
             Art
             ,
             are
             usually
             warranted
             ,
             yet
             we
             know
             that
             the
             winds
             which
             are
             the
             directors
             and
             accomplishers
             under
             God
             of
             the
             Mariners
             design
             ,
             blow
             where
             they
             list
             ,
             rarely
             trade
             ,
             and
             the
             crop
             of
             the
             husbandman
             (
             if
             the
             
             early
             and
             latter
             rains
             do
             but
             fail
             ,
             either
             impared
             ,
             or
             else
             quite
             frustrated
             ,
             yet
             both
             one
             and
             the
             other
             are
             warranted
             by
             the
             undertakers
             ,
             on
             penalty
             of
             loss
             of
             all
             their
             labour
             and
             cost
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             ;
             and
             oft
             times
             a
             voyage
             by
             Sea
             is
             warranted
             by
             Merchants
             for
             a
             small
             inconsiderable
             gain
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             them
             at
             adventure
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             which
             they
             will
             repay
             the
             whole
             if
             lost
             ,
             only
             the
             Doctor
             is
             of
             another
             minde
             ,
             for
             he
             will
             be
             paid
             at
             adventure
             ,
             nor
             will
             he
             warrant
             any
             thing
             in
             lieu
             of
             his
             payment
             ,
             but
             to
             do
             his
             endevour
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             ridiculous
             cheat
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             both
             of
             their
             money
             and
             lives
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             Taylor
             when
             cloath
             is
             brought
             him
             ,
             should
             demand
             ,
             pay
             at
             a
             venture
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             promise
             to
             perform
             his
             work
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             do
             his
             endevour
             ,
             even
             the
             Doctor
             himself
             would
             think
             him
             as
             well
             deserving
             his
             wages
             ,
             as
             they
             in
             Lubberland
             deserve
             twelve
             pence
             by
             the
             day
             for
             
             sleeping
             ,
             but
             especially
             if
             such
             a
             Taylor
             should
             spoyl
             the
             cloth
             so
             brought
             him
             by
             cutting
             it
             into
             shreds
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             making
             it
             into
             a
             garment
             ,
             and
             do
             thus
             ten
             times
             for
             once
             making
             a
             garment
             ,
             and
             yet
             exact
             his
             pay
             how
             like
             a
             knave
             would
             his
             acting
             be
             and
             yet
             how
             like
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             never
             doth
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             Contrariwise
             a
             Son
             of
             Art
             ,
             he
             confidently
             undertaketh
             a
             disease
             and
             as
             certainly
             performes
             what
             he
             undertaketh
             ;
             he
             comes
             armed
             with
             powerful
             Medicaments
             ,
             and
             not
             with
             a
             simple
             impotent
             method
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             effectual
             to
             the
             person
             that
             is
             sick
             for
             his
             recovery
             ,
             as
             water
             would
             be
             for
             the
             quenching
             of
             fire
             ;
             not
             that
             he
             attempts
             any
             thing
             without
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             he
             acknowledgeth
             it
             a
             great
             mercy
             of
             him
             ,
             first
             to
             have
             provided
             such
             Medicines
             in
             Nature
             for
             such
             maladies
             ,
             and
             secondly
             ,
             in
             revealing
             them
             to
             him
             for
             the
             help
             of
             mankinde
             :
             and
             lastly
             ,
             in
             
             bringing
             him
             to
             those
             who
             finde
             help
             by
             him
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             where
             God
             intends
             a
             disease
             shall
             be
             fatal
             to
             any
             ,
             he
             with-holds
             the
             means
             from
             him
             ,
             either
             totally
             ,
             or
             so
             long
             till
             it
             be
             too
             late
             to
             recover
             him
             .
          
           
             For
             although
             the
             consequent
             which
             is
             drawn
             from
             the
             cause
             to
             the
             effect
             be
             ceitain
             and
             undeniable
             ,
             yet
             the
             cause
             amy
             acidentally
             be
             trustrated
             of
             its
             effect
             ,
             by
             accident
             ,
             yet
             so
             that
             the
             cause
             doth
             not
             cease
             to
             be
             a
             cause
             notwithstanding
             .
             I
             might
             instance
             in
             all
             generations
             ,
             which
             by
             accident
             may
             be
             hindred
             :
             the
             fire
             may
             not
             burn
             what
             is
             combustible
             ,
             if
             by
             accident
             that
             be
             made
             too
             wet
             ;
             so
             water
             will
             not
             quench
             fire
             ,
             if
             the
             quantity
             be
             too
             little
             ;
             so
             a
             man
             cannot
             be
             cured
             by
             a
             medicine
             ,
             if
             already
             death
             be
             possest
             of
             the
             principal
             parts
             ,
             or
             if
             the
             party
             be
             not
             sensible
             and
             so
             will
             not
             take
             it
             ,
             otherwise
             it
             cannot
             be
             but
             that
             a
             medicine
             indeed
             must
             work
             its
             effect
             ,
             alse
             it
             is
             no
             Medicine
             .
          
           
           
             But
             here
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             answer
             a
             cavil
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             some
             adversaries
             will
             object
             to
             me
             as
             of
             old
             was
             objectd
             to
             Paracelsus
             :
             Do
             you
             cure
             all
             ?
             Do
             none
             die
             of
             your
             Patients
             ?
             To
             these
             I
             shall
             answer
             ,
             that
             indeed
             all
             do
             not
             recover
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             truth
             of
             what
             I
             say
             nothing
             infringed
             ;
             for
             against
             all
             discases
             there
             is
             a
             remedy
             ,
             but
             against
             death
             none
             ,
             that
             only
             is
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             all
             medicines
             .
             Now
             if
             God
             hath
             numbred
             a
             mans
             daies
             ,
             and
             finished
             them
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             objected
             to
             the
             disgrace
             of
             a
             Medicine
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             prevail
             against
             the
             irrecoverable
             decree
             .
          
           
             If
             that
             were
             all
             that
             were
             to
             be
             objected
             against
             the
             Galenists
             method
             and
             practise
             ,
             we
             should
             never
             finde
             fault
             with
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             appointed
             to
             all
             men
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             daies
             are
             numbred
             ,
             every
             man
             is
             not
             to
             live
             
               ad
               aetatem
               decrepitam
            
             .
          
           
           
             But
             with
             all
             this
             we
             say
             ,
             that
             thought
             our
             Medicines
             cannot
             triumph
             over
             death
             ;
             yet
             against
             the
             miseries
             of
             life
             .
             They
             will
             prevail
             over
             the
             disease
             even
             there
             where
             recovery
             of
             life
             is
             impossible
             :
             and
             therefore
             a
             true
             febrifuge
             will
             refresh
             ,
             abate
             Symptomes
             ,
             compose
             ,
             and
             bring
             to
             quiet
             ,
             even
             there
             where
             the
             seat
             of
             life
             is
             possessed
             by
             death
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               (
               levamen
            
             )
             thought
             not
             a
             
               (
               Restanratio
               )
            
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             the
             stroke
             of
             death
             deludes
             with
             the
             face
             of
             a
             disease
             ,
             at
             least
             shewing
             some
             of
             the
             common
             usual
             symptomes
             of
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             not
             easily
             to
             be
             discerned
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             it
             is
             as
             we
             say
             
               (
               preter
               spem
            
             )
             Not
             hoped
             for
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             so
             easily
             beleeved
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               
                 (
                 Facile
                 speramus
                 quae
                 fieri
                 volumus
                 ,
              
               
                 facilius
                 quod
                 speramus
                 credimus
                 )
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             And
             so
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             what
             a
             man
             would
             not
             have
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             apt
             to
             believe
             .
             Adde
             to
             this
             the
             commiseration
             we
             have
             to
             those
             that
             are
             afflicted
             and
             in
             sickness
             ,
             which
             would
             make
             us
             desire
             to
             be
             instrumental
             in
             any
             thing
             which
             is
             for
             their
             recovery
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             do
             doubt
             the
             worst
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             good
             to
             affright
             the
             Patient
             with
             his
             jealousies
             ,
             which
             leave
             a
             deep
             impression
             on
             his
             spirit
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             hope
             (
             if
             any
             were
             )
             oft
             times
             desperate
             .
             To
             conclude
             ,
             as
             nothing
             is
             without
             a
             cause
             ,
             and
             therefore
             diseases
             are
             curable
             because
             Medicines
             are
             endowed
             by
             God
             with
             such
             a
             virtue
             ,
             so
             that
             some
             particular
             diseases
             are
             excepted
             from
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             generals
             there
             are
             particular
             causes
             ,
             of
             which
             it
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             
               Faelix
               qui
               poterit
               rerum
               dignoscere
               causas
               .
            
          
           
           
             Yet
             a
             Son
             of
             Art
             by
             his
             Medicines
             is
             able
             to
             cure
             what
             is
             curable
             ,
             (
             which
             all
             diseases
             are
             in
             their
             kinde
             )
             though
             sometimes
             the
             disease
             being
             heightned
             almost
             to
             its
             utmost
             period
             before
             he
             is
             called
             ,
             so
             that
             death
             having
             conquered
             the
             chief
             places
             ,
             will
             not
             accep
             of
             any
             truce
             ;
             sometimes
             the
             party
             is
             struck
             with
             deaths
             stroke
             at
             first
             ,
             which
             causing
             a
             commotion
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             disdaining
             to
             be
             so
             overmastered
             by
             its
             adversary
             ,
             doth
             appear
             like
             unto
             an
             ordinary
             acute
             disease
             ,
             yet
             without
             possibility
             of
             cure
             ,
             unless
             by
             his
             power
             who
             can
             raise
             the
             dead
             ;
             sometimes
             the
             patient
             hath
             undergone
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Tribes
             methodical
             Butchery
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             strength
             left
             to
             help
             the
             Physicians
             Medicines
             ,
             nature
             having
             been
             so
             exhausted
             ,
             that
             for
             want
             of
             strength
             it
             faints
             under
             its
             load
             ;
             nor
             hath
             it
             strength
             sufficient
             left
             to
             co-work
             with
             the
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             
             the
             defect
             of
             the
             highest
             Arcana
             ,
             which
             every
             true
             son
             of
             Art
             cannot
             command
             ,
             doth
             make
             many
             hereditary
             diseases
             ,
             and
             some
             chronical
             ,
             which
             are
             raised
             to
             a
             more
             then
             usual
             height
             ,
             to
             be
             out
             of
             his
             Medicaments
             reach
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             be
             cured
             by
             a
             powerful
             Arcanum
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             is
             the
             goodness
             of
             the
             most
             High
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             can
             truly
             boast
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             real
             son
             of
             Art
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             at
             command
             Medicines
             to
             cure
             the
             most
             common
             and
             truculent
             diseases
             ,
             as
             for
             instance
             ,
             Feavers
             ,
             Pleurisies
             ,
             Flixes
             of
             all
             sort
             ,
             Agues
             of
             all
             sort
             ,
             small
             Pox
             and
             Measles
             which
             are
             indeed
             but
             a
             branch
             of
             Feavers
             ,
             Calentures
             ,
             also
             which
             belong
             to
             the
             same
             head
             ,
             the
             Jaundies
             ,
             Head-aches
             ,
             Tooth-aches
             ,
             with
             all
             running
             pains
             ,
             Hypochondrical
             Colicks
             ,
             affections
             of
             the
             Mother
             ,
             and
             obstructions
             of
             all
             sorts
             causing
             indigestion
             ,
             Palpitations
             ,
             Syncopes
             ,
             Convulsions
             ,
             Vertigoes
             ,
             &c.
             which
             a
             true
             son
             of
             art
             can
             confidently
             
             undertake
             and
             cure
             :
             and
             though
             some
             are
             past
             recovery
             of
             life
             as
             is
             before
             said
             ,
             yet
             even
             to
             such
             his
             Medicaments
             will
             be
             effectual
             for
             ease
             and
             comfort
             ,
             and
             abating
             of
             raging
             Symptomes
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             effect
             not
             to
             be
             despised
             ,
             where
             more
             cannot
             be
             attained
             .
          
           
             That
             therefore
             may
             well
             and
             truly
             be
             account
             a
             Febrisuge
             ,
             which
             ordinarily
             ,
             speedily
             and
             powerfully
             cures
             Feavers
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             at
             first
             or
             second
             dose
             oft
             times
             ,
             but
             never
             exceeds
             four
             daies
             in
             continual
             Feavers
             ,
             if
             administred
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             and
             Agues
             oft
             at
             one
             fit
             ,
             never
             misseth
             in
             three
             or
             four
             at
             most
             ,
             perfectly
             to
             cure
             :
             and
             although
             some
             Feavers
             which
             have
             been
             neglected
             too
             long
             ere
             remedy
             be
             sought
             ,
             do
             miscarry
             ,
             yet
             of
             such
             not
             one
             of
             five
             ,
             of
             those
             that
             are
             taken
             in
             time
             not
             one
             in
             a
             hundred
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             disprove
             the
             virtue
             or
             efficary
             of
             the
             medicine
             .
          
           
           
             I
             know
             what
             will
             be
             said
             in
             calumny
             against
             me
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             answer
             to
             me
             ,
             namely
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             an
             Emperick
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             Emperick
             they
             usually
             would
             have
             understood
             ,
             one
             who
             practiseth
             by
             fortuirous
             receipts
             ,
             without
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             or
             nature
             of
             what
             he
             administers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shoots
             his
             shafts
             at
             randome
             .
          
           
             This
             hath
             been
             an
             old
             reproach
             of
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Helmont
               ,
               Quercetan
            
             ,
             and
             all
             Chymical
             Physicians
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             not
             wonder
             if
             it
             be
             cast
             upon
             me
             .
             But
             as
             a
             worthy
             friend
             of
             mine
             ,
             when
             a
             great
             Doctor
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             ,
             very
             passionately
             reproached
             me
             to
             him
             as
             an
             Emperick
             ,
             and
             Mountebank
             ,
             asked
             him
             the
             difference
             between
             such
             a
             one
             and
             a
             dub'd
             Doctor
             ?
             The
             Galenist
             answered
             ,
             the
             one
             shot
             at
             random
             ,
             the
             other
             wrought
             according
             to
             Art
             and
             Method
             :
             to
             which
             my
             friend
             replyed
             that
             to
             his
             knowledge
             I
             cured
             not
             only
             
             speedily
             ,
             but
             certainly
             ,
             and
             constantly
             ,
             those
             diseases
             (
             namely
             Agues
             )
             which
             the
             other
             Doctors
             alwaies
             failed
             in
             curing
             ,
             now
             if
             this
             were
             the
             difference
             between
             an
             Emperick
             and
             a
             Colleague
             of
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             at
             randome
             (
             as
             he
             objected
             )
             never
             or
             very
             seldom
             missed
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             himself
             by
             Art
             never
             or
             very
             seldom
             hit
             the
             cure
             ,
             he
             had
             rather
             have
             an
             Empirical
             certain
             constant
             and
             safe
             cure
             ,
             then
             an
             artificial
             missing
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             known
             to
             the
             most
             vulgar
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             Chronical
             diseases
             are
             out
             of
             the
             Doctors
             reach
             ,
             but
             all
             acute
             diseases
             also
             ,
             which
             nature
             doth
             not
             of
             his
             own
             accord
             cure
             ,
             which
             may
             appear
             by
             the
             effect
             ;
             How
             many
             Feavers
             do
             they
             cure
             ?
             certainly
             none
             ,
             if
             we
             judge
             that
             for
             a
             cure
             which
             is
             indeed
             so
             to
             be
             judged
             ,
             where
             the
             Crisis
             is
             prevented
             by
             the
             efficacy
             of
             the
             Medicine
             ;
             but
             how
             many
             in
             a
             year
             outlive
             the
             Crisis
             
             many
             daies
             through
             the
             strength
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             yet
             die
             meerly
             through
             the
             Doctors
             taking
             part
             against
             nature
             by
             phlebotomy
             ,
             purging
             ,
             &c.
             who
             is
             hited
             by
             the
             patient
             to
             oppose
             the
             disease
             ,
             against
             which
             their
             Medicines
             are
             as
             effectuall
             as
             the
             Priests
             holy-water
             is
             against
             the
             Devil
             ,
             or
             the
             ringing
             of
             Bels
             ,
             and
             mumbling
             a
             Pater-noster
             on
             their
             heads
             ;
             to
             both
             of
             whom
             I
             may
             say
             that
             of
             the
             Satyrist
             ,
             
               
                 Ah
                 pecus
                 insipidum
                 ,
                 unllo
                 non
                 scommate
                 dignum
                 !
              
               
                 Siccine
                 vos
                 decuit
                 fieriludtbria
                 vulgi
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             I
             have
             oft
             seriously
             wondred
             how
             it
             should
             come
             to
             pass
             that
             these
             silly
             Juglers
             should
             so
             long
             shuffle
             out
             ,
             since
             there
             is
             scarce
             one
             in
             the
             whole
             Nation
             that
             ever
             made
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             in
             health
             hath
             not
             a
             flout
             ready
             in
             his
             bag
             to
             throw
             in
             a
             Galenists
             dish
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             sickness
             they
             deifie
             in
             a
             manner
             those
             very
             men
             whom
             
             in
             health
             they
             scorned
             :
             and
             I
             cannot
             but
             ascribe
             it
             to
             the
             justice
             and
             wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             pouring
             forth
             his
             plagues
             all
             the
             world
             over
             (
             I
             mean
             among
             Christians
             )
             by
             which
             the
             third
             part
             of
             the
             world
             shall
             perish
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             in
             my
             conscience
             ,
             that
             few
             less
             perish
             by
             the
             Doctors
             crast
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             sad
             consideration
             ,
             that
             Christians
             only
             swarm
             with
             these
             Caterpillars
             ,
             the
             Heathens
             not
             knowing
             ,
             nor
             owning
             nor
             following
             their
             method
             ;
             witness
             the
             Turks
             ,
             Moores
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             then
             began
             it
             to
             grow
             to
             this
             head
             of
             esteem
             ,
             when
             the
             apostacy
             of
             Christians
             provoked
             God
             to
             the
             pouring
             forth
             of
             his
             plagues
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             most
             truculent
             of
             all
             ,
             is
             the
             Doctors
             Art.
             The
             sword
             and
             all
             diseases
             put
             together
             destroy
             not
             so
             many
             as
             they
             ,
             namely
             such
             as
             by
             Natures
             strength
             would
             recover
             ,
             but
             are
             destroyed
             by
             the
             Doctors
             Art.
             Without
             these
             the
             Romans
             flourished
             500
             years
             ,
             nor
             found
             any
             
             want
             of
             them
             .
             Now
             Italy
             and
             Rome
             swarmes
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             never
             did
             diseases
             raign
             there
             as
             now
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             places
             where
             are
             the
             yearly
             burials
             comparable
             to
             those
             places
             where
             Doctors
             are
             most
             numerous
             ?
             How
             do
             they
             swarm
             in
             London
             ?
             and
             yet
             not
             a
             year
             in
             which
             many
             thousands
             dye
             not
             of
             curable
             deseases
             .
             'T
             is
             sad
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ,
             and
             yet
             who
             sees
             it
             not
             ?
             Let
             a
             disease
             be
             but
             epidemical
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             cals
             it
             a
             new
             disease
             ,
             although
             no
             other
             then
             an
             epidemical
             Feaver
             ,
             and
             here
             he
             is
             the
             by-word
             of
             every
             water-bearer
             .
             In
             Agues
             ,
             especially
             Autumnal
             and
             popular
             ,
             who
             more
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             people
             though
             they
             see
             and
             know
             this
             ,
             nevertheless
             submit
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             adore
             them
             in
             necessity
             ,
             to
             the
             cheating
             them
             of
             their
             money
             ,
             and
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             By
             all
             which
             it
             is
             most
             most
             evident
             that
             their
             Medicines
             are
             but
             ridiculous
             ,
             so
             named
             ,
             
               a
               medendo
            
             ,
             as
             
             
               Lucus
               a
               lucendo
               (
               quod
               minimè
               medeantur
               )
            
             which
             may
             scarcely
             pass
             as
             metaphors
             to
             true
             Medicines
             ,
             nor
             can
             any
             good
             be
             predicated
             of
             them
             without
             an
             Irony
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             should
             take
             a
             particular
             survey
             of
             all
             their
             Medicines
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             them
             all
             partly
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             partly
             desperate
             ,
             universally
             answering
             to
             their
             denomination
             ;
             as
             the
             rude
             painters
             draughts
             of
             old
             did
             the
             things
             they
             represented
             ,
             under
             which
             if
             it
             were
             not
             written
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             Dog
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             Cow
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             Stag
             ,
             this
             a
             Man
             ,
             this
             a
             Cock
             ,
             &c.
             no
             man
             by
             the
             draught
             could
             tell
             what
             the
             picture
             represented
             ;
             so
             if
             those
             were
             not
             called
             Medicines
             ,
             a
             man
             should
             never
             by
             the
             effect
             know
             that
             they
             were
             so
             .
             First
             ,
             are
             their
             Catharticks
             and
             Emeticks
             ,
             next
             their
             Diaphoreticks
             ,
             then
             their
             Diureticks
             ,
             then
             their
             Carminatives
             ,
             and
             next
             their
             Cordials
             ,
             which
             are
             either
             Hypnotick
             ,
             or
             Pectoral
             ,
             or
             Bezoardical
             ,
             
             or
             cooling
             .
             These
             are
             indeed
             magnificent
             names
             ,
             let
             the
             things
             be
             what
             they
             will.
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             take
             notice
             of
             their
             artificial
             imposition
             of
             names
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             call
             their
             laxative
             Medicines
             which
             are
             of
             milder
             operation
             Lenitives
             ,
             those
             of
             stronger
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Catharticks
             ,
             which
             is
             usually
             rendred
             in
             other
             tongues
             ,
             verbatim
             ,
             purgatio
             in
             Latine
             ,
             a
             purge
             in
             English
             ,
             as
             of
             old
             the
             Romans
             called
             an
             enemy
             Peregrinus
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             stranger
             ,
             
               Urbanitate
               seu
               lenitate
               nominis
               rei
               atrocitatem
               sive
               odium
               mitigante
               ,
            
             as
             Cicero
             hath
             it
             ,
             so
             they
             ,
             by
             sugred
             denominations
             would
             hide
             the
             malignity
             of
             the
             things
             so
             denominated
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             A
             man
             that
             hath
             a
             bad
             name
             is
             half
             hanged
             ,
             &
             on
             the
             contrary
             he
             that
             hath
             a
             good
             name
             may
             lie
             a
             bed
             till
             noon
             ,
             intimating
             the
             sevity
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             who
             will
             easily
             be
             induced
             to
             embrace
             a
             promising
             name
             ,
             both
             for
             name
             and
             thing
             also
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             of
             this
             fort
             some
             work
             precisely
             one
             way
             ,
             others
             work
             both
             waies
             ,
             both
             upward
             and
             downward
             ;
             of
             the
             latter
             sort
             are
             ,
             Elaterium
             Cambogia
             ,
             otherwise
             called
             Gurta
             ,
             Gummi
             ,
             Cen●●●n
             ,
             Housleck
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             ;
             of
             the
             first
             sort
             ,
             are
             Rhubarb
             .
             Scammony
             ,
             Colocynthis
             ,
             Jalapium
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Vomitories
             ,
             because
             they
             hear
             but
             ill
             in
             English
             ,
             they
             likewise
             call
             by
             a
             Greek
             name
             Emeticks
             ,
             which
             the
             common
             sort
             not
             so
             well
             understanding
             ,
             do
             think
             that
             in
             the
             name
             some
             reverend
             mystery
             is
             contained
             ;
             and
             truly
             so
             there
             is
             ,
             for
             as
             a
             Thief
             ,
             or
             Seminary
             (
             with
             us
             )
             to
             avoid
             taking
             ,
             hath
             a
             new
             name
             for
             a
             refuge
             ,
             so
             these
             having
             deserved
             but
             ill
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Vomits
             ,
             be
             changed
             into
             Emeticks
             ,
             and
             will
             get
             entertainment
             under
             that
             name
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             abhorred
             under
             their
             own
             denomination
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             if
             a
             Patient
             say
             ,
             Oh
             good
             
             Doctor
             give
             me
             not
             a
             Vomit
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             time
             I
             took
             one
             which
             had
             night
             killed
             me
             ;
             no
             saith
             he
             straight
             ,
             I
             will
             only
             give
             you
             an
             Emetick
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             Vomit
             :
             if
             the
             party
             reply
             ,
             And
             what
             do
             you
             call
             an
             Emetick
             ?
             saith
             not
             a
             Vomit
             :
             if
             the
             party
             reply
             ,
             And
             what
             do
             you
             call
             an
             Emetick
             ?
             saith
             he
             ,
             a
             Medicine
             that
             worketh
             very
             gently
             ,
             perhaps
             once
             or
             twice
             if
             need
             be
             ,
             and
             thus
             the
             Patient
             accepts
             of
             an
             Emetick
             who
             abhorred
             a
             Vomit
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             like
             cause
             gave
             Scammony
             ,
             Colocynthida
             and
             Combogia
             ,
             the
             surnames
             of
             Diagridium
             ,
             Alahandal
             ,
             and
             Gutta
             Gummi
             ,
             as
             having
             by
             their
             churlishness
             deserved
             ill
             so
             often
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             ashamed
             of
             them
             .
             So
             
               Succus
               cucumeris
               agrestis
            
             ,
             is
             surnamed
             Elaterium
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             leave
             the
             names
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             thing
             ,
             what
             are
             all
             these
             Medicaments
             but
             poysons
             ?
             if
             any
             be
             desirous
             to
             make
             experiment
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             on
             himself
             first
             or
             none
             ,
             let
             him
             I
             say
             but
             treble
             the
             Doctors
             Dose
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             I
             dare
             almost
             warrant
             him
             death
             .
          
           
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             they
             are
             corrected
             by
             the
             Apothecaries
             Art
             according
             to
             the
             Doctors
             prescription
             ,
             if
             so
             ,
             let
             the
             effect
             speak
             .
          
           
             The
             wilde
             Cucumer
             is
             to
             be
             sliced
             with
             a
             bone
             knife
             when
             green
             ,
             and
             the
             juyce
             to
             be
             received
             in
             a
             clean
             platter
             ,
             which
             precipitates
             a
             light
             sedimen
             ,
             this
             is
             to
             be
             severed
             from
             the
             other
             juice
             by
             decantation
             and
             dryed
             ,
             which
             is
             their
             Eleaterium
             ,
             and
             is
             then
             fit
             to
             enter
             their
             compositions
             .
             Can
             any
             thing
             be
             more
             ridiculous
             ?
             in
             the
             juyce
             indeed
             is
             the
             whole
             virtue
             or
             Crasis
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             eminent
             in
             that
             part
             which
             stils
             out
             of
             it self
             from
             the
             Apple
             being
             cut
             in
             slices
             by
             degrees
             over
             a
             dish
             ,
             so
             far
             they
             are
             right
             :
             so
             Opium
             is
             the
             best
             which
             distils
             out
             from
             the
             scape
             of
             the
             Poppy
             so
             wounded
             ,
             and
             may
             resemble
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             vegetable
             .
          
           
             But
             why
             the
             juyce
             when
             clarified
             (
             by
             precipitating
             the
             powder
             that
             is
             
             light
             and
             feculent
             )
             should
             be
             cast
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             dregs
             (
             themselves
             call
             it
             a
             fecula
             )
             be
             only
             saved
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             reason
             ,
             but
             because
             the
             true
             sincere
             juice
             would
             be
             too
             strong
             ,
             a
             gallant
             correction
             .
             So
             Hellebore
             ,
             Hyoscyam
             ,
             Aconitum
             ,
             and
             all
             may
             be
             corrected
             ,
             if
             being
             stamped
             green
             ,
             and
             strained
             ,
             and
             then
             filtred
             ,
             that
             only
             be
             saved
             which
             remains
             behinde
             in
             the
             filtring
             bag
             ,
             or
             it
             dry
             ,
             macerated
             by
             decoction
             ,
             and
             then
             strained
             ahd
             filtred
             ,
             and
             the
             light
             fecula
             saved
             .
             The
             gross
             apple
             is
             rejected
             ,
             as
             being
             too
             gross
             a
             feces
             ,
             the
             subtle
             juyce
             also
             ,
             as
             being
             too
             efficacious
             a
             poyson
             ,
             only
             the
             light
             ,
             fecula
             (
             which
             being
             not
             washed
             retains
             a
             little
             of
             the
             virtue
             of
             the
             juice
             )
             is
             saved
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             proper
             corrected
             Medicine
             for
             a
             Galenist
             ,
             and
             yet
             of
             this
             half
             a
             scruple
             would
             be
             as
             effectual
             as
             a
             two-penny
             halter
             .
          
           
             But
             why
             sliced
             with
             a
             bone
             knife
             ?
             It
             is
             a
             good
             proviso
             for
             the
             Apothecaries
             
             Wife
             ,
             and
             younger
             Apprentice
             ,
             the
             one
             a
             weak
             woman
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             knavish
             boy
             ,
             very
             apt
             both
             to
             cut
             their
             fingers
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctor
             not
             knowing
             what
             work
             the
             juice
             of
             these
             Cucumers
             would
             make
             in
             a
             cut
             finger
             ,
             provides
             for
             them
             as
             a
             nurse
             for
             a
             childe
             with
             a
             bone
             knife
             .
             So
             Colocyntida
             is
             corrected
             by
             hanging
             two
             years
             or
             three
             in
             the
             air
             on
             a
             string
             .
             If
             loss
             of
             virtue
             may
             be
             called
             correction
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             Tobacco
             that
             is
             of
             as
             strong
             a
             composition
             as
             Colocyntida
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Art
             may
             may
             be
             corrected
             fitly
             for
             the
             dunghill
             ,
             which
             before
             was
             of
             value
             ;
             so
             Colocyntida
             ,
             Briony
             ,
             Hellebore
             ,
             Asarum
             Roots
             ,
             Aconitum
             ,
             Aaron
             ,
             &c.
             by
             this
             Art
             become
             fit
             drugs
             for
             a
             Galenist
             ,
             because
             scarce
             fit
             for
             ought
             else
             but
             the
             dunghill
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             confection
             of
             poysons
             in
             Receipts
             ,
             because
             many
             simple
             people
             believe
             ,
             that
             this
             composition
             of
             the
             Apothecaries
             by
             the
             Doctors
             
             direction
             is
             a
             correction
             of
             venomes
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             alter
             their
             name
             and
             nature
             into
             medicine
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             deceit
             ;
             for
             they
             only
             compound
             them
             with
             hony
             or
             sugar
             ,
             and
             confound
             them
             with
             other
             things
             in
             such
             a
             proportion
             ,
             that
             a
             dose
             shall
             contain
             of
             the
             poyson
             a
             less
             quantity
             then
             may
             prove
             mortal
             ,
             which
             they
             might
             as
             well
             administer
             alone
             ,
             nor
             with
             so
             much
             pains
             confound
             those
             things
             in
             composition
             which
             are
             of
             themselves
             of
             little
             or
             no
             virtue
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Opium
             is
             confounded
             with
             a
             many
             Simples
             into
             a
             ridiculous
             Ladanum
             ,
             of
             which
             let
             be
             given
             as
             much
             as
             doth
             contain
             6
             grains
             of
             the
             Opium
             ,
             and
             see
             if
             the
             effect
             be
             not
             the
             same
             or
             worse
             then
             if
             so
             much
             crude
             Opium
             were
             given
             .
             These
             tricks
             then
             are
             but
             toyes
             barely
             to
             confound
             Simples
             by
             beating
             them
             together
             with
             honey
             or
             sugar
             ,
             into
             an
             Electuary
             or
             a
             Consection
             ,
             without
             previous
             preparation
             and
             
             separation
             of
             the
             good
             from
             the
             bad
             .
          
           
             Medicine
             is
             a
             serious
             ,
             and
             hidden
             thing
             ,
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             sacred
             ,
             nor
             doth
             it
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             any
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             special
             gift
             of
             the
             most
             high
             .
             It
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             created
             the
             Physician
             and
             hath
             set
             him
             up
             to
             be
             honoured
             for
             necessity
             sake
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             to
             be
             thought
             that
             the
             abstruse
             mysteries
             of
             this
             Art
             lye
             prostituted
             in
             every
             Apothecaries
             shop
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Vix
               gemmae
               in
               trivio
               .
            
          
           
             Those
             who
             were
             the
             first
             Heroes
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             did
             hide
             the
             secrets
             of
             it
             so
             from
             the
             conusance
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Divinity
             ascribed
             unto
             themselves
             in
             reference
             to
             their
             hidden
             and
             secret
             skill
             ;
             only
             Galen
             to
             get
             a
             name
             ,
             made
             a
             great
             noyse
             about
             the
             world
             ,
             taking
             upon
             him
             to
             unveil
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             expose
             
             her
             naked
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             most
             unworthily
             sordid
             ,
             covetous
             practitioner
             of
             the
             Art
             :
             but
             as
             he
             who
             did
             but
             dare
             to
             gaze
             upon
             Diana
             naked
             ,
             was
             crowned
             with
             horns
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             prey
             unto
             his
             dogs
             ;
             so
             he
             who
             assayed
             such
             violence
             to
             this
             chaste
             and
             most
             retired
             Nymph
             ,
             is
             worthily
             rewarded
             with
             Midas
             purchase
             ,
             viz.
             a
             pair
             of
             Asses
             ears
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             know
             and
             see
             ,
             how
             studiously
             any
             of
             their
             own
             sect
             doth
             hide
             any
             one
             Receipt
             or
             Medicine
             which
             the
             finde
             singular
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             of
             them
             have
             never
             revealed
             it
             dying
             ,
             who
             would
             imagine
             them
             to
             be
             such
             Animals
             ,
             that
             whatever
             they
             read
             they
             should
             straight
             believe
             (
             provided
             the
             Author
             have
             but
             had
             the
             luck
             to
             die
             famous
             )
             and
             straightway
             to
             draw
             it
             into
             their
             Dispensatory
             ,
             to
             be
             put
             in
             practise
             by
             the
             Apothecary
             .
             As
             though
             many
             who
             do
             write
             ,
             (
             aiming
             at
             pomp
             and
             applause
             )
             do
             not
             write
             meerly
             conjectures
             
             which
             they
             account
             rational
             .
          
           
             Adde
             to
             this
             Natures
             simplicity
             ,
             which
             doth
             that
             with
             one
             or
             two
             things
             duly
             prepared
             and
             applyed
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             be
             done
             by
             all
             the
             Doctors
             pompous
             receipts
             ,
             which
             by
             hap
             some
             or
             other
             lighting
             of
             either
             by
             conference
             with
             some
             good
             old
             woman
             ,
             or
             having
             by
             success
             found
             the
             reality
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             which
             the
             Doctor
             willing
             to
             advance
             by
             his
             method
             of
             extracting
             ,
             candying
             ,
             or
             conserving
             ,
             or
             compounding
             ;
             he
             finds
             it
             to
             answer
             his
             expectation
             worse
             in
             composition
             ,
             then
             in
             its
             simplicity
             ,
             with
             a
             due
             preparation
             ,
             which
             therefore
             he
             keeps
             to
             himself
             as
             a
             secret
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             gets
             much
             credit
             by
             it
             ,
             (
             for
             that
             is
             the
             Doctors
             craft
             ,
             that
             what
             a
             good
             old
             woman
             shall
             do
             by
             natures
             simplicity
             ,
             shall
             be
             judged
             not
             worth
             thanks
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             done
             by
             him
             shall
             be
             enhanced
             within
             a
             degree
             of
             a
             miracle
             )
             two
             
             or
             three
             such
             trivial
             experiments
             ,
             yet
             more
             effectual
             then
             the
             ordinary
             slops
             perhaps
             he
             accounts
             his
             mystery
             ,
             which
             he
             will
             not
             discover
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             dying
             he
             is
             won
             to
             impart
             them
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             he
             knowing
             to
             be
             so
             simple
             ,
             that
             if
             told
             sincerely
             ,
             would
             be
             received
             with
             this
             of
             the
             Poet
             ,
             
               Spectatum
               admissi
               risum
               teneatis
               amici
               ?
            
          
           
             He
             therefore
             garnishes
             out
             the
             naked
             simple
             truth
             with
             addition
             of
             many
             things
             ,
             which
             he
             hopes
             or
             thinks
             will
             be
             but
             as
             herb
             John
             in
             Pottage
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             dearness
             ,
             some
             for
             the
             hardness
             of
             procurement
             may
             raise
             a
             reverend
             esteem
             of
             that
             secret
             so
             much
             esteemed
             in
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             fears
             (
             if
             nakedly
             declared
             )
             would
             be
             contemptible
             after
             death
             :
             and
             thus
             what
             to
             him
             was
             effectual
             ,
             being
             by
             his
             direction
             clog'd
             and
             perverted
             
             with
             a
             fortuitous
             medley
             ,
             becomes
             frustrate
             ;
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             so
             many
             things
             which
             were
             famous
             to
             the
             Inventor
             ,
             are
             at
             this
             day
             but
             contemptible
             slops
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Countess
             of
             Kents
             Powder
             is
             since
             her
             death
             brought
             into
             usual
             receipts
             ,
             which
             I
             rather
             suppose
             is
             a
             spurious
             Receipt
             forged
             by
             others
             ,
             then
             left
             by
             her
             ;
             yet
             in
             that
             she
             wanted
             not
             her
             costly
             additions
             ,
             which
             added
             to
             the
             price
             ,
             but
             diminished
             the
             virtue
             of
             the
             Simples
             :
             the
             like
             may
             be
             said
             of
             Gascoines
             Powder
             ,
             which
             is
             by
             some
             accounted
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             I
             particularise
             these
             things
             for
             I
             do
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             how
             sottishly
             Doctors
             take
             for
             granted
             what
             ever
             they
             read
             in
             a
             book
             written
             by
             any
             man
             who
             was
             famous
             in
             his
             life
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             believed
             ,
             and
             taken
             thus
             on
             credit
             ,
             is
             so
             transmitted
             unto
             the
             Apothecaries
             to
             be
             accordingly
             prepared
             ,
             
             when
             as
             their
             secrets
             which
             they
             so
             esteemed
             ,
             they
             concealed
             in
             their
             life
             what
             they
             could
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             many
             reasons
             not
             to
             leave
             candidly
             written
             after
             death
             .
             Partly
             lest
             the
             naked
             simplicity
             of
             them
             should
             bring
             them
             into
             contempt
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             be
             chiefly
             because
             perhaps
             to
             some
             friends
             under
             colour
             of
             friendship
             they
             have
             enviously
             given
             wrong
             Receipts
             ,
             which
             they
             must
             not
             alter
             at
             death
             lest
             they
             should
             brand
             themselves
             with
             a
             black
             note
             of
             infamy
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             or
             for
             other
             reasons
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             not
             my
             design
             to
             reckon
             up
             or
             to
             endevour
             to
             conjecture
             ;
             only
             the
             grand
             reason
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             is
             because
             when
             a
             Doctor
             gets
             such
             a
             secret
             ,
             how
             simple
             soever
             it
             be
             ,
             he
             values
             it
             to
             the
             Patient
             richer
             then
             if
             made
             of
             Gold
             and
             Jems
             ,
             which
             therefore
             when
             ever
             published
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             must
             have
             some
             costly
             additions
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             price
             seem
             conscionable
             ,
             lest
             after
             
             his
             death
             by
             his
             own
             confession
             ,
             all
             that
             ever
             have
             used
             his
             Medicines
             should
             judge
             him
             an
             unconscionable
             cheat
             ,
             and
             so
             posterity
             falsly
             attributed
             the
             singularity
             of
             the
             virtue
             of
             the
             Medicine
             to
             the
             most
             costly
             ingredients
             ,
             come
             at
             last
             to
             leave
             out
             or
             neglect
             at
             least
             the
             due
             care
             and
             choyce
             of
             the
             most
             effectual
             ingredient
             .
          
           
             Not
             that
             I
             do
             judge
             ,
             or
             think
             ,
             or
             contend
             for
             ,
             that
             a
             Physician
             is
             to
             sell
             his
             Medicines
             at
             the
             rate
             they
             cost
             him
             ,
             allowing
             such
             or
             such
             gain
             for
             his
             pains
             as
             a
             Merchant
             or
             Shop-keeper
             takes
             .
             No
             verily
             ,
             for
             first
             Medicines
             are
             not
             every
             mans
             money
             ,
             the
             whole
             need
             them
             not
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             own
             use
             (
             so
             long
             as
             healthy
             )
             would
             not
             value
             that
             at
             twenty
             pence
             which
             might
             cost
             twenty
             pound
             .
             The
             sick
             only
             needs
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             they
             are
             precious
             ,
             if
             effectual
             and
             applyed
             in
             season
             .
             As
             then
             I
             do
             not
             value
             Ambergreece
             the
             less
             ,
             because
             
             it
             is
             oft
             found
             by
             chance
             ,
             and
             seldom
             costs
             the
             finder
             more
             then
             his
             pains
             to
             take
             it
             up
             ,
             (
             the
             like
             may
             be
             said
             of
             Jems
             in
             their
             first
             finding
             )
             so
             I
             do
             not
             value
             a
             Medicine
             by
             what
             it
             costs
             ,
             but
             by
             what
             it
             will
             do
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             party
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             applyed
             .
             As
             then
             a
             poor
             mans
             credit
             is
             as
             dear
             to
             him
             as
             rich
             mans
             ,
             yet
             a
             defamation
             which
             to
             one
             may
             not
             be
             valued
             at
             six
             pence
             ,
             may
             to
             another
             be
             valued
             at
             six
             hundred
             pound
             ;
             so
             a
             Medicine
             which
             will
             cure
             both
             rich
             and
             poor
             ,
             though
             given
             to
             the
             poor
             for
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             doth
             not
             argue
             that
             it
             cost
             the
             maker
             of
             it
             nothing
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             making
             of
             it
             cost
             not
             above
             five
             shillings
             ,
             yet
             this
             doth
             not
             hinder
             but
             it
             may
             be
             valued
             to
             a
             rich
             man
             at
             five
             pound
             ,
             if
             it
             really
             do
             him
             more
             advantage
             then
             perhaps
             he
             would
             be
             without
             for
             five
             hundred
             pound
             .
          
           
             A
             Physician
             then
             is
             bound
             only
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             true
             Charity
             ,
             and
             being
             
             given
             of
             God
             to
             help
             and
             relieve
             the
             lives
             of
             many
             that
             are
             endangered
             ,
             he
             may
             ,
             and
             that
             piously
             ,
             so
             take
             of
             the
             rich
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             help
             the
             poor
             freely
             ,
             and
             yet
             as
             cordially
             and
             as
             truely
             affording
             to
             them
             his
             best
             help
             and
             remedies
             ,
             for
             nothing
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             to
             the
             rich
             for
             a
             reward
             .
          
           
             Yet
             is
             it
             not
             fit
             that
             any
             reward
             should
             be
             accounted
             due
             where
             the
             disease
             is
             not
             cured
             ;
             for
             the
             Patient
             doth
             not
             want
             a
             Doctor
             for
             to
             tell
             him
             a
             tale
             of
             his
             disease
             ,
             nor
             yet
             to
             pray
             God
             for
             his
             recovery
             ,
             but
             to
             administer
             to
             his
             disease
             ,
             what
             may
             be
             effectual
             :
             a
             Saylor
             though
             he
             take
             never
             so
             much
             pains
             ,
             yet
             is
             not
             paid
             that
             performes
             not
             his
             voyage
             ;
             yea
             and
             all
             callings
             whatever
             are
             paid
             for
             their
             pains
             ,
             only
             with
             proviso
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             what
             they
             undertake
             ;
             only
             a
             Doctor
             is
             paid
             for
             his
             pains
             though
             never
             so
             little
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             which
             
             is
             unconscionable
             ;
             I
             confess
             that
             if
             the
             Patient
             finde
             him
             to
             be
             carefull
             and
             diligent
             he
             may
             order
             him
             some
             reward
             for
             his
             good
             will
             where
             he
             wanted
             in
             skill
             ,
             but
             this
             the
             Doctor
             cannot
             challenge
             .
             The
             Doctor
             on
             the
             Patients
             trial
             (
             where
             his
             remedy
             is
             frustraneous
             )
             learns
             (
             if
             he
             be
             honest
             )
             not
             too
             confidently
             to
             trust
             that
             Medicine
             in
             that
             case
             again
             ;
             but
             what
             gets
             the
             Patient
             but
             only
             his
             labour
             for
             his
             pains
             in
             taking
             it
             ?
             and
             this
             hurt
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             that
             so
             much
             time
             is
             lost
             and
             his
             cure
             never
             the
             nearer
             (
             if
             not
             the
             farther
             off
             by
             the
             diseases
             having
             had
             so
             long
             the
             more
             time
             on
             him
             )
             for
             which
             it
             is
             most
             unreasonable
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             accounted
             in
             the
             Doctors
             debt
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             ingenuously
             confess
             ,
             that
             as
             I
             alwaies
             reckoned
             a
             Doctors
             .
             Art
             not
             to
             be
             bound
             to
             the
             ordinary
             rules
             of
             merchandise
             ,
             because
             it
             respected
             the
             lives
             of
             men
             not
             to
             be
             
             bought
             or
             sold
             for
             money
             ,
             so
             I
             could
             not
             but
             alwaies
             judge
             it
             unreasonable
             for
             a
             reward
             to
             be
             there
             demanded
             where
             no
             good
             is
             done
             :
             for
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             is
             a
             mystery
             in
             which
             the
             common
             people
             have
             no
             skill
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             ill
             they
             want
             not
             a
             Doctor
             for
             his
             reverent
             looks
             ,
             nor
             do
             they
             desire
             any
             thing
             promiscuously
             for
             a
             Medicine
             ,
             much
             less
             any
             dear
             thing
             ,
             but
             only
             what
             may
             be
             good
             for
             the
             disease
             ,
             If
             they
             knew
             a
             thing
             were
             not
             good
             for
             their
             malady
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             were
             appointed
             only
             at
             a
             wilde
             random
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             loath
             to
             buy
             it
             for
             themselves
             ,
             though
             they
             might
             have
             it
             for
             half
             the
             worth
             of
             it
             ,
             much
             less
             would
             they
             give
             ten
             times
             the
             price
             for
             it
             that
             the
             Apothecary
             gives
             for
             it
             at
             first
             hand
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             usual
             profit
             which
             some
             Apothecaries
             (
             on
             my
             knowledge
             )
             make
             of
             some
             ,
             nay
             many
             of
             their
             stops
             )
             .
          
           
             Are
             they
             the
             fathers
             of
             the
             sick
             ?
             
             And
             do
             they
             when
             the
             childe
             wants
             and
             asks
             bread
             ,
             give
             a
             stone
             ;
             when
             fish
             ,
             a
             serpent
             ;
             and
             over
             &
             besides
             sell
             these
             preposterous
             intrusions
             at
             ten
             ,
             nay
             oft
             at
             twenty
             times
             the
             rate
             they
             are
             worth
             ?
             The
             God
             of
             mercy
             deliver
             all
             honest
             men
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             such
             devouring
             Caterpillers
             !
          
           
             When
             I
             first
             gave
             my self
             to
             Medicinal
             practise
             ,
             I
             confess
             I
             was
             ashamed
             to
             ask
             a
             price
             for
             a
             Medicine
             I
             had
             not
             tryed
             ,
             however
             commended
             by
             Authors
             .
             I
             knew
             it
             either
             must
             answer
             the
             patients
             expectation
             or
             no.
             If
             so
             ,
             it
             then
             deserved
             a
             gratuity
             above
             its
             price
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             the
             Patient
             could
             not
             in
             conscience
             be
             charged
             for
             that
             ,
             which
             might
             have
             been
             equalled
             ,
             if
             not
             excelled
             ,
             by
             the
             advise
             of
             some
             old
             wife
             gratis
             .
             My
             usual
             word
             then
             to
             them
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             prove
             the
             effect
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             and
             then
             as
             the
             operation
             did
             succeed
             to
             be
             thankful
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             must
             protest
             ,
             that
             mine
             ears
             
             were
             soon
             dulled
             with
             the
             usual
             palinode
             of
             ,
             It
             did
             me
             no
             good
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             promises
             of
             Authors
             ,
             and
             their
             method
             of
             cheating
             ,
             their
             allowed
             Dispensatories
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             I
             was
             (
             as
             Helmont
             formerly
             )
             almost
             quite
             out
             of
             conceit
             of
             the
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             accounting
             it
             and
             judging
             it
             to
             be
             but
             a
             cruel
             cheat
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             I
             found
             that
             God
             had
             reserved
             to
             himself
             a
             number
             who
             had
             not
             bowed
             the
             knee
             to
             the
             Baal
             of
             profit
             ,
             covetousness
             ,
             idleness
             ,
             and
             ambition
             ,
             whom
             therefore
             I
             seriously
             studied
             ,
             and
             gave
             my self
             in
             imitation
             of
             them
             to
             the
             studious
             search
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             God
             was
             pleased
             so
             to
             bless
             my
             studies
             ,
             and
             hear
             my
             prayers
             ,
             as
             to
             grant
             me
             the
             true
             keys
             of
             Chymical
             preparations
             ,
             who
             gives
             to
             whom
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             and
             with-holds
             where
             he
             listeth
             ,
             to
             him
             be
             glory
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             Then
             I
             could
             not
             but
             contemn
             the
             
             usual
             vulgar
             preparations
             ,
             as
             being
             grosly
             foolish
             ,
             their
             compositions
             ridiculous
             ,
             their
             corrections
             Ironical
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             whole
             Art
             of
             vulgar
             Medicine
             ,
             I
             found
             to
             be
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             invented
             by
             some
             Timon
             ,
             or
             Misanthropos
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             Mankinde
             .
          
           
             They
             who
             desire
             to
             read
             more
             particularly
             concerning
             the
             folly
             and
             futility
             of
             vulgar
             Medicaments
             ,
             I
             recommend
             them
             to
             the
             noble
             Helmont
             his
             
               Pharmacopolium
               ac
               Dispensatorium
               modernum
            
             ,
             where
             this
             subject
             is
             handled
             
               ad
               nauseam
               usque
            
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             inlarge
             hereon
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
             but
             to
             eccho
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             my
             intent
             is
             only
             to
             defend
             and
             vindicate
             .
          
           
             This
             I
             shall
             only
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             unworthy
             thing
             that
             a
             Doctor
             should
             administer
             things
             which
             he
             knowes
             not
             by
             sight
             ,
             and
             yet
             bless
             himself
             that
             he
             hath
             the
             knowledge
             of
             them
             ,
             when
             what
             ever
             he
             knoweth
             of
             them
             
             it
             is
             but
             upon
             credit
             by
             reading
             ,
             the
             Author
             perhaps
             being
             a
             
               Grecian
               ,
               Italian
               ,
               Frenchman
            
             ,
             or
             Spaniard
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             as
             confidently
             applying
             his
             direction
             to
             men
             in
             England
             (
             where
             both
             Simples
             and
             constitutions
             of
             men
             are
             notably
             altered
             )
             as
             if
             no
             difference
             at
             all
             between
             place
             and
             persons
             were
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             an
             abuse
             likewise
             worthy
             the
             most
             biting
             and
             sharpest
             Satyr
             ,
             that
             a
             Doctor
             should
             undertake
             the
             cure
             of
             lives
             ,
             and
             yet
             commit
             the
             preparation
             of
             Medicaments
             to
             an
             Apothecary
             ,
             and
             he
             to
             his
             Apprentice
             ,
             not
             considering
             into
             what
             hazards
             they
             cast
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             dangers
             they
             involve
             the
             Patient
             by
             this
             course
             ;
             for
             who
             is
             so
             stupid
             as
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Doctors
             name
             that
             will
             scare
             a
             disease
             into
             conformity
             ?
             no
             verily
             it
             must
             be
             the
             Medicine
             that
             must
             effect
             the
             cure
             ,
             in
             the
             preparation
             of
             which
             consists
             the
             greatest
             secret
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             a
             small
             neglect
             is
             of
             fatal
             consequence
             :
             
             now
             what
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             an
             Apothecary
             ,
             whose
             skill
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             no
             more
             then
             what
             an
             apprentiship
             hath
             gotten
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             me
             I
             confess
             ingenuously
             a
             thing
             of
             serious
             consideration
             .
             This
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             care
             of
             preparation
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             lightly
             set
             by
             ;
             yet
             what
             Mechanist
             is
             there
             ,
             who
             prepares
             venal
             drugs
             ,
             that
             can
             be
             confided
             in
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             will
             either
             buy
             the
             cheapest
             and
             most
             rascal
             ingredients
             ,
             or
             substitute
             
               quid
               pro
               quo
            
             ,
             with
             a
             thousand
             deceits
             ,
             besides
             the
             neglect
             of
             his
             apprentice
             ,
             to
             whom
             in
             the
             conclusion
             ,
             the
             care
             of
             the
             preparation
             is
             committed
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             not
             very
             largely
             ,
             yet
             I
             hope
             fully
             Apologized
             for
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             :
             and
             supposing
             a
             Galenist
             for
             Moderator
             ,
             I
             conceive
             that
             I
             hear
             him
             discharging
             me
             with
             a
             
               [
               Satisfecisti
               officio
               tuo
            
             ]
             supposing
             an
             unprejudiced
             and
             judicious
             Reader
             ,
             me
             thinks
             I
             hear
             him
             desiring
             after
             
             this
             Apology
             ,
             a
             discovery
             of
             such
             Medicaments
             ,
             which
             may
             actually
             convince
             ,
             and
             maintain
             ,
             what
             is
             here
             argumentally
             proved
             and
             asserted
             .
             The
             desire
             to
             me
             seems
             reasonable
             ,
             and
             my
             spirit
             to
             answer
             the
             same
             is
             much
             inclined
             ,
             which
             God
             willing
             shall
             be
             performed
             in
             an
             ensuing
             Discourse
             ,
             which
             shall
             fully
             and
             faithfully
             discover
             the
             more
             secret
             preparations
             of
             Medicinal
             Arcana's
             with
             their
             true
             keys
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             shall
             be
             so
             candid
             as
             to
             leave
             nothing
             undisclosed
             which
             a
             Son
             of
             Art
             may
             desire
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             not
             to
             transgress
             the
             lawes
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             prostitute
             her
             mysterious
             and
             secret
             operations
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             every
             Reader
             ,
             but
             premising
             studious
             search
             and
             diligent
             inquiry
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             a
             faithfull
             guide
             to
             such
             as
             by
             God
             are
             elected
             hereunto
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             rest
             I
             shall
             be
             obscure
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               CHAP.
               III.
            
             A
             description
             of
             the
             true
             method
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             a
             discovery
             of
             such
             Medicaments
             as
             may
             evince
             the
             possessor
             of
             them
             to
             be
             a
             Physician
             created
             of
             God
             and
             not
             of
             the
             Schools
             .
          
           
             HAving
             in
             the
             two
             foregoing
             Chapters
             ,
             on
             good
             grounds
             rejected
             the
             vulgar
             way
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             convinced
             it
             (
             notwithstanding
             the
             brags
             of
             our
             Goosequil
             Doctors
             concerning
             it
             )
             to
             be
             insufficient
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             intended
             against
             (
             instead
             of
             the
             disease
             )
             the
             life
             of
             the
             patient
             ,
             in
             its
             Purgatives
             ,
             Phlebotomy
             ,
             Vesications
             ,
             Scarifications
             ,
             Fontinels
             ,
             and
             starving
             Julips
             ,
             and
             barly
             Broths
             ,
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             cooling
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             giving
             but
             ridiculous
             
             hope
             of
             cure
             in
             its
             Dietical
             prescriptions
             and
             Cordials
             so
             called
             ,
             made
             of
             costly
             things
             ridiculously
             blended
             together
             ,
             their
             Clysters
             ,
             Conserves
             ,
             Syrups
             ,
             Lochsana's
             ,
             distill'd
             waters
             ,
             &c.
             which
             is
             so
             notorious
             as
             to
             become
             a
             Proverb
             to
             the
             vulgar
             all
             the
             world
             over
             ,
             although
             this
             foolish
             method
             be
             embraced
             and
             hugg'd
             by
             our
             Methodists
             (
             as
             they
             call
             themselves
             ,
             or
             more
             truly
             ,
             Goosquil
             Pisse-prophets
             )
             who
             by
             long
             jugling
             have
             gotten
             reputation
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             improved
             to
             what
             height
             is
             possible
             for
             the
             getting
             of
             money
             ,
             without
             regard
             to
             either
             Religion
             ,
             conscience
             ,
             or
             honesty
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             now
             be
             convenient
             to
             come
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             true
             Medicaments
             ,
             which
             may
             perform
             that
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             those
             diseases
             to
             which
             mans
             frail
             nature
             is
             subject
             ,
             which
             notwithstanding
             the
             boasts
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             they
             could
             never
             perform
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             see
             how
             craftily
             they
             have
             imposed
             
             for
             mnny
             ages
             upon
             the
             credulous
             world
             ,
             (
             not
             in
             trifles
             ,
             but
             in
             great
             and
             vast
             sums
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             their
             lives
             oft
             times
             to
             boot
             )
             would
             amaze
             any
             judicious
             observer
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Yea
             so
             confident
             are
             they
             in
             this
             their
             Art
             of
             jugling
             ,
             as
             to
             glory
             therein
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             notably
             deserving
             atchlevement
             :
             insomuch
             that
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             my
             acquaintance
             ,
             of
             accomplished
             learning
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             much
             conscience
             therewith
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             for
             nigh
             sixteen
             years
             through
             great
             difficulties
             ,
             lived
             in
             defiance
             of
             the
             vulgar
             way
             of
             practise
             ,
             to
             the
             purchasing
             of
             the
             ill
             will
             and
             reproach
             of
             all
             or
             most
             of
             his
             friends
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             the
             involving
             of
             himself
             in
             many
             pinching
             straights
             ,
             which
             yet
             he
             chearfully
             underwent
             ,
             and
             undergoes
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             get
             a
             living
             by
             an
             Art
             ,
             which
             he
             plainly
             discovered
             to
             be
             a
             frivolous
             cheat
             ,
             though
             a
             cruel
             butchery
             to
             the
             sick
             ;
             
             he
             then
             fearing
             the
             judgement
             to
             come
             ,
             (
             although
             ,
             without
             exception
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             as
             able
             learning
             as
             the
             most
             cryed
             up
             Goosquil
             Piss-prophet
             in
             London
             )
             refused
             utterly
             the
             practise
             of
             Medicine
             in
             the
             vulgar
             way
             ,
             although
             for
             a
             livelihood
             ,
             &
             although
             as
             absolutely
             accomplished
             for
             the
             practise
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             as
             the
             ablest
             of
             them
             for
             learning
             ,
             (
             and
             whom
             the
             deaths
             of
             two
             or
             three
             hundred
             men
             would
             have
             brought
             to
             the
             same
             experience
             with
             them
             )
             nor
             was
             he
             then
             a
             Master
             of
             nobler
             secrets
             ,
             and
             therefore
             rather
             chose
             an
             absolute
             contemplative
             life
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             imployed
             in
             such
             a
             barbarous
             butcher
             like
             practise
             .
             This
             man
             one
             day
             hapning
             to
             discourse
             with
             one
             of
             the
             Colleagues
             of
             our
             London
             Colledge
             ,
             whom
             he
             reported
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             he
             found
             a
             vain
             empty
             bladder
             ,
             puft
             only
             with
             wind
             ,
             and
             who
             besides
             his
             
               Hocus
               pocus
            
             Rhetorique
             applicable
             to
             his
             Art
             of
             jugling
             was
             a
             meer
             insipid
             nothing
             ;
             
             their
             conference
             being
             concerning
             Astral
             Medicines
             ,
             a
             thing
             so
             unknown
             to
             our
             reverend
             Doctor
             ,
             that
             the
             name
             seemed
             to
             him
             to
             sound
             like
             the
             title
             of
             an
             Exorcism
             ;
             he
             therefore
             able
             to
             say
             nothing
             to
             him
             either
             in
             way
             of
             opposition
             or
             for
             confutation
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             neither
             knew
             nor
             beleeved
             any
             such
             thing
             ;
             at
             last
             (
             lest
             he
             might
             seem
             able
             to
             say
             nothing
             to
             the
             purpose
             )
             concludes
             his
             discourse
             with
             this
             Rhodomontado
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             able
             to
             get
             fifteen
             hundred
             pounds
             a
             year
             by
             his
             way
             of
             practise
             ,
             tacitly
             quipping
             the
             other
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             by
             his
             Astral
             Medicines
             (
             commended
             )
             was
             not
             able
             then
             to
             get
             one
             hundred
             pounds
             
               per
               annum
            
             .
             To
             whom
             his
             Gentleman
             by
             way
             of
             reply
             objected
             ,
             But
             how
             many
             Patients
             do
             you
             cure
             for
             this
             money
             ?
             was
             snapt
             up
             with
             a
             frowning
             check
             ,
             as
             though
             that
             were
             an
             impertinent
             question
             to
             be
             demanded
             of
             him
             that
             could
             and
             did
             get
             money
             ,
             which
             according
             
             to
             the
             Logick
             of
             that
             Tribe
             is
             to
             be
             the
             measure
             of
             mens
             attainments
             and
             abilities
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             it
             may
             not
             seem
             beyond
             belief
             ,
             how
             so
             much
             money
             may
             be
             distilled
             our
             of
             mens
             purses
             in
             lieu
             of
             a
             smooth
             tale
             ;
             the
             same
             Gentleman
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             a
             Kinsman
             of
             his
             (
             an
             Alderman
             of
             this
             City
             ,
             and
             his
             Lady
             )
             had
             both
             told
             him
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             way
             of
             complaint
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             way
             of
             boasting
             ,
             that
             in
             short
             time
             his
             Apothecaries
             Bill
             came
             to
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             (
             to
             whom
             this
             fifteen
             hundred
             pound
             Doctor
             had
             been
             and
             still
             is
             Physcian
             )
             and
             this
             in
             short
             time
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             season
             no
             considerable
             distemper
             having
             taken
             either
             himself
             ,
             or
             Lady
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             his
             family
             :
             now
             by
             the
             Apothecaries
             Bils
             ,
             few
             men
             but
             can
             judge
             shrewdly
             at
             the
             Doctors
             Fees
             ,
             &
             if
             he
             be
             not
             a
             verier
             idiot
             then
             many
             of
             his
             brethren
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             three
             hundred
             pounds
             will
             come
             into
             his
             
             pocket
             ,
             which
             his
             Bils
             well
             deserve
             for
             a
             trick
             that
             he
             both
             knowes
             ,
             and
             probably
             practiseth
             ,
             to
             my
             knowledge
             some
             of
             his
             brethren
             do
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             the
             trick
             likewise
             ,
             and
             have
             hinted
             it
             elsewhere
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shall
             leave
             it
             now
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             shall
             come
             to
             the
             true
             Art
             and
             method
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             which
             although
             (
             through
             the
             ingrate
             fulness
             of
             the
             time
             and
             this
             Age
             to
             true
             discoveries
             of
             Nature
             )
             it
             prove
             not
             so
             lucriferous
             as
             the
             other
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             such
             an
             Art
             ,
             which
             is
             followed
             with
             wealth
             sufficient
             for
             a
             Son
             of
             Art.
             
          
           
             True
             ,
             the
             highest
             of
             a
             Son
             of
             Arts
             ambition
             and
             desire
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             able
             to
             attend
             future
             searches
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             to
             live
             as
             becomes
             a
             Philosopher
             in
             mediocrity
             ,
             (
             not
             superfluity
             )
             and
             this
             without
             distraction
             :
             whereas
             a
             Goosquil
             Doctor
             ,
             (
             accounting
             himself
             only
             a
             fit
             companion
             for
             Ladies
             )
             must
             go
             arrayed
             in
             choice
             silk
             ,
             plush
             ,
             and
             velvet
             ,
             with
             
             a
             Ladies
             hand
             ,
             and
             his
             Coach
             to
             attend
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             but
             stir
             our
             of
             doors
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             have
             larger
             incomes
             to
             maintain
             this
             pomp
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             know
             that
             although
             I
             consume
             and
             spend
             whatever
             moneys
             I
             can
             borrow
             from
             my
             bare
             necessity
             ,
             or
             at
             utmost
             my
             most
             absolute
             conveniency
             ,
             in
             Furnaces
             ,
             Coals
             ,
             and
             Glasses
             ,
             with
             the
             Bee
             making
             Hony
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             my self
             ,
             yet
             the
             experience
             ,
             which
             through
             Gods
             blessing
             this
             industry
             hath
             brought
             ,
             doth
             and
             will
             bring
             me
             ,
             will
             make
             my
             name
             live
             ,
             when
             the
             names
             of
             hundreds
             ,
             that
             bark
             and
             snarl
             at
             me
             ,
             and
             load
             me
             with
             unworthy
             reproacher
             ,
             shall
             lie
             buried
             in
             perpetual
             oblivion
             .
          
           
             Let
             not
             then
             any
             think
             to
             scare
             me
             with
             the
             Rhodomontado
             of
             our
             forementioned
             fifteen
             hundred
             :
             pound
             Doctor
             
               (
               per
               annum
            
             )
             for
             when
             both
             we
             :
             shall
             come
             to
             give
             up
             our
             accounts
             to
             the
             great
             Judge
             ,
             I
             know
             
             it
             will
             not
             be
             objected
             there
             as
             a
             crime
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             cure
             in
             a
             year
             almost
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             altogether
             )
             as
             many
             Patients
             that
             are
             poor
             gratis
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             for
             his
             fifteen
             hundred
             pounds
             ;
             that
             to
             others
             that
             are
             rich
             ,
             I
             give
             both
             Medicins
             and
             counsel
             ,
             asking
             nothing
             till
             the
             cure
             is
             performed
             ,
             and
             then
             by
             some
             put
             off
             with
             little
             ,
             and
             by
             some
             with
             nothing
             ,
             because
             my
             Medicaments
             are
             but
             little
             in
             quantity
             ,
             and
             the
             cure
             (
             beyond
             expectation
             )
             ,
             speedily
             effected
             ,
             and
             yet
             what
             ever
             I
             do
             get
             I
             lay
             out
             in
             future
             discoveries
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             do
             good
             to
             an
             ungrateful
             generation
             :
             oft
             times
             running
             in
             debt
             for
             conveniencies
             ,
             and
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             sparing
             out
             of
             my
             belly
             to
             finde
             out
             new
             experiments
             in
             Medicine
             ;
             and
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             getting
             on
             one
             hand
             hatred
             &
             opposition
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             contempt
             for
             performing
             cures
             so
             soon
             and
             cheap
             :
             yet
             I
             know
             that
             my
             reward
             will
             be
             a
             good
             name
             when
             I
             am
             gone
             ,
             and
             
             from
             God
             hereafter
             ,
             whereas
             they
             that
             expect
             no
             reward
             beyond
             their
             Fees
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             marvel
             if
             they
             be
             so
             sordid
             in
             raking
             them
             out
             of
             even
             the
             bowels
             of
             their
             distressed
             clients
             ,
             in
             lieu
             of
             which
             they
             give
             them
             only
             smooth
             and
             fallacious
             language
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             highly
             esteemed
             because
             they
             cheat
             them
             with
             a
             grace
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             high
             price
             upon
             their
             butcheries
             .
             This
             !
             O
             this
             !
             cryes
             them
             up
             for
             brave
             fellowes
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             admired
             &
             adored
             by
             the
             simpler
             sort
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             thing
             which
             as
             ordered
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             mude
             use
             of
             to
             their
             advantage
             ,
             they
             blinde
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             common
             poople
             withall
             ,
             and
             ascribe
             very
             much
             to
             themselves
             on
             that
             score
             :
             and
             that
             is
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             which
             disease
             ,
             dangerously
             threatning
             the
             life
             ,
             being
             indeed
             mortal
             to
             very
             many
             ,
             and
             sadly
             afflictive
             to
             all
             that
             are
             visited
             therewith
             ,
             being
             accompanied
             with
             many
             sad
             and
             perplexing
             accidents
             ,
             
             very
             grievous
             and
             troublesome
             to
             be
             undergone
             ,
             as
             violent
             thirst
             ,
             a
             tormenting
             heat
             and
             burning
             of
             the
             body
             causing
             restlesness
             ,
             with
             pain
             or
             lightness
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             an
             oppression
             at
             the
             stomack
             ,
             with
             a
             dejected
             appetite
             ,
             and
             a
             loathing
             of
             all
             meats
             ,
             a
             disrelish
             both
             of
             meats
             and
             drinks
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             troublesome
             and
             dangerous
             symptomes
             ,
             rendring
             the
             life
             wearisome
             to
             the
             Patient
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             hazard
             to
             the
             beholders
             .
          
           
             These
             Symptomes
             though
             not
             alike
             troublesome
             to
             each
             affected
             party
             ,
             are
             scarce
             in
             the
             course
             of
             ordinary
             providence
             mortal
             to
             the
             third
             sick
             feaverish
             man
             ,
             since
             two
             in
             three
             Feavers
             ,
             if
             wholly
             let
             alone
             ,
             and
             the
             party
             attended
             only
             with
             carefulness
             ,
             would
             after
             the
             Crisis
             ,
             end
             usually
             in
             health
             ,
             though
             accompanied
             with
             much
             debilitation
             ;
             but
             because
             that
             this
             disease
             is
             not
             to
             be
             trusted
             ,
             proving
             each
             year
             really
             mortal
             to
             many
             ,
             by
             its
             exceeding
             troublesome
             
             symptomes
             threatens
             death
             unto
             all
             ,
             and
             therefore
             (
             because
             experience
             hath
             taught
             the
             world
             for
             many
             Ages
             that
             there
             ia
             cure
             for
             diseases
             attainable
             by
             Art
             )
             each
             sick
             party
             taken
             ill
             in
             places
             where
             Doctors
             may
             be
             had
             ,
             consulteth
             with
             them
             ,
             in
             hope
             of
             cure
             ,
             though
             in
             the
             Countrey
             Villages
             ,
             with
             far
             greater
             successe
             ,
             they
             give
             parties
             that
             are
             taken
             ill
             ,
             either
             a
             Rosemary
             ,
             or
             a
             Carduus
             Posset
             ,
             and
             so
             provoke
             sweat
             ,
             yea
             and
             in
             Cities
             ,
             the
             poorer
             sort
             ,
             who
             cannot
             reach
             unto
             a
             Doctors
             Fee
             use
             the
             same
             course
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             many
             Feavers
             very
             violent
             in
             symptomes
             ,
             thought
             not
             so
             deeply
             rooted
             ,
             are
             speedily
             extinguished
             ,
             but
             where
             the
             disease
             with
             this
             old
             wives
             Medicine
             will
             not
             be
             abated
             nor
             cured
             ,
             there
             the
             party
             ,
             if
             possible
             ,
             will
             make
             any
             shift
             ,
             to
             get
             one
             of
             the
             more
             conscionable
             Doctors
             ,
             that
             is
             one
             who
             being
             of
             less
             note
             and
             practise
             ,
             will
             be
             content
             with
             less
             Fees
             ,
             
             rather
             then
             not
             be
             imployed
             ,
             who
             going
             in
             the
             same
             rode
             with
             his
             cryed
             up
             Brethren
             ,
             will
             be
             tampering
             with
             Cordials
             as
             the
             calleth
             them
             ,
             and
             cooling
             Julips
             ;
             by
             Phlebotomy
             ,
             Vesications
             ,
             Scarifications
             ,
             Frications
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             till
             he
             make
             many
             Feavers
             prove
             mortal
             by
             his
             Art
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             attended
             only
             with
             care
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             the
             cold
             ,
             and
             giving
             orderly
             meats
             and
             drink
             in
             season
             ,
             would
             be
             extinguished
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             after
             the
             Crisis
             ,
             and
             those
             few
             Feavers
             ,
             which
             by
             all
             these
             devices
             are
             not
             enraged
             even
             to
             death
             ,
             nor
             yet
             by
             their
             cruel
             forbidding
             of
             Beer
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             drink
             ,
             whereby
             the
             disease
             wasts
             the
             radical
             humidity
             for
             want
             of
             due
             moisture
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             made
             so
             dangerous
             that
             death
             is
             oft
             expected
             each
             hour
             ,
             not
             only
             at
             the
             first
             crisis
             ,
             but
             after
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             twentieth
             ,
             many
             times
             to
             the
             thirtieth
             day
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             mouth
             being
             very
             foul
             ,
             and
             oft
             
             sore
             ,
             the
             tongue
             black
             ,
             the
             breath
             nidorous
             ,
             the
             visage
             representing
             rather
             a
             ghost
             then
             a
             man
             ordained
             to
             life
             ;
             the
             Doctor
             is
             attendant
             (
             if
             a
             rich
             Patient
             )
             twice
             ,
             at
             least
             once
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             each
             time
             with
             an
             affected
             pensiveness
             appointing
             this
             or
             that
             Syrup
             ,
             or
             Lotion
             ,
             or
             Julip
             ,
             or
             Cordial
             ,
             or
             Lenitive
             ,
             or
             what
             else
             his
             phantasie
             dictates
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             pitch
             of
             extremity
             sliced
             Pigeons
             or
             Herrings
             are
             laid
             to
             the
             soles
             of
             the
             feet
             ,
             and
             a
             precise
             diet
             commanded
             upon
             signs
             of
             mending
             :
             thus
             maugre
             the
             disease
             and
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             through
             the
             good
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             benignity
             of
             nature
             ,
             the
             party
             escapes
             death
             ,
             yet
             scare
             able
             to
             go
             boldly
             abroad
             in
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             or
             four
             moneths
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             through
             this
             ordering
             in
             cure
             ,
             for
             an
             epilogue
             of
             his
             Feaver
             ,
             contracts
             a
             Chronick
             disease
             ,
             which
             leaves
             him
             not
             during
             life
             ;
             this
             then
             is
             a
             cryed
             up
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             notable
             cure
             ,
             for
             which
             perhaps
             the
             Doctors
             
             (
             if
             a
             rich
             man
             )
             many
             being
             called
             to
             consultation
             ,
             share
             an
             hundred
             or
             two
             pounds
             of
             his
             money
             ,
             and
             the
             Apothecaries
             Bill
             amounting
             to
             half
             as
             much
             .
          
           
             Of
             such
             a
             reputed
             cure
             as
             this
             (
             of
             which
             had
             they
             any
             grace
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             as
             asham'd
             as
             a
             School-boy
             of
             playing
             the
             trewant
             )
             they
             will
             boast
             much
             ,
             and
             oppose
             themselves
             by
             way
             of
             contempt
             against
             any
             Artist
             ,
             as
             never
             having
             any
             such
             cure
             .
          
           
             Truth
             ,
             I
             grant
             that
             I
             never
             had
             any
             such
             cure
             ,
             and
             am
             therefore
             bound
             to
             give
             eternal
             thanks
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             chosen
             me
             to
             another
             ,
             then
             that
             fordid
             ,
             ungodly
             ,
             unconscionable
             ,
             butcher-like
             practice
             ,
             by
             which
             I
             certainly
             ,
             and
             safely
             ,
             and
             speedily
             cure
             that
             disease
             ,
             with
             the
             Pleurisie
             ,
             and
             all
             Agues
             ,
             even
             Quartan
             ,
             and
             Autumnal
             ,
             yea
             Hyemal
             ,
             without
             bloud-letting
             ,
             or
             purging
             ,
             without
             forbidding
             drink
             ,
             nay
             allowing
             both
             strong
             Beer
             and
             Wine
             
             with
             moderation
             in
             Feavers
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             in
             Agues
             and
             in
             Pleurisies
             ,
             with
             small
             curiosity
             in
             ordering
             the
             diet
             ,
             and
             yet
             my
             patients
             soundly
             cured
             ,
             without
             danger
             of
             relapse
             ,
             often
             at
             a
             dose
             or
             two
             ,
             most
             of
             all
             in
             three
             or
             four
             daies
             ;
             Pleurisies
             perfectly
             cured
             as
             soon
             ;
             and
             Agues
             in
             one
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             fits
             ,
             in
             the
             spring
             and
             summer
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             autumn
             or
             winter
             seldome
             exceeding
             five
             or
             six
             fits
             ,
             and
             through
             Gods
             blessing
             the
             cure
             never
             missing
             ,
             unless
             the
             Patient
             prove
             unruly
             and
             not
             submit
             to
             ,
             or
             fickle
             and
             so
             not
             abide
             in
             my
             directions
             .
          
           
             Yet
             can
             I
             confidently
             affirm
             and
             make
             good
             ,
             that
             I
             yearly
             cure
             more
             Feavers
             ,
             Agues
             ,
             and
             Pleurisies
             ,
             then
             any
             one
             in
             the
             Galenical
             way
             have
             in
             nigh
             twice
             the
             time
             ;
             but
             my
             cures
             are
             too
             contemptible
             for
             the
             rich
             ,
             Counsel
             and
             Medicine
             in
             almost
             two
             thirds
             of
             my
             cures
             scarce
             exceeding
             ,
             sometimes
             not
             amounting
             to
             a
             
             Crown
             ,
             not
             one
             in
             forty
             rising
             to
             above
             an
             Angel.
             
          
           
             For
             many
             hundreds
             know
             and
             can
             testifie
             for
             me
             ,
             that
             besides
             my
             own
             cures
             ,
             many
             both
             in
             City
             and
             Countrey
             practise
             by
             my
             medicines
             ,
             to
             the
             cure
             and
             relief
             of
             some
             thousands
             yearly
             ,
             mine
             own
             practise
             in
             some
             years
             reaching
             to
             nigh
             two
             hundred
             Agues
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             make
             appear
             ,
             with
             many
             more
             Feavers
             ,
             Pleurisies
             ,
             Fluxes
             ,
             and
             vomitings
             ,
             of
             all
             which
             scarce
             five
             in
             a
             year
             not
             perfectly
             cured
             ,
             and
             those
             only
             such
             who
             hearing
             of
             the
             sudden
             effect
             of
             my
             medicines
             ,
             send
             for
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             without
             observing
             the
             difference
             of
             season
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             expect
             the
             same
             speed
             in
             cure
             with
             others
             ,
             and
             not
             finding
             the
             cure
             perfect
             ,
             (
             although
             notably
             abated
             )
             are
             discouraged
             ,
             and
             leave
             off
             ,
             whose
             error
             herein
             is
             not
             to
             be
             charged
             upon
             the
             Medicine
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             any
             thing
             to
             me
             of
             moment
             ,
             
             or
             ought
             it
             to
             be
             to
             any
             judicious
             man
             ,
             that
             Galenists
             rashly
             and
             impudently
             rail
             and
             crie
             out
             against
             Chymicall
             Medicaments
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             most
             desperate
             of
             all
             in
             that
             Art
             preparable
             ,
             they
             have
             ravished
             into
             their
             Apothecaries
             Shops
             ,
             and
             have
             accepted
             ,
             and
             do
             own
             them
             ,
             as
             sworn
             servants
             to
             their
             method
             .
          
           
             Which
             charge
             if
             they
             deny
             ,
             
               Turbith
               Minerale
               ,
               Mercuirius
               dulcis
               ,
               vitae
               ,
            
             praecipitate
             severall
             wayes
             ,
             
               Crocus
               metallorum
               ,
               Antimonium
               Diaphoreticum
               ,
               Stibium
               ,
            
             &c.
             shall
             be
             summoned
             in
             ,
             to
             give
             testimony
             to
             their
             very
             faces
             ,
             which
             are
             medicines
             unfit
             for
             an
             honest
             man
             to
             use
             ,
             all
             save
             
               Antimonium
               Diaphoreticum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             trifle
             ,
             being
             so
             oft
             burnt
             with
             Salt
             Peter
             ,
             till
             it
             become
             an
             insipid
             Calx
             ,
             of
             very
             little
             vertue
             ,
             in
             comparison
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             that
             eminent
             virtue
             ,
             and
             noble
             excellency
             which
             we
             boast
             of
             in
             Antimony
             .
          
           
           
             Therefore
             ,
             courteous
             Reader
             ,
             do
             not
             think
             ,
             that
             we
             in
             commending
             the
             noble
             true
             Chymicall
             Medicines
             ,
             do
             mean
             these
             rascall
             ,
             virulent
             ,
             horribel
             Medicaments
             ,
             but
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             Galenicall
             Tribe
             ,
             
               (
               ut
               similes
               labris
               lactucas
            
             )
             that
             with
             them
             they
             may
             fill
             up
             the
             measure
             of
             their
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             do
             here
             attest
             the
             supreme
             Judge
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             that
             we
             both
             abhorre
             the
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             dehort
             all
             that
             are
             wise
             to
             beware
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             dangerous
             poysons
             .
          
           
             For
             we
             intend
             here
             absolute
             ingenuity
             ,
             to
             speak
             of
             Professors
             ,
             and
             of
             Medicines
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             plead
             for
             this
             spurious
             venemous
             Brat
             ,
             because
             it
             may
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             Chymicall
             Bastard
             ,
             but
             we
             disown
             it
             wholly
             ,
             as
             an
             off-spring
             of
             Renegado
             ,
             and
             fugitive
             Apostate
             Chymists
             ,
             Mimicks
             adn
             Apes
             to
             true
             Philosophie
             ,
             but
             not
             her
             legitimate
             Sonnes
             ,
             the
             disgrace
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
             fit
             to
             be
             marked
             with
             a
             black
             note
             of
             infamy
             .
          
           
             O
             foolish
             Doctors
             !
             who
             hath
             bewitched
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             not
             see
             ,
             nor
             abide
             the
             truth
             ?
             O
             silly
             and
             blind
             followers
             of
             these
             perverse
             blind
             guides
             !
             how
             long
             will
             you
             be
             deceived
             ?
             attend
             I
             pray
             you
             for
             your
             own
             good
             ,
             to
             him
             who
             is
             ready
             to
             teach
             you
             better
             .
          
           
             Strange
             !
             Certainly
             a
             deep
             sleep
             from
             God
             hath
             besotted
             the
             understanding
             of
             our
             wise
             men
             ,
             since
             our
             Princes
             of
             Zoan
             in
             this
             one
             thing
             are
             fools
             ,
             though
             in
             other
             things
             acute
             enough
             ,
             whom
             so
             many
             lost
             lives
             as
             yet
             cannot
             make
             wise
             ,
             sufficiently
             to
             distinguish
             between
             reality
             of
             truth
             and
             an
             Imposture
             .
          
           
             Wo
             is
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             and
             must
             be
             in
             this
             thing
             a
             Sonne
             of
             Contention
             ,
             and
             must
             contend
             with
             almost
             all
             the
             earth
             :
             sure
             it
             is
             not
             for
             my
             inward
             case
             and
             contentment
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             even
             as
             a
             fire
             to
             my
             bowels
             ;
             although
             
             since
             it
             is
             truth
             that
             is
             to
             be
             defended
             ,
             to
             betray
             which
             in
             a
             cause
             of
             so
             high
             concernment
             (
             as
             the
             lives
             of
             thousands
             )
             were
             so
             high
             an
             ingratitude
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             discovered
             the
             mysteries
             of
             nature
             to
             me
             ,
             (
             blessed
             be
             his
             name
             )
             that
             I
             might
             justly
             fear
             not
             only
             the
             deprivement
             of
             this
             Talent
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             doom
             of
             the
             unprofitable
             Servant
             ,
             the
             dread
             of
             whose
             exemplary
             punishment
             doth
             compell
             me
             thus
             to
             bring
             my
             Talent
             in
             to
             the
             Bank
             ,
             and
             expose
             what
             God
             hath
             discovered
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             the
             view
             and
             censure
             of
             a
             captious
             generation
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             expect
             reproach
             ,
             disdain
             and
             contumelie
             full
             measure
             ,
             and
             heaped
             ,
             yet
             is
             there
             a
             certain
             number
             of
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             from
             whom
             I
             shall
             receive
             both
             thanks
             and
             encouragement
             .
          
           
             For
             whose
             information
             and
             instruction
             fake
             ,
             we
             shall
             in
             a
             brief
             discourse
             ,
             so
             elucidate
             the
             nature
             of
             true
             medicine
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             it
             appear
             
             to
             any
             one
             whom
             passion
             or
             folly
             ,
             or
             self-conceitednesse
             hath
             not
             blinded
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             most
             safe
             ,
             speedy
             and
             certain
             way
             of
             curing
             diseases
             ,
             which
             three
             things
             are
             required
             in
             all
             Medicines
             ,
             promised
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Galenicall
             and
             Pseudochemicall
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             found
             only
             in
             the
             true
             Pyrotechnicall
             secrets
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             by
             this
             our
             art
             of
             medicine
             ,
             which
             we
             commend
             ,
             we
             know
             ,
             and
             promise
             the
             cure
             of
             all
             diseases
             accidentall
             to
             the
             body
             of
             man
             ,
             speedily
             ,
             safely
             ,
             and
             certainly
             ,
             and
             do
             affirm
             our
             Medicines
             to
             have
             an
             adaequate
             virtue
             in
             them
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             which
             we
             shall
             make
             good
             ,
             and
             permit
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             our
             adversaries
             in
             opposition
             to
             snarle
             till
             they
             crack
             their
             spleen
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             Readers
             information
             ,
             I
             must
             give
             him
             an
             account
             ,
             that
             my
             purpose
             is
             here
             to
             give
             things
             as
             in
             a
             small
             Mappe
             ,
             and
             to
             represent
             them
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             Land-skip
             ,
             very
             candidly
             ,
             
             though
             concisely
             ,
             very
             lively
             ,
             though
             as
             at
             a
             little
             distance
             .
          
           
             First
             then
             let
             no
             man
             expect
             from
             me
             linear
             receipts
             ,
             for
             that
             would
             be
             foolish
             in
             me
             to
             perform
             ,
             and
             therefore
             fond
             in
             them
             to
             expect
             ;
             for
             I
             shall
             not
             write
             of
             trifles
             ,
             but
             of
             commanding
             Arcanaes
             ,
             which
             require
             to
             be
             discovered
             in
             the
             language
             of
             the
             Magi
             ,
             lest
             fools
             and
             Mechanists
             ,
             bring
             these
             so
             noble
             secrets
             into
             common
             Shops
             ,
             to
             be
             adulterated
             as
             all
             their
             Chymical
             fopperies
             are
             .
          
           
             Which
             pitiful
             hotch-potch
             had
             its
             roiginall
             from
             rare
             secrets
             of
             Art
             ,
             although
             through
             ignorance
             and
             misapprehension
             of
             dult
             ,
             lazy
             heads
             ,
             and
             searchers
             ,
             they
             are
             under
             the
             same
             names
             with
             those
             renowned
             secrets
             of
             
               Theophrastus
               Paracelsus
            
             ,
             become
             rascally
             venemous
             dangerous
             slops
             as
             they
             are
             adulterately
             ,
             and
             knavishly
             prepared
             for
             sale
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             allowed
             Receipts
             of
             
             vulgar
             Tyrocinists
             and
             Pharmacopaa's
             ,
             they
             are
             at
             the
             best
             either
             dangerous
             ,
             as
             having
             only
             a
             mock
             (
             in
             stead
             of
             a
             due
             and
             true
             )
             preparation
             ,
             as
             the
             vomitive
             ,
             Salivative
             ,
             and
             purgative
             preparations
             of
             Mercury
             and
             Antimonie
             ,
             or
             trivial
             ,
             as
             the
             commonly
             venall
             spirits
             of
             Salts
             ,
             the
             Alcalies
             ,
             waters
             and
             Oyls
             of
             Concretes
             vegetall
             :
             to
             which
             may
             be
             added
             the
             newfound
             silly
             dotages
             of
             some
             particular
             Sophisters
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Ignis
               vita
            
             of
             one
             ,
             the
             universall
             Medicine
             of
             another
             idle
             Sciolist
             ;
             the
             one
             ,
             the
             product
             of
             Soot
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             Mens
             bones
             rotted
             ,
             whose
             rash
             ventosities
             and
             aery
             promises
             we
             reject
             as
             apostate
             Renegado
             cheats
             in
             Art
             ,
             under
             the
             visard
             or
             mask
             of
             Chymistry
             ,
             as
             Allen
             the
             notable
             Theef
             ,
             is
             reported
             to
             have
             rob'd
             in
             a
             Coach
             with
             his
             Complices
             ,
             under
             the
             disguise
             of
             a
             Bishop
             with
             his
             Attendants
             .
          
           
             Of
             this
             I
             have
             given
             caution
             ,
             and
             spoken
             sufficiently
             ,
             in
             a
             Treatise
             
             concerning
             this
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             ,
             intituled
             ,
             
               The
               Art
               and
               mystery
               of
               Pyrotechny
               ,
               taught
               ,
               and
               illustrated
               .
            
             Then
             which
             Tractate
             the
             world
             never
             yet
             saw
             a
             plainer
             ,
             and
             only
             written
             from
             the
             fountain
             of
             experience
             ,
             which
             I
             purpose
             to
             bestow
             as
             a
             Legacie
             upon
             the
             Sons
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             as
             I
             finde
             this
             gets
             acceptance
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             not
             repeat
             here
             what
             is
             fully
             delivered
             and
             made
             plain
             there
             .
          
           
             However
             as
             I
             hinted
             ,
             our
             commonly
             venal
             
               Mercurius
               dulcis
            
             ,
             is
             a
             Fairy
             changeling
             intruded
             upon
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             the
             sweet
             oyl
             or
             Ladanum
             of
             Mercury
             ,
             fixt
             as
             gold
             ,
             and
             sweet
             as
             hony
             (
             in
             its
             first
             fixation
             )
             which
             corollated
             ,
             is
             
               Paracelsus
               Arcanum
               Corallinum
            
             ,
             otherwise
             called
             
               Mercurius
               proecipitatus
               dulcis
            
             ,
             which
             by
             cohobation
             with
             the
             fire
             of
             Hell
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Alchahest
             )
             becomes
             volatile
             ,
             and
             sweet
             like
             hony
             ;
             and
             withall
             being
             anodynous
             ,
             is
             called
             
               Ladanum
               Mercurii
            
             ,
             and
             not
             seldom
             
               Mercurius
               dulcis
            
             ,
             
             which
             can
             never
             be
             revived
             to
             Mercury
             again
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             same
             Art
             which
             would
             revive
             gold
             ,
             and
             discover
             its
             central
             Mercurial
             profundity
             .
          
           
             I
             need
             not
             instance
             in
             other
             mock
             mimical
             preparations
             falsly
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             Paracelsus
             never
             sufficiently
             to
             be
             commended
             Secrets
             ,
             as
             
               Mercurius
               vitae
               ,
               Aurum
               vatae
            
             ,
             Magisteries
             of
             Pearls
             and
             Jemmes
             ,
             their
             quintessences
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             &c.
             of
             which
             comparing
             their
             either
             desperate
             efficacy
             ,
             or
             ridiculous
             languidness
             ,
             with
             the
             promise
             of
             Paracelsus
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             concerning
             their
             Arcanaes
             of
             those
             names
             ,
             he
             may
             say
             with
             the
             Poet
             ,
             
               Spectatum
               admissi
               risum
               teneatis
               amici
               ?
            
             Being
             a
             true
             embleme
             of
             the
             Mountains
             travel
             ,
             or
             the
             shearing
             of
             hogs
             ,
             the
             one
             after
             infinite
             expectation
             ,
             producing
             a
             silly
             mouse
             ,
             the
             others
             .
             
             after
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             making
             a
             foul
             squeaking
             for
             a
             little
             wool
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             will
             whine
             and
             hone
             pitifully
             ,
             rather
             then
             lose
             to
             be
             reputed
             Chymists
             ;
             nay
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             them
             ,
             they
             have
             prepared
             for
             them
             the
             choicest
             of
             Chymical
             preparations
             ,
             and
             some
             pretend
             to
             very
             great
             share
             in
             the
             skill
             of
             this
             Art
             themselves
             .
             If
             so
             ,
             I
             am
             glad
             ,
             for
             to
             such
             I
             may
             address
             my self
             ,
             as
             a
             Brother
             ,
             and
             without
             vanity
             let
             me
             speak
             it
             ,
             such
             a
             one
             of
             whom
             the
             best
             accomplised
             in
             that
             way
             of
             Pyrotechny
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             ashamed
             of
             :
             for
             though
             I
             am
             low
             and
             vile
             sufficiently
             in
             my
             own
             eyes
             ,
             yet
             when
             I
             must
             give
             a
             true
             testimony
             concerning
             my
             industry
             ,
             my
             searches
             ,
             and
             my
             attainments
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             may
             it
             be
             spoken
             ,
             I
             have
             learned
             practically
             to
             understand
             both
             Paracelsus
             ,
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             and
             know
             what
             they
             write
             to
             be
             true
             ;
             and
             though
             I
             am
             an
             unworthy
             
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             when
             the
             Galenists
             come
             to
             vie
             their
             mock
             Chymistry
             ,
             with
             that
             which
             God
             hath
             made
             me
             to
             understand
             by
             the
             reading
             of
             Helmont
             and
             Paracelsus
             ,
             through
             the
             tutorage
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             ferula
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             then
             as
             Paul
             when
             contesting
             with
             the
             false
             Brethren
             and
             Pseudo-apostles
             ,
             would
             not
             give
             way
             to
             them
             one
             jot
             ;
             no
             more
             shal
             I
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             I
             do
             contend
             and
             stand
             up
             for
             truth
             it self
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             fight
             nor
             am
             engaged
             in
             any
             personal
             quarrel
             .
          
           
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             then
             ,
             that
             I
             fall
             not
             short
             in
             mine
             understanding
             of
             ought
             of
             the
             Arcanaes
             of
             Paracelsus
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             him
             who
             chose
             me
             before
             many
             who
             excel
             me
             far
             in
             parts
             in
             the
             Galnical
             Tribe
             :
             in
             which
             respect
             ,
             not
             transgressing
             the
             bounds
             of
             modesty
             ,
             confessing
             what
             ever
             I
             have
             received
             to
             have
             been
             from
             above
             ,
             I
             shall
             yet
             be
             more
             confident
             ,
             and
             do
             affirm
             
             that
             the
             Chymistry
             of
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             is
             a
             ridiculous
             partly
             ,
             and
             partly
             dangerous
             Empericism
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             so
             commendable
             a
             Method
             and
             Art
             ,
             as
             they
             with
             confidence
             and
             impudence
             sufficient
             boast
             it
             to
             be
             ;
             and
             thought
             I
             am
             ol
             my self
             a
             weak
             and
             unworthy
             person
             ,
             to
             combate
             with
             such
             an
             army
             of
             Philistims
             ,
             yet
             as
             they
             once
             fell
             before
             Jonathan
             and
             his
             Armourbearer
             ;
             so
             shall
             as
             many
             as
             oppose
             me
             ,
             fall
             before
             the
             truth
             which
             I
             stand
             up
             for
             ,
             but
             they
             have
             forsaken
             ,
             and
             now
             persecute
             and
             resist
             .
             When
             it
             was
             first
             told
             me
             that
             very
             many
             of
             our
             Colledge
             Doctors
             did
             pretend
             to
             Chymistry
             and
             to
             Furnaces
             ,
             think
             you
             that
             I
             envied
             them
             for
             my
             own
             sake
             ?
             No
             verily
             ,
             but
             I
             did
             then
             ,
             and
             do
             now
             wish
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             some
             ,
             but
             all
             of
             them
             might
             equall
             ,
             nay
             exceed
             both
             Paracolsus
             and
             Helmont
             ,
             so
             would
             much
             good
             be
             done
             ,
             yet
             would
             not
             I
             be
             the
             Author
             of
             bringing
             such
             a
             thing
             into
             
             practice
             ,
             far
             be
             it
             from
             me
             (
             even
             to
             think
             so
             )
             for
             God
             will
             be
             the
             dispenser
             of
             these
             Talents
             to
             the
             worlds
             end
             ,
             nor
             hath
             he
             left
             my
             spirit
             free
             but
             absolutely
             bound
             up
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             whereby
             I
             know
             that
             yet
             these
             things
             shall
             be
             hid
             ,
             and
             that
             concerning
             these
             things
             between
             me
             and
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             will
             be
             many
             sharp
             conflicts
             ,
             but
             I
             shal
             and
             must
             prevail
             ,
             and
             shall
             both
             by
             argument
             and
             experiment
             ,
             batter
             down
             not
             only
             their
             old
             way
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             spake
             in
             my
             Apologetical
             part
             sufficiently
             ,
             but
             also
             this
             new
             way
             of
             Mimical
             Chymistry
             ,
             which
             they
             presume
             (
             being
             added
             to
             the
             other
             )
             may
             prove
             to
             their
             safe
             standing
             ,
             as
             an
             high
             wall
             about
             a
             Castle
             or
             Town
             ,
             I
             shall
             lay
             flat
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             the
             ruine
             of
             this
             rotten
             (
             though
             patcht
             up
             ,
             and
             gaudily
             garnished
             )
             fabrick
             will
             be
             great
             .
          
           
             The
             various
             providences
             of
             God
             and
             dispensations
             toward
             me
             ,
             are
             a
             sure
             earnest
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             confirmation
             
             of
             my
             spirit
             that
             I
             am
             reserved
             to
             ,
             and
             preserved
             for
             more
             then
             ordinary
             imployment
             in
             this
             particular
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             come
             then
             to
             the
             true
             Art
             of
             healing
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             right
             and
             only
             test
             for
             comparing
             ,
             and
             trying
             our
             skill
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             best
             way
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             workman
             judged
             by
             his
             work
             .
          
           
             How
             long
             will
             the
             world
             hang
             between
             two
             opinions
             ?
             If
             the
             Galenical
             way
             be
             the
             truth
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             established
             ,
             if
             not
             ,
             let
             it
             fall
             ,
             and
             be
             brought
             to
             ruine
             .
          
           
             Some
             mightily
             addicted
             to
             the
             common
             way
             ,
             and
             withall
             ,
             my
             very
             good
             friends
             ,
             have
             spoken
             to
             me
             from
             the
             dictates
             of
             some
             Galenists
             ,
             how
             easily
             my
             way
             might
             be
             reconciled
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             to
             the
             making
             up
             between
             both
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             defective
             in
             each
             ,
             my
             Medicines
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             with
             an
             able
             Galenists
             Method
             ,
             being
             judged
             a
             mixture
             convenient
             to
             make
             up
             a
             most
             admirable
             Art
             of
             Medicine
             .
          
           
           
             This
             hath
             been
             spoken
             aloud
             to
             me
             by
             many
             who
             were
             cordial
             friends
             to
             me
             ,
             as
             a
             wise
             course
             to
             be
             taken
             ;
             which
             counsel
             proceeded
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             from
             some
             Galeniss
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             the
             Tribe
             of
             Goosquil
             Piss-prophets
             ,
             who
             finding
             my
             Cures
             beyond
             cavil
             ,
             and
             my
             Medicaments
             so
             safe
             ,
             as
             to
             admit
             of
             no
             jealousie
             concerning
             them
             ,
             used
             this
             as
             a
             crafty
             way
             of
             lessening
             my
             repute
             ,
             to
             make
             as
             though
             they
             had
             an
             Art
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             in
             their
             method
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             could
             do
             much
             more
             then
             I
             did
             or
             could
             do
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             as
             for
             want
             of
             method
             being
             to
             seek
             of
             the
             most
             safe
             and
             effectual
             use
             of
             my
             own
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             without
             Art
             ,
             were
             accidental
             with
             me
             (
             as
             sometimes
             choice
             secrets
             may
             be
             found
             with
             old
             women
             )
             .
             This
             opinion
             having
             fastned
             upon
             the
             spirits
             of
             my
             immovably
             favouring
             friends
             ,
             to
             others
             they
             pretend
             no
             difference
             between
             my
             medicines
             and
             theirs
             ,
             
             but
             that
             theirs
             are
             the
             safer
             and
             better
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             my
             Medicines
             are
             no
             others
             then
             such
             as
             all
             of
             them
             know
             ,
             and
             use
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             they
             who
             (
             where
             they
             cannot
             allow
             me
             less
             )
             will
             only
             allow
             me
             (
             habnab
             )
             experimental
             receipts
             ,
             casually
             gotten
             ,
             without
             Art
             ,
             for
             methodical
             applying
             the
             same
             ,
             they
             to
             others
             will
             allow
             me
             nothing
             but
             what
             may
             be
             common
             to
             any
             Mountebank
             ,
             or
             Emperick
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             confidently
             ,
             and
             (
             would
             seem
             to
             think
             )
             conscionably
             style
             me
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             come
             to
             take
             a
             brief
             view
             or
             survey
             of
             Diseases
             in
             their
             right
             way
             of
             natural
             cures
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             may
             opportunely
             make
             an
             orderly
             essay
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             such
             to
             wit
             ,
             which
             deserve
             that
             name
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             Ironically
             ,
             or
             Antiphrastically
             named
             so
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Galenists
             (
             so
             cryed
             up
             )
             Method
             ,
             we
             shall
             discover
             it
             to
             be
             a
             meer
             Chimera
             ,
             a
             groundless
             opinion
             ,
             
             which
             to
             the
             cost
             of
             many
             thousand
             lives
             hath
             gotten
             reputation
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             through
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             penal
             blindness
             in
             this
             particular
             of
             most
             (
             if
             not
             all
             )
             of
             the
             wise
             men
             in
             all
             Nations
             ,
             and
             civilized
             (
             especially
             Christian
             )
             Countreys
             .
          
           
             For
             Medicine
             is
             so
             named
             (
             
               a
               medendo
            
             ,
             from
             healing
             )
             and
             imports
             as
             much
             as
             that
             it
             is
             an
             Art
             shewing
             Medicaments
             that
             have
             sufficient
             efficacy
             for
             the
             subduing
             and
             taking
             away
             any
             disease
             or
             distemper
             to
             which
             the
             life
             of
             mortal
             man
             is
             subject
             ,
             though
             the
             Galenists
             tacitly
             confessing
             their
             inabilities
             ,
             have
             since
             the
             invention
             of
             the
             cheat
             of
             their
             (
             every
             where
             declaimed
             )
             Method
             ,
             changed
             the
             name
             (
             medendi
             ,
             of
             healing
             by
             Medicines
             )
             to
             the
             notion
             (
             curandi
             ,
             of
             taking
             care
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             or
             using
             their
             trifling
             diligence
             )
             by
             their
             Method
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             therefore
             boldly
             set
             foot
             to
             
             foot
             ,
             and
             fairly
             come
             to
             Cornish-hug
             with
             the
             Goosquil
             champions
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             see
             whether
             of
             us
             two
             will
             be
             the
             strongest
             ,
             nor
             doubt
             I
             before
             I
             have
             done
             to
             give
             them
             a
             fair
             fall
             .
          
           
             Is
             our
             Art
             (
             as
             I
             have
             declared
             )
             in
             its
             primitive
             verity
             ,
             and
             reality
             ,
             
               Medicinae
               Ars
            
             ,
             the
             Art
             of
             healing
             ,
             
               non
               curationis
            
             ,
             not
             of
             taking
             care
             only
             of
             the
             sick
             ?
             (
             as
             our
             modern
             Doctors
             have
             found
             out
             a
             new
             word
             )
             then
             let
             us
             see
             how
             each
             of
             us
             perform
             this
             ,
             and
             this
             we
             shall
             instance
             first
             in
             the
             most
             common
             and
             spontaneously
             transient
             ,
             and
             then
             in
             the
             more
             unusual
             Chronick
             diseases
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             for
             the
             Feaver
             in
             its
             several
             kinds
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             gave
             even
             now
             a
             brief
             touch
             ,
             and
             shall
             here
             more
             largely
             insist
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             as
             few
             lines
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             because
             I
             intend
             this
             only
             as
             a
             small
             map
             of
             many
             things
             ,
             to
             represent
             them
             together
             here
             in
             a
             brief
             Chapter
             ,
             which
             in
             distinct
             Treatises
             I
             have
             handled
             severally
             ,
             
             and
             largely
             enough
             in
             several
             Chapters
             elsewhere
             ,
             all
             which
             Tractates
             ,
             (
             being
             troublesom
             enough
             to
             me
             to
             digest
             into
             that
             method
             they
             are
             in
             ,
             but
             more
             troublesom
             ,
             nay
             toylsom
             and
             chargeable
             to
             me
             to
             get
             that
             experience
             out
             of
             which
             I
             then
             wrote
             ,
             and
             do
             here
             write
             )
             I
             shall
             God
             permitting
             make
             publick
             ,
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             such
             who
             have
             given
             up
             their
             names
             to
             Art
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             shall
             finde
             what
             entertainment
             this
             little
             Tractate
             shall
             finde
             in
             the
             world
             :
             For
             after
             this
             Apologetical
             Discourse
             hath
             brought
             me
             word
             what
             reception
             it
             finds
             ,
             I
             resolve
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             to
             send
             out
             several
             Essays
             upon
             Helmonts
             discoveries
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             upon
             that
             concerning
             Feavers
             ,
             the
             Gout
             ,
             and
             the
             Dropsie
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             common
             whine
             may
             be
             taken
             away
             from
             the
             
               Galenists
               ,
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             that
             the
             Helmontian
             Sect
             only
             beat
             down
             but
             do
             not
             build
             up
             ;
             labour
             what
             they
             can
             to
             ruine
             the
             old
             way
             ,
             never
             
             taking
             care
             to
             introduce
             a
             better
             .
          
           
             To
             proceed
             at
             present
             with
             our
             begun
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             Feaver
             ,
             a
             sad
             ,
             comfortless
             ,
             truculent
             diease
             ,
             then
             which
             there
             is
             none
             more
             mortal
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             according
             to
             the
             common
             Adagy
             ,
             
               Nemo
               sine
               febri
               moritur
            
             :
             which
             to
             my
             understanding
             ,
             is
             a
             position
             more
             subtle
             then
             true
             ;
             yet
             it
             speaks
             aloud
             ,
             the
             sad
             universal
             afflictive
             nature
             of
             that
             disease
             ;
             of
             which
             it
             is
             truly
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             epidemical
             disease
             ,
             no
             Nation
             in
             which
             yearly
             (
             at
             all
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             )
             there
             are
             not
             sad
             examples
             of
             its
             mortal
             rigor
             and
             severity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ought
             much
             to
             employ
             the
             studies
             of
             such
             who
             have
             given
             up
             their
             names
             to
             Medicine
             ,
             to
             finde
             out
             certain
             remedies
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             The
             saddest
             of
             all
             Feavers
             ,
             the
             Pestilence
             (
             called
             by
             a
             general
             name
             ,
             the
             Plague
             among
             us
             )
             as
             being
             reputed
             
             and
             not
             without
             cause
             ,
             the
             saddest
             of
             temporal
             plagues
             :
             that
             I
             shall
             passe
             over
             at
             present
             in
             silence
             ,
             as
             never
             having
             (
             to
             my
             knowledge
             )
             experience
             in
             that
             disease
             ,
             though
             of
             Feavers
             commonly
             known
             by
             the
             name
             of
             pestilential
             Feavers
             ,
             and
             judged
             to
             be
             a
             degree
             of
             the
             Pestilence
             it self
             ,
             I
             have
             known
             and
             cured
             many
             ,
             and
             those
             with
             as
             much
             ease
             ,
             speed
             and
             certainty
             as
             any
             other
             malignant
             Feaver
             ;
             nor
             should
             I
             doubt
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             seem
             good
             to
             God
             to
             visit
             us
             with
             that
             washing
             calamity
             ,
             (
             which
             my
             daily
             prayers
             shall
             be
             against
             )
             but
             to
             restore
             it
             speedily
             ,
             certainly
             and
             safely
             ,
             provided
             the
             disease
             had
             not
             prevailed
             unto
             despair
             before
             I
             took
             it
             in
             hand
             .
             But
             from
             the
             opportunity
             of
             trial
             what
             my
             Medicines
             ,
             will
             do
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             I
             desire
             God
             would
             still
             be
             pleased
             to
             keep
             me
             ,
             yet
             so
             confident
             I
             am
             in
             such
             medicines
             that
             I
             know
             I
             should
             not
             fear
             (
             if
             occasion
             were
             )
             
             to
             adventure
             the
             visitation
             of
             as
             many
             as
             I
             could
             possibly
             relieve
             by
             my
             presence
             and
             help
             .
          
           
             Next
             to
             the
             pestilence
             under
             this
             head
             of
             Feavers
             may
             be
             reckoned
             the
             small
             Pox
             ,
             which
             are
             indeed
             no
             other
             then
             a
             very
             malignant
             sort
             of
             Feaver
             ,
             so
             reckoned
             by
             Fernelius
             as
             able
             a
             Doctor
             as
             ever
             the
             Academies
             afforded
             ,
             and
             Sennertus
             also
             of
             no
             less
             fame
             and
             repute
             .
          
           
             This
             kinde
             of
             Feaver
             so
             baffles
             Physcians
             ,
             that
             Nurses
             and
             Midwives
             are
             more
             generally
             consulted
             with
             and
             relied
             upon
             in
             this
             case
             then
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             they
             when
             ever
             consulted
             herein
             ,
             become
             at
             the
             best
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             deservedly
             ;
             nor
             are
             they
             often
             made
             use
             of
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             unless
             where
             the
             beauty
             of
             some
             young
             Nymph
             or
             Adonis
             lies
             at
             stake
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             Doctor
             advised
             ,
             though
             able
             to
             perform
             less
             then
             an
             ordinary
             Nurse
             ,
             which
             common
             people
             know
             ,
             and
             therefore
             never
             
             trouble
             the
             Doctor
             in
             such
             cases
             .
          
           
             Bloud-letting
             ,
             and
             purging
             in
             this
             condition
             are
             desperate
             dotages
             ,
             and
             seldome
             expiated
             with
             ought
             but
             death
             ,
             on
             which
             score
             Sir
             
               Theodore
               Mayherne
            
             is
             reported
             unwittingly
             to
             have
             kill'd
             his
             Son-in-law
             intended
             ,
             a
             just
             reward
             for
             a
             butcherlike
             Phlebotomist
             .
          
           
             Severall
             upon
             my
             knowledge
             ,
             being
             blouded
             by
             the
             Doctors
             command
             in
             the
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             disease
             (
             being
             mistaken
             by
             them
             for
             an
             or
             dinary
             Feaver
             )
             have
             paid
             the
             price
             of
             the
             Doctors
             folly
             with
             their
             lives
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             purgatives
             ,
             the
             Glyster-pipe
             family
             themselves
             dare
             not
             not
             prescribe
             them
             after
             two
             or
             three
             daies
             in
             any
             violent
             continual
             Feaver
             ,
             till
             the
             febrile
             matter
             be
             digested
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             till
             nature
             hath
             overcome
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             come
             after
             all
             with
             the
             
               Irish
               man
            
             to
             kill
             a
             man
             by
             cutting
             off
             his
             legs
             ,
             because
             his
             head
             
             was
             cut
             off
             before
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             the
             case
             of
             the
             small
             Pox
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             commonly
             known
             to
             every
             Midwife
             and
             Nurse
             ,
             that
             a
             lask
             is
             therein
             lethal
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             appearing
             thereof
             ,
             they
             do
             give
             over
             the
             party
             for
             lost
             ,
             unless
             by
             restrictives
             ,
             the
             loosness
             may
             be
             stopt
             ,
             and
             unless
             that
             be
             performed
             ,
             (
             if
             the
             party
             affected
             be
             full
             of
             those
             variolae
             ,
             which
             the
             Pox
             sends
             forth
             )
             certain
             death
             follows
             .
             The
             same
             in
             pestilential
             Feavers
             is
             evident
             ,
             where
             phlebotomy
             &
             purgatives
             are
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             nay
             desperate
             ,
             by
             wch
             it
             may
             be
             strongly
             concluded
             ,
             that
             if
             in
             the
             Plague
             ,
             the
             Smal
             pox
             ,
             and
             Pestilential
             Feavers
             ,
             phlebotomy
             ,
             a
             loose
             belly
             ,
             and
             cooling
             drinks
             are
             of
             very
             bad
             consequence
             ,
             so
             to
             wit
             ,
             as
             to
             cause
             death
             in
             many
             ,
             to
             indanger
             life
             in
             all
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             same
             things
             can
             not
             in
             reason
             be
             of
             good
             effect
             in
             any
             Feaver
             ,
             which
             brings
             me
             by
             the
             hand
             to
             the
             discovery
             of
             my
             method
             and
             Medicines
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             this
             
             disease
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             compare
             it
             with
             the
             way
             commonly
             practised
             ,
             by
             which
             both
             of
             them
             the
             better
             may
             be
             judged
             of
             ,
             and
             censured
             .
          
           
             For
             Feavers
             are
             of
             sundry
             sorts
             ,
             either
             continual
             or
             intermittent
             .
             The
             continual
             are
             various
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             saddest
             is
             the
             Plague
             ,
             next
             the
             Smal-pox
             ,
             next
             the
             pestilential
             Feaver
             ,
             next
             the
             malignant
             ,
             which
             is
             scarlet
             ,
             purple
             ,
             &c.
             to
             which
             may
             be
             reckoned
             the
             Pleurisie
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             real
             sort
             of
             Feaver
             ,
             more
             violent
             by
             reason
             of
             an
             Apostemated
             matter
             threatned
             in
             the
             side
             ,
             of
             which
             it
             hath
             its
             denomination
             ,
             this
             accompanied
             with
             a
             cough
             ,
             and
             spitting
             of
             bloud
             ,
             with
             a
             tormenting
             pain
             ,
             is
             thought
             incurable
             without
             Phlebotomy
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             vulgar
             are
             perswaded
             by
             Doctors
             and
             Chirurgeons
             ,
             though
             very
             falsly
             .
          
           
             Intermittent
             Feavers
             are
             of
             several
             sorts
             ,
             either
             Ephemerial
             ,
             or
             Tertian
             ,
             or
             Quartan
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             two
             
             last
             sorts
             are
             either
             single
             or
             duplicate
             :
             and
             lastly
             there
             is
             the
             Erratick
             intermittent
             Feaver
             ,
             called
             by
             
               Paracelsus
               (
               Febris
               extranea
            
             )
             of
             all
             which
             are
             so
             many
             appearances
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             require
             a
             large
             Treatise
             to
             describe
             all
             the
             kinds
             of
             this
             disease
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             for
             the
             cure
             ,
             (
             or
             rather
             the
             way
             and
             means
             of
             restoring
             this
             kinde
             of
             disease
             )
             therein
             the
             Galenical
             Tribe
             and
             I
             differ
             very
             much
             ,
             we
             only
             agree
             in
             the
             names
             and
             symptomes
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             concerning
             which
             ,
             let
             it
             not
             be
             objected
             that
             I
             leave
             out
             the
             names
             of
             Feavers
             Hemitritean
             ,
             &c.
             since
             it
             is
             not
             my
             design
             in
             this
             place
             to
             make
             a
             curious
             Anatomy
             of
             that
             disease
             ,
             in
             its
             kindes
             ,
             according
             to
             its
             various
             Symptomes
             (
             performed
             both
             learnedly
             ,
             and
             acurately
             by
             many
             Galenists
             ,
             as
             Fernelius
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             being
             professed
             Methodists
             ,
             were
             yet
             honourers
             of
             Chymical
             Medicaments
             
             as
             their
             writings
             do
             testifie
             )
             which
             were
             a
             work
             of
             a
             peculiar
             Tractate
             to
             perform
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             the
             disease
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             being
             so
             common
             and
             so
             truculent
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             but
             each
             ordinary
             Nurse
             can
             tell
             when
             a
             man
             or
             woman
             is
             Feaverish
             ,
             although
             to
             know
             certainly
             the
             kinde
             of
             each
             Feaver
             is
             a
             task
             sometimes
             too
             hard
             for
             a
             professed
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             may
             be
             known
             and
             the
             disease
             as
             far
             from
             cure
             as
             before
             ;
             therefore
             well
             said
             he
             who
             sang
             thus
             :
             
               Non
               opus
               est
               morbi
               testibus
               ,
               at
               medice
               .
            
          
           
             To
             the
             certain
             ,
             safe
             ,
             and
             speedy
             cure
             of
             which
             malady
             I
             shall
             now
             come
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             perhaps
             without
             great
             expectation
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             do
             my
             endevour
             to
             answer
             to
             the
             ingenuous
             readers
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             In
             order
             to
             which
             task
             ,
             I
             shall
             
             premise
             some
             positions
             by
             way
             of
             Aphorism
             very
             true
             and
             certain
             ,
             however
             contrary
             to
             the
             commonly
             practised
             way
             of
             the
             Schools
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             heat
             which
             appears
             in
             some
             ,
             nay
             most
             Feavers
             ,
             is
             not
             originally
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Feaver
             .
          
           
             This
             appears
             first
             in
             intermittent
             Feavers
             ,
             (
             commonly
             known
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Agues
             among
             us
             )
             in
             which
             the
             cold
             fit
             in
             each
             access
             ,
             is
             oft
             the
             most
             afflictive
             part
             of
             the
             distemper
             ,
             and
             torments
             with
             a
             violent
             thirst
             ,
             yet
             without
             any
             sensible
             heat
             .
             But
             nextly
             ,
             all
             malignant
             Feavers
             ,
             (
             some
             more
             ,
             some
             less
             )
             begin
             with
             a
             sensible
             internal
             cold
             ,
             and
             a
             quivering
             or
             shaking
             withall
             ,
             after
             which
             followes
             burning
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Castrensian
             or
             Camp
             Feavers
             (
             a
             kinde
             of
             Feaver
             but
             lately
             known
             among
             mankind
             )
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             them
             to
             the
             end
             of
             their
             Tragedy
             ,
             are
             without
             either
             
             thirst
             or
             heat
             ,
             and
             yet
             as
             truculent
             as
             any
             malignant
             Feaver
             whatever
             .
          
           
             Adde
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             all
             Feavers
             when
             they
             draw
             towards
             a
             conclusion
             abate
             of
             their
             heat
             ,
             although
             the
             disease
             be
             more
             violent
             then
             as
             drawing
             nearer
             to
             death
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             agrees
             that
             the
             Feavers
             of
             old
             persons
             ,
             and
             such
             who
             are
             of
             very
             weak
             decayed
             bodies
             ,
             manifest
             far
             less
             heat
             and
             burning
             ,
             then
             far
             milder
             Feavers
             do
             in
             strong
             vigorous
             bodies
             ,
             and
             lusty
             constitutions
             ,
             and
             that
             leads
             me
             to
             the
             second
             conclusion
             or
             Aphorism
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             the
             more
             sensible
             the
             party
             affected
             is
             of
             heat
             ,
             and
             burning
             ,
             the
             more
             strength
             he
             may
             bejudged
             to
             have
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             probability
             of
             his
             recovery
             .
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             the
             Archeus
             of
             the
             life
             ,
             whence
             this
             rage
             proceeds
             ,
             being
             provoked
             by
             some
             accidental
             matter
             ,
             whence
             the
             first
             offence
             doth
             arise
             ,
             or
             from
             some
             Ideal
             character
             
             instamped
             upon
             the
             seat
             of
             life
             ,
             or
             some
             near
             adjoyning
             sympathizing
             part
             ,
             either
             by
             mean
             of
             a
             virulent
             endemical
             fume
             ,
             or
             exhalation
             ,
             or
             of
             some
             passion
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             which
             by
             its
             tyrannical
             impression
             doth
             disturb
             the
             seat
             of
             life
             ,
             that
             is
             its
             own
             original
             habitation
             ,
             (
             the
             soul
             and
             life
             being
             originally
             seated
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             part
             )
             whence
             is
             caused
             this
             or
             that
             disease
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             passive
             part
             doth
             receive
             the
             injury
             .
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             not
             necessary
             that
             a
             Feaver
             should
             finde
             alway
             an
             occasional
             matter
             ready
             prepared
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             grief
             ,
             fear
             ,
             &c.
             have
             power
             to
             give
             originall
             being
             to
             this
             disease
             ,
             and
             so
             an
             eminent
             cold
             (
             especially
             after
             being
             throughly
             warm
             )
             which
             without
             controversie
             only
             inrage
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             by
             instamping
             an
             unusual
             Character
             on
             its
             place
             of
             habitation
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             follow
             febrile
             excrements
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             being
             before
             .
          
           
           
             The
             vital
             Archeus
             ,
             is
             that
             Vulcan
             in
             man
             ,
             which
             doth
             stir
             up
             and
             feed
             that
             heat
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             from
             the
             first
             hour
             of
             life
             till
             death
             goes
             never
             our
             ,
             which
             in
             health
             is
             orderly
             and
             regular
             ,
             but
             being
             provoked
             ,
             rageth
             according
             to
             the
             known
             rule
             ,
             
               
                 Idem
                 agens
                 laesus
                 edit
                 actiones
                 laesas
                 ,
              
               
                 qui
                 sanus
                 ,
                 edit
                 actiones
                 sanas
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Proportionable
             therefore
             to
             the
             provision
             for
             life
             ,
             is
             the
             virtue
             and
             strength
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             whose
             rage
             in
             burning
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             gathering
             together
             its
             forces
             to
             expell
             its
             adversary
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             blot
             out
             that
             character
             ,
             which
             either
             cold
             or
             virulent
             fumes
             ,
             or
             passions
             of
             the
             minde
             have
             instamped
             on
             its
             place
             of
             habitation
             ,
             and
             so
             proportionable
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             nature
             is
             the
             burning
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             and
             this
             leads
             me
             to
             my
             third
             conclusion
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             bloud-letting
             and
             purgations
             ,
             and
             cooling
             drinks
             ,
             are
             unreasonable
             
             waies
             to
             be
             used
             by
             him
             that
             pretends
             to
             cure
             Feavers
             .
          
           
             For
             Nature
             only
             is
             the
             immediate
             helper
             both
             of
             Feavers
             and
             all
             diseases
             ,
             which
             assail
             the
             life
             primarily
             and
             in
             their
             first
             intention
             ,
             now
             if
             the
             provision
             for
             life
             ,
             be
             the
             subject
             cause
             of
             heat
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             what
             ever
             is
             intended
             primarily
             against
             heat
             ,
             must
             impugn
             the
             subject
             principle
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             master-piece
             of
             the
             Galenists
             method
             ,
             namely
             to
             take
             part
             against
             nature
             to
             whose
             help
             alone
             they
             are
             called
             by
             the
             sick
             Patient
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             life
             is
             in
             the
             bloud
             is
             most
             certain
             ,
             and
             by
             how
             much
             of
             it
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             is
             the
             vitall
             Balsam
             wasted
             ,
             and
             therefore
             very
             unwisely
             taken
             away
             ,
             if
             the
             disease
             may
             be
             cured
             without
             :
             and
             that
             leads
             me
             to
             the
             fourth
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             all
             Feavers
             ,
             Agues
             ,
             and
             Pluresies
             ,
             may
             be
             cured
             without
             Phlebotomy
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Plague
             ,
             Small
             Pox
             ,
             and
             
             pestilential
             Feavers
             ,
             the
             question
             by
             our
             Antagonists
             will
             be
             yeelded
             ,
             every
             year
             affording
             sad
             presidents
             of
             Galenists
             dotages
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             as
             I
             instanced
             before
             in
             that
             great
             Doctor
             Sir
             
               Theodore
               Mayherne
            
             ,
             and
             could
             instance
             in
             above
             forty
             ,
             that
             my self
             have
             known
             and
             observed
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             lately
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Pleuresie
             it
             will
             be
             a
             great
             controversie
             ,
             because
             without
             bloud-letting
             that
             disease
             is
             commonly
             reputed
             deadly
             without
             hope
             or
             help
             ,
             although
             that
             opinion
             be
             altogether
             groundless
             and
             false
             .
          
           
             Truth
             ,
             the
             Pleuresie
             is
             a
             most
             dangerous
             Feaver
             ,
             with
             a
             Spasmus
             or
             Convulsion
             of
             the
             side
             (
             especially
             the
             left
             )
             among
             the
             ribs
             ,
             a
             little
             below
             the
             heart
             ,
             this
             accompanied
             with
             the
             Cough
             ,
             doth
             make
             a
             forcible
             dilaceration
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             and
             that
             causeth
             extravenate
             bloud
             ,
             and
             that
             threatning
             apostemation
             ,
             indangers
             the
             suffocation
             of
             the
             
             party
             affected
             ,
             without
             a
             speedy
             remedy
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             extravenate
             bloud
             in
             such
             a
             heat
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             long
             uncorrupted
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             proper
             ,
             speedy
             and
             adequate
             remedy
             of
             this
             grief
             is
             bloud-letting
             that
             I
             deny
             .
          
           
             That
             by
             bleeding
             in
             the
             beginning
             this
             disease
             findes
             mitigation
             by
             mean
             of
             the
             revulsion
             or
             diversion
             made
             thereby
             I
             grant
             ,
             and
             yet
             this
             notwithstanding
             phlebotomy
             is
             a
             dangerous
             often
             ,
             desperate
             sometimes
             ,
             alwaies
             a
             prejudicial
             prescription
             (
             be
             the
             prescriber
             who
             he
             will
             )
             which
             hath
             its
             absolute
             inseparable
             inconveniencies
             annexed
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             following
             it
             ,
             on
             which
             score
             it
             is
             not
             a
             remedy
             for
             an
             honest
             man
             to
             apply
             or
             prescribe
             .
          
           
             That
             an
             eminent
             fright
             will
             take
             away
             not
             only
             Agues
             ,
             but
             other
             more
             deeply
             rooted
             and
             Chronick
             diseases
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             very
             well
             known
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             believed
             by
             more
             ,
             yet
             the
             practise
             of
             that
             way
             of
             
             cure
             hitherto
             hath
             not
             ,
             and
             I
             presume
             never
             will
             prevail
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             At
             that
             sad
             fire
             by
             Gunpowder
             in
             Tower-street
             ,
             I
             heard
             of
             many
             cured
             of
             rigorous
             maladies
             ,
             by
             being
             put
             in
             a
             sudden
             fright
             to
             run
             for
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             many
             on
             the
             fright
             sickned
             ,
             and
             there
             first
             took
             the
             beginnings
             of
             those
             diseases
             which
             after
             proved
             mortall
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             many
             mothers
             miscarried
             ,
             and
             many
             women
             fell
             into
             uterine
             (
             and
             those
             terrible
             )
             passions
             :
             the
             like
             in
             other
             frights
             may
             be
             instanced
             ,
             as
             in
             taking
             of
             Cities
             and
             Towns
             ,
             unexpected
             alarms
             ,
             &c.
             in
             which
             cases
             ,
             many
             have
             risen
             from
             their
             sick
             beds
             ,
             and
             come
             from
             their
             sick
             chambers
             ,
             and
             fought
             stoutly
             for
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             lost
             their
             disease
             they
             knew
             not
             how
             ,
             others
             contracted
             diseases
             of
             which
             they
             never
             before
             were
             sensible
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             afterwards
             they
             have
             never
             been
             rid
             .
          
           
             For
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             a
             disease
             is
             most
             
             of
             all
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             indignation
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             which
             finding
             a
             preterusual
             character
             impressed
             on
             its
             place
             of
             habitation
             ,
             straight
             rages
             ,
             and
             acts
             in
             its
             fury
             beyond
             all
             rule
             and
             measure
             (
             this
             is
             the
             disease
             )
             whereas
             that
             fury
             being
             pacified
             ,
             the
             product
             Nature
             can
             finde
             waies
             to
             evacuate
             with
             ease
             ,
             and
             the
             character
             impressed
             (
             being
             but
             transient
             )
             would
             abide
             but
             a
             short
             time
             (
             as
             the
             smell
             of
             garlick
             in
             the
             breath
             of
             him
             that
             eats
             it
             )
             only
             the
             Archeus
             growing
             mad
             ,
             as
             conceiving
             its
             habitation
             unfit
             to
             be
             indured
             with
             that
             odious
             Idea
             ,
             sets
             all
             on
             fire
             ,
             producing
             a
             real
             misery
             (
             from
             it self
             effectively
             )
             on
             apprehension
             of
             a
             conceived
             injury
             so
             verifying
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             
               Nemo
               laeditur
               nisià
               seipso
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             life
             dwelling
             in
             the
             bloud
             ,
             and
             the
             balsam
             of
             life
             being
             contained
             therein
             ,
             the
             taking
             of
             this
             away
             doth
             threaten
             ruine
             to
             the
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             to
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             its
             immediate
             servant
             ,
             
             by
             which
             fear
             it
             is
             oft
             taken
             from
             its
             fury
             ,
             to
             the
             abatement
             of
             Symptomes
             speedily
             ,
             after
             which
             sometimes
             the
             Archeus
             repents
             of
             its
             former
             fury
             and
             madness
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             accident
             this
             evil
             of
             the
             losing
             bloud
             produceth
             health
             ,
             sometimes
             when
             the
             danger
             threatned
             by
             loss
             of
             bloud
             is
             over
             ,
             the
             Archeus
             returns
             to
             its
             former
             fury
             ,
             and
             afflicts
             ,
             though
             not
             altogether
             with
             its
             former
             rigor
             ,
             (
             the
             principle
             of
             life
             being
             wasted
             )
             yet
             so
             as
             to
             delude
             afterward
             the
             vain
             Art
             of
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             for
             its
             Epilogue
             ends
             in
             a
             Tabes
             ,
             according
             to
             Galen
             ,
             who
             laies
             down
             for
             a
             maxim
             ,
             
               Pleuretici
               nisi
               restaurentur
               intra
               quadragenarian
               fiunt
               Tebifici
               .
            
          
           
             But
             admit
             the
             cure
             were
             certain
             ,
             by
             bleeding
             (
             as
             it
             is
             not
             )
             yet
             is
             it
             not
             to
             be
             practised
             by
             an
             ingenuous
             man
             ,
             since
             at
             the
             best
             it
             cures
             only
             by
             accident
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             fear
             of
             greater
             danger
             ,
             drawing
             or
             rather
             forcing
             the
             Archeus
             out
             of
             its
             rage
             and
             fury
             ,
             
             by
             which
             means
             the
             threed
             of
             life
             is
             cut
             shorter
             ,
             by
             wasting
             its
             subject
             in
             which
             it
             is
             kept
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             it
             is
             maintainied
             ,
             especially
             if
             it
             may
             be
             certainly
             ,
             speedily
             ,
             and
             safely
             cured
             and
             the
             bloud
             preserved
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             promised
             by
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Helmont
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             performable
             by
             medicines
             that
             are
             preparable
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             by
             and
             by
             give
             an
             account
             to
             the
             studiour
             and
             judicious
             Reader
             .
             I
             shall
             have
             don
             in
             this
             place
             with
             Phlebotomy
             ,
             because
             elsewhere
             I
             shall
             have
             occasion
             to
             ventilate
             it
             ,
             only
             this
             I
             shall
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             inhumane
             barbarous
             butchery
             ,
             because
             so
             much
             bloud
             as
             is
             taken
             away
             ,
             so
             much
             is
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             threed
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Doctor
             becomes
             Journeyman
             to
             Atropos
             ,
             cutting
             short
             the
             life
             of
             many
             by
             the
             rules
             of
             his
             Art
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             impairing
             their
             strength
             ,
             which
             art
             so
             magnified
             is
             at
             the
             best
             but
             a
             dotage
             ,
             because
             that
             where
             ever
             it
             
             is
             used
             with
             shew
             of
             gooth
             successe
             ,
             and
             colour
             of
             necessity
             ,
             there
             I
             know
             the
             cure
             may
             be
             performed
             without
             loss
             of
             one
             drop
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             come
             to
             examine
             purgatives
             ,
             concerning
             which
             I
             shall
             propound
             a
             fifth
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             no
             purge
             (
             quatenus
             purging
             )
             is
             an
             intentional
             remedy
             against
             a
             Feaver
             ,
             or
             Pleuresie
             ,
             nor
             Vomiting
             (
             as
             a
             vomit
             )
             .
          
           
             For
             Purges
             (
             properly
             so
             called
             ,
             or
             rather
             improperly
             )
             are
             absolute
             venomes
             confounded
             by
             the
             Art
             ,
             (
             sometimes
             with
             a
             little
             knavery
             together
             )
             of
             the
             Apothecary
             ,
             and
             so
             prescribed
             ignorantly
             by
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             taken
             unsuccessefully
             by
             the
             Patient
             .
          
           
             These
             in
             the
             Plague
             ,
             Small
             Pox
             ,
             and
             malignant
             Feavers
             ,
             after
             the
             appearing
             of
             Symptomes
             with
             rigor
             ,
             are
             like
             fiends
             that
             must
             be
             conjured
             down
             till
             another
             seasons
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             till
             the
             matter
             be
             digested
             ,
             or
             rather
             
             in
             other
             words
             ,
             till
             nature
             hath
             foiled
             the
             distemper
             ,
             then
             comes
             the
             Doctor
             to
             play
             both
             the
             fool
             and
             knave
             with
             his
             rules
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             prescribes
             his
             lenitives
             ,
             &
             gentle
             purges
             ,
             for
             fear
             lest
             the
             party
             should
             seem
             to
             recover
             without
             his
             help
             ,
             &
             before
             this
             (
             white
             purges
             are
             too
             desperate
             )
             he
             diviseth
             a
             Clyster
             ,
             which
             trade
             almost
             every
             old
             wife
             hath
             got
             from
             him
             ,
             who
             now
             a
             daies
             ,
             can
             prescribe
             Clysters
             as
             confidently
             ,
             and
             as
             wel
             as
             the
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             Here
             the
             Apothecary
             ,
             who
             in
             this
             case
             is
             groom
             of
             the
             close
             stool
             ,
             is
             as
             busie
             as
             a
             cut
             purse
             ,
             on
             which
             score
             I
             heard
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             had
             his
             holiday
             face
             and
             band
             spoyled
             by
             one
             of
             his
             Patients
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             better
             retentive
             faculty
             in
             his
             hinder
             parts
             :
             I
             could
             wish
             all
             posterior-fumblers
             so
             served
             ,
             to
             teach
             them
             a
             little
             more
             wit
             ,
             while
             they
             pretend
             to
             so
             much
             judgement
             and
             skill
             .
          
           
             Purges
             then
             (
             and
             justly
             )
             we
             reject
             as
             dangerous
             febrile
             medicaments
             ,
             
             at
             some
             times
             ,
             or
             rather
             desperate
             ,
             alwaies
             (
             as
             purges
             )
             intended
             to
             the
             destruction
             ,
             rather
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             then
             of
             his
             disease
             ,
             of
             which
             not
             without
             cause
             said
             the
             noble
             
               Helmont
               ,
               Reus
               sim
               coram
               Deo
               ,
               nisi
               prorsus
               suasero
               à
               purgantibus
               abstinendum
               .
            
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             Clysters
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             filly
             
               Non
               plus
               ultra's
            
             of
             our
             Bumprognosticators
             ,
             a
             dotage
             that
             it
             is
             enough
             to
             name
             it
             ,
             when
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             by
             his
             information
             ,
             findes
             a
             distemper
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             stomack
             ,
             spleen
             ,
             or
             kidneys
             ,
             of
             the
             sick
             or
             ill
             affected
             Patient
             ,
             he
             by
             his
             profound
             Art
             findes
             out
             this
             remedy
             :
             The
             Apothecary
             is
             ordered
             to
             make
             a
             caudle
             for
             the
             Arse-gut
             ,
             this
             luke-warm
             is
             tyed
             up
             in
             a
             bladder
             ,
             not
             without
             some
             superstition
             ,
             for
             fear
             some
             wind
             be
             tyed
             up
             with
             the
             liquor
             ,
             and
             so
             through
             a
             small
             pipe
             it
             is
             conveyed
             up
             at
             the
             fundament
             ,
             with
             promise
             in
             some
             cases
             of
             wonderful
             efffects
             .
             O
             brave
             Doctors
             !
             O
             
             sweet
             Method
             !
             This
             ,
             O
             this
             !
             is
             one
             of
             the
             maiin
             pillars
             of
             your
             adored
             method
             ,
             and
             as
             universal
             a
             prescription
             as
             any
             next
             to
             diet
             ,
             to
             which
             it
             is
             not
             in
             ferior
             for
             its
             common
             and
             general
             application
             ,
             whence
             you
             may
             worthily
             the
             stiled
             the
             Glyster-pipe
             family
             or
             tribe
             .
          
           
             In
             defence
             of
             Purgatives
             ,
             I
             know
             much
             may
             and
             will
             be
             said
             ,
             and
             that
             partly
             from
             experience
             ,
             and
             partly
             from
             be
             writing
             of
             the
             Adepti
             ;
             I
             shall
             therefore
             not
             pass
             over
             that
             ,
             because
             many
             ingenious
             men
             may
             be
             concerned
             in
             the
             Resolution
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             for
             the
             
               Arcanum
               Corallinum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             
               Paracelsus
               Diaceltatesson
            
             ,
             and
             is
             Mercury
             precipitated
             by
             mean
             of
             the
             Liquor
             Alchahest
             ,
             and
             corallated
             by
             the
             water
             of
             whites
             of
             Egges
             ,
             and
             is
             purgative
             by
             siege
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             certain
             cure
             for
             all
             Feavers
             ,
             Agues
             ,
             Pleuresies
             ,
             &c.
             yea
             the
             Hectique
             it
             perfectly
             restores
             ,
             as
             also
             Dropsies
             ,
             with
             all
             Ulcers
             inward
             
             and
             outward
             ,
             and
             the
             venereal
             distemper
             ,
             with
             the
             Gout
             ,
             &c.
             and
             its
             operation
             is
             purgative
             ,
             and
             that
             certainly
             and
             constantly
             ,
             so
             long
             only
             as
             the
             patient
             is
             ill
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             first
             it
             cures
             not
             (
             quatenus
             purging
             by
             siege
             )
             for
             the
             Horizontal
             gold
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             same
             essentially
             with
             the
             Mercury
             corallated
             ,
             cures
             all
             the
             forementioned
             distempers
             yet
             without
             purgation
             by
             stool
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             doth
             the
             Ladanum
             or
             sweet
             oyle
             of
             Mercury
             (
             which
             is
             Helmont
             and
             Paracelsus
             true
             Ladanum
             without
             Opium
             )
             which
             is
             only
             Mercury
             cohobated
             so
             oft
             and
             long
             by
             that
             fiery
             liquor
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             all
             made
             volatile
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             sweet
             oyle
             or
             tincture
             of
             the
             Sulphur
             separated
             from
             the
             ceneral
             Mercury
             ,
             is
             the
             Ladanum
             of
             Mercury
             curing
             universally
             all
             diseases
             (
             
               in
               tono
               unisono
            
             )
             as
             Helmont
             speaks
             ,
             yet
             without
             purging
             by
             siege
             .
             So
             then
             this
             purgative
             virtue
             that
             is
             in
             this
             ,
             
               (
               Corallatum
               
               Mercurii
            
             )
             is
             a
             specifick
             power
             given
             to
             it
             from
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             looseth
             the
             belly
             ,
             not
             promiscuously
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             sick
             parties
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             so
             long
             as
             the
             disease
             remains
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             on
             that
             score
             that
             it
             cures
             the
             Gout
             ,
             Pox
             ,
             &c.
             but
             by
             virtue
             of
             its
             resolutive
             power
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             penetrates
             all
             the
             digestions
             which
             are
             capable
             of
             excrements
             ,
             &
             resolves
             all
             preternatural
             Coagulation
             ,
             in
             what
             place
             soever
             it
             is
             ,
             as
             also
             all
             extravenated
             bloud
             ,
             which
             after
             by
             a
             peculiar
             priviledge
             ,
             it
             causeth
             to
             be
             expelled
             by
             stool
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             by
             vomit
             ,
             which
             is
             accidental
             to
             the
             cure
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             may
             be
             said
             of
             an
             Antimonial
             Panacaea
             ,
             which
             I
             know
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             certain
             cure
             for
             Agues
             ,
             Feavers
             ,
             and
             Plcuresie
             ,
             and
             is
             only
             purgative
             by
             siege
             ;
             for
             obtaining
             which
             ,
             many
             that
             I
             am
             acquainted
             with
             have
             been
             long
             courting
             Nature
             in
             vain
             ,
             the
             effect
             of
             curing
             such
             and
             such
             diseases
             is
             not
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             
             purgative
             quality
             ,
             but
             that
             is
             an
             acdent
             following
             the
             effect
             of
             cure
             ,
             not
             necessarily
             as
             its
             cause
             ;
             for
             the
             purgative
             virtue
             may
             be
             taken
             away
             in
             this
             Panacaea
             ,
             and
             it
             made
             an
             insensible
             Diaphoretick
             with
             no
             less
             success
             ,
             (
             rather
             greater
             )
             then
             while
             it
             had
             a
             solutive
             virtue
             .
          
           
             Yet
             here
             by
             the
             way
             take
             notice
             of
             a
             true
             or
             right
             Purge
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             like
             to
             Scammony
             ,
             Colocynthida
             ,
             Jalap
             ,
             &c.
             which
             
               (
               intuitu
               veneni
            
             )
             work
             promiscuously
             on
             all
             that
             shall
             take
             them
             (
             diseased
             or
             no
             )
             for
             a
             true
             Purge
             ,
             of
             which
             a
             Son
             of
             Art
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             will
             never
             purge
             ought
             from
             a
             sound
             body
             ,
             but
             work
             only
             on
             such
             as
             are
             diseased
             ,
             and
             that
             only
             so
             long
             as
             the
             disease
             lasts
             ;
             such
             is
             the
             Diaceltatesson
             of
             Paracelsus
             ,
             and
             such
             is
             this
             Panacaea
             of
             Antimony
             of
             which
             I
             now
             speak
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             concerning
             the
             purging
             vegetable
             poysons
             ,
             commonly
             known
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Purges
             ,
             their
             
             name
             contains
             a
             meer
             imposture
             ,
             and
             their
             manner
             of
             working
             deceives
             many
             (
             and
             those
             learned
             and
             ingenious
             )
             men
             .
          
           
             For
             they
             by
             their
             fermental
             virulency
             do
             infect
             the
             bowels
             ,
             which
             being
             sensible
             of
             their
             hostility
             ,
             do
             weep
             forth
             their
             nutritive
             moisture
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Latex
             (
             alwaies
             at
             command
             on
             such
             an
             occasion
             )
             which
             receiving
             the
             venemous
             impression
             ,
             are
             by
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             body
             cadaverated
             ,
             and
             cast
             forth
             in
             various
             colours
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             poyson
             is
             .
             This
             with
             gripings
             of
             the
             bowels
             ,
             and
             a
             nauseous
             sickness
             at
             the
             stomack
             ,
             is
             the
             effect
             of
             the
             commonly
             named
             purges
             ,
             or
             rather
             poysons
             (
             for
             so
             they
             are
             indeed
             )
             and
             this
             is
             a
             main
             pillar
             of
             the
             pompous
             fabrick
             of
             the
             Galenists
             so
             adored
             Method
             .
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             natural
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             the
             bowels
             ,
             but
             to
             all
             the
             exquisitely
             sensible
             parts
             ,
             if
             offended
             to
             weep
             
             forth
             a
             large
             quantity
             of
             moisture
             ,
             to
             wash
             away
             that
             character
             or
             impression
             made
             ,
             as
             the
             eyes
             by
             smoke
             ,
             the
             nose
             by
             sternutatories
             ,
             the
             mouth
             by
             Pellitory
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             stomack
             and
             bowels
             by
             Asarum
             ,
             Colocynthida
             ,
             Jalap
             ,
             &c.
             which
             moisture
             is
             partly
             the
             Latex
             (
             ready
             at
             call
             )
             and
             partly
             the
             alimentary
             humour
             of
             the
             part
             offended
             ,
             and
             the
             judgement
             given
             upon
             the
             excrements
             so
             rejected
             ,
             is
             as
             sottish
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             throw
             pepper
             or
             salf
             into
             a
             mans
             eyes
             ,
             and
             then
             bless
             himself
             to
             see
             how
             they
             water
             ,
             which
             if
             let
             alone
             would
             have
             been
             well
             enough
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             the
             matter
             cast
             forth
             by
             excrement
             ,
             is
             not
             what
             was
             before
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             what
             was
             at
             the
             time
             made
             by
             the
             poyson
             ;
             and
             if
             ought
             chance
             to
             be
             avoided
             which
             was
             before
             excrementitious
             ,
             it
             is
             by
             meer
             accident
             ,
             it
             being
             he
             nature
             of
             the
             poyson
             given
             ,
             to
             work
             only
             on
             what
             is
             vital
             ,
             with
             which
             of
             ought
             that
             
             was
             offensive
             be
             cast
             out
             ,
             let
             not
             the
             Doctor
             boast
             of
             that
             ,
             for
             being
             but
             accidental
             ,
             and
             so
             hazardable
             ,
             so
             great
             mischief
             as
             is
             threatned
             by
             giving
             poyson
             into
             the
             body
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             adventured
             ,
             in
             hopes
             of
             a
             casual
             good
             .
          
           
             But
             moreover
             I
             shall
             give
             the
             studious
             Reader
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             in
             many
             vegetable
             Simples
             under
             the
             mask
             of
             virulency
             ,
             great
             and
             noble
             virtues
             are
             hidden
             ,
             which
             are
             kept
             by
             the
             poysonous
             appearance
             from
             rash
             hands
             ,
             as
             the
             apples
             of
             the
             Hesperides
             were
             feigned
             to
             be
             kept
             by
             a
             watchful
             Dragon
             ;
             or
             as
             the
             passage
             to
             the
             Tree
             of
             life
             ,
             was
             guarded
             by
             a
             flaming
             sword
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             Cherubims
             .
          
           
             Thus
             in
             Hellebore
             under
             the
             churlish
             vomitive
             poyson
             caused
             with
             convulsion
             both
             of
             stomach
             and
             nerves
             ,
             is
             hidden
             a
             most
             noble
             remedy
             against
             Hypocondriack
             melancholy
             ,
             the
             Gout
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             Convulsions
             ,
             
             and
             quartian
             or
             third
             day
             Ague
             ,
             which
             so
             baffles
             Physicians
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             grown
             to
             a
             proverb
             ,
             
               Quartanam
               nescit
               medicus
               propellere
               febrim
               .
            
          
           
             So
             in
             Colocynthida
             under
             the
             laxative
             venome
             is
             hidden
             an
             excellent
             febrifuge
             :
             so
             in
             Asarum
             roots
             ,
             a
             gentle
             remedy
             for
             slow
             lingring
             Feavers
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             could
             instance
             in
             Opium
             and
             many
             other
             Simples
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             that
             thinks
             that
             the
             vomitive
             ,
             laxative
             ,
             or
             deleterial
             qualities
             in
             these
             simples
             ,
             are
             the
             effective
             causes
             of
             the
             good
             done
             by
             them
             ,
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             only
             as
             a
             clog
             to
             a
             mastiffe
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             sheath
             to
             a
             sharp
             sword
             ,
             by
             which
             their
             excellency
             is
             not
             only
             held
             back
             ,
             but
             also
             notably
             perverted
             by
             this
             dangerous
             companion
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             nature
             abhorring
             the
             malignant
             virulency
             ,
             doth
             not
             admit
             oft
             times
             of
             the
             remedy
             
             although
             something
             in
             strong
             constitutions
             ,
             where
             the
             poyson
             cannot
             make
             that
             impression
             ,
             which
             in
             weaker
             bodies
             it
             would
             ,
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             concrete
             through
             the
             cloud
             of
             its
             venome
             ,
             doth
             yeeld
             some
             irradiation
             of
             its
             specifick
             benignity
             ,
             to
             the
             extinguishing
             a
             disease
             ,
             which
             through
             Gods
             mercy
             sometimes
             fals
             out
             ,
             but
             little
             to
             the
             Doctors
             credit
             ,
             who
             gives
             the
             bad
             with
             the
             good
             ,
             being
             penally
             blinded
             with
             ignorance
             ,
             only
             by
             means
             of
             pride
             and
             sloth
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             said
             of
             purges
             or
             laxatives
             ,
             may
             in
             their
             kinde
             be
             said
             of
             Vomits
             ,
             which
             
               (
               quatenus
               talia
            
             )
             intend
             only
             a
             violence
             to
             nature
             ,
             which
             sensible
             of
             their
             hostility
             ,
             rages
             and
             cals
             for
             help
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             from
             its
             neighbours
             (
             that
             is
             the
             Latex
             ,
             and
             the
             alimentary
             humour
             of
             the
             part
             affected
             )
             which
             are
             oft
             time
             prodigally
             spent
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             vomit
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             siege
             ,
             sometimes
             both
             waies
             ,
             to
             wash
             away
             that
             odious
             character
             
             impressed
             ,
             maugre
             which
             diligence
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             the
             impression
             sometimes
             perseveres
             till
             death
             ,
             which
             is
             effectively
             caused
             by
             this
             Medicine
             (
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
             being
             truly
             the
             reall
             poyson
             )
             while
             the
             poor
             butchered
             Patient
             thinking
             to
             have
             a
             disease
             only
             purged
             away
             ,
             loseth
             his
             life
             ,
             either
             by
             an
             obstinate
             vomiting
             ,
             or
             an
             unconquerable
             loosness
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             other
             day
             I
             heard
             of
             one
             in
             Fleetstreet
             a
             lusty
             man
             ,
             who
             for
             some
             distemper
             took
             a
             purge
             ,
             which
             (
             when
             it
             was
             thought
             it
             had
             done
             working
             )
             had
             left
             such
             a
             venemous
             tincture
             in
             the
             bowels
             ,
             as
             was
             not
             washed
             away
             with
             fewer
             then
             about
             three
             hundred
             stools
             ,
             in
             about
             three
             daies
             time
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             had
             like
             to
             paid
             for
             the
             Doctors
             folly
             with
             the
             price
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             besides
             his
             money
             .
             Yet
             this
             must
             be
             a
             brave
             Art
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             cannot
             do
             thus
             in
             conscience
             ,
             must
             
               (
               ipso
               facto
            
             )
             be
             termed
             an
             Emperick
             and
             Mountebank
             .
          
           
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             venomous
             vomiting
             and
             laxative
             subject
             ,
             we
             yeeld
             ,
             that
             vomits
             and
             purges
             (
             as
             such
             )
             may
             by
             accident
             remove
             a
             distemper
             ;
             inasmuch
             as
             they
             inrage
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             by
             their
             venome
             ,
             which
             growing
             mad
             by
             reason
             of
             so
             odious
             a
             guest
             ,
             rages
             to
             and
             fro
             without
             order
             or
             reason
             ,
             falling
             out
             with
             what
             ever
             comes
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             in
             case
             of
             a
             fire
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             the
             Pipes
             are
             broke
             up
             )
             so
             here
             the
             next
             alimentary
             moisture
             is
             made
             use
             of
             to
             blot
             out
             this
             tinsture
             of
             venom
             ,
             the
             stomack
             turned
             up
             &
             down
             ,
             the
             bowels
             torn
             and
             griped
             for
             moisture
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             general
             hurly
             burly
             ,
             perhaps
             something
             that
             before
             was
             offensive
             ,
             is
             cast
             out
             ,
             and
             thus
             is
             the
             devil
             cast
             out
             as
             it
             were
             by
             Beelzebub
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             rid
             his
             breath
             of
             the
             smell
             of
             Onions
             by
             eating
             garlick
             :
             this
             is
             the
             mystery
             of
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             which
             is
             little
             better
             then
             the
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Patient
             is
             troubled
             perhaps
             with
             an
             Ague
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctor
             in
             the
             first
             place
             (
             some
             I
             am
             sure
             do
             )
             orders
             bloud-letting
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             striking
             a
             terror
             into
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             through
             loss
             of
             the
             bloud
             ,
             which
             threatens
             ,
             and
             strikes
             at
             the
             root
             of
             life
             ,
             indeavouring
             to
             cause
             it
             to
             leave
             its
             rage
             ,
             (
             which
             sometimes
             it
             doth
             on
             the
             score
             of
             terrefaction
             )
             but
             if
             this
             prevail
             not
             ,
             then
             is
             either
             a
             vomitive
             or
             laxative
             poyson
             given
             inwardly
             (
             under
             the
             imposed
             name
             of
             a
             medicine
             )
             and
             by
             this
             the
             Archeus
             is
             brought
             as
             we
             may
             say
             
               (
               adrestim
            
             )
             and
             enforforced
             to
             play
             one
             game
             for
             life
             and
             all
             ,
             hoping
             that
             in
             this
             commotion
             that
             is
             made
             ,
             the
             Archeus
             with
             the
             poyson
             ,
             may
             cast
             out
             what
             before
             inraged
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             being
             put
             into
             a
             greater
             danger
             ,
             may
             forget
             or
             neglect
             what
             before
             provoked
             it
             to
             fury
             ;
             as
             a
             man
             in
             imminent
             danger
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             will
             forget
             or
             neglect
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             goods
             ,
             which
             otherwife
             
             would
             trouble
             him
             sufficietly
             .
             I
             appeal
             to
             all
             ingenious
             men
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             not
             a
             notable
             performance
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             the
             whole
             of
             the
             Doctors
             craft
             ;
             besides
             which
             he
             hath
             nothing
             but
             Juleps
             ,
             and
             Lozenges
             ,
             and
             such
             trinkets
             ,
             of
             which
             every
             Confectioner
             and
             curious
             huswife
             is
             better
             stored
             then
             he
             .
          
           
             Whose
             method
             waves
             still
             from
             one
             extreme
             to
             another
             their
             potions
             ,
             and
             doses
             (
             which
             they
             call
             Physick
             )
             being
             so
             cursedly
             loathsom
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             made
             to
             poyson
             Cerberus
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             sight
             of
             many
             purging
             potions
             is
             enough
             to
             make
             most
             men
             and
             women
             vomit
             ,
             to
             sweeten
             which
             ,
             their
             method
             stores
             them
             with
             cordial
             fopperies
             ,
             of
             which
             may
             truly
             be
             said
             that
             of
             the
             Poet
             ,
             
               Spectatum
               admissi
               risum
               teneatis
               amici
               ?
            
          
           
             Syrups
             of
             Clove
             gelly-flowers
             ,
             
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             Conserves
             ,
             and
             Preserves
             ,
             Marmalads
             ,
             Quiddenies
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             are
             of
             this
             list
             ,
             which
             with
             Diascordium
             ,
             Methridate
             ,
             Alchermes
             ,
             and
             Theriacle
             ,
             distilled
             waters
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             serve
             (
             if
             to
             nothing
             else
             )
             yet
             to
             multiply
             the
             Doctors
             Fees
             ,
             and
             to
             enlarge
             the
             Apothecaries
             Bils
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             enough
             for
             them
             who
             care
             for
             nothing
             else
             .
          
           
             Well
             then
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             not
             the
             way
             of
             curing
             diseases
             ,
             what
             is
             ?
             may
             a
             studious
             and
             ingenious
             Reader
             ask
             of
             me
             :
             I
             have
             hinted
             it
             before
             ,
             and
             shall
             more
             fully
             insist
             upon
             it
             :
             I
             say
             adaequate
             remedies
             are
             to
             be
             studied
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             diseases
             ,
             and
             by
             study
             they
             are
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             such
             I
             mean
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             to
             the
             extinguishing
             a
             disease
             ,
             as
             water
             will
             quench
             fire
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             shall
             be
             bold
             to
             adde
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             tricks
             that
             are
             used
             by
             the
             Galenists
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             say
             according
             to
             their
             Method
             )
             viz.
             Bleeding
             ,
             Vesications
             ,
             Scarifications
             ,
             Fontinels
             ,
             
             Cauteriés
             ;
             Diaetical
             prescriptions
             ,
             &c.
             are
             but
             silly
             poor
             shifts
             analogical
             to
             Adams
             fig-leaves
             to
             hide
             his
             nakedness
             :
             childish
             fopperies
             to
             deceive
             their
             abused
             Patients
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             themselves
             appear
             diligent
             
               (
               curendo
            
             )
             while
             they
             want
             adaequate
             remedies
             that
             might
             be
             
               (
               morbum
               medendo
               :
            
             )
             therefore
             my
             brethren
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             you
             as
             will
             be
             
               (
               medici
            
             )
             and
             not
             
               (
               ouratores
            
             )
             study
             and
             you
             will
             attain
             such
             Medicines
             as
             will
             get
             you
             both
             credit
             and
             honor
             ,
             as
             also
             gain
             ,
             and
             honest
             rewards
             from
             your
             Patients
             .
             God
             hath
             not
             been
             wanting
             in
             bounty
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             not
             be
             wanting
             in
             diligence
             :
             all
             his
             works
             are
             mercy
             and
             truth
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             these
             attributes
             are
             the
             Medicines
             by
             him
             created
             and
             appointed
             ,
             they
             are
             merciful
             remedies
             ,
             which
             will
             restore
             ,
             not
             cruel
             drugs
             ,
             which
             will
             only
             torment
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             rob
             the
             sick
             party
             of
             their
             money
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             their
             lives
             ,
             they
             are
             true
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             
             will
             actually
             perform
             what
             the
             Patient
             expects
             ,
             and
             the
             Physician
             promiseth
             ,
             land
             not
             faithless
             remedies
             ,
             which
             are
             only
             like
             a
             broken
             staffe
             not
             only
             to
             cause
             him
             that
             leans
             on
             it
             to
             fall
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             hurt
             him
             with
             its
             splinters
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             difference
             between
             those
             which
             I
             commence
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             medicines
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             I
             instanced
             in
             the
             Feaver
             ,
             so
             in
             this
             discovery
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             eye
             to
             that
             instance
             ,
             which
             is
             indeed
             a
             true
             touch
             stone
             to
             try
             any
             Physician
             by
             ,
             continual
             Feavers
             being
             analogical
             to
             the
             most
             violent
             spontaneously
             transient
             disease
             ,
             and
             the
             Quartan
             being
             analogical
             to
             the
             most
             obstinate
             Chronical
             disease
             ,
             (
             especially
             if
             Autumnal
             ,
             and
             Hyemad
             )
             insomuch
             that
             a
             medicine
             that
             will
             out
             all
             Feavers
             ,
             continual
             land
             intermittent
             ,
             at
             all
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             even
             in
             the
             weakest
             constitution
             ,
             yea
             although
             Hectical
             ,
             will
             with
             the
             like
             ease
             cure
             all
             Chronick
             diseases
             .
          
           
           
             Such
             affinity
             is
             between
             the
             Feaver
             and
             the
             Gout
             ,
             that
             the
             latter
             is
             never
             without
             the
             former
             ,
             a
             sensible
             Febricula
             either
             preceding
             or
             accompanying
             any
             rigorous
             Paroxysme
             of
             the
             Gout
             ;
             and
             few
             malignant
             Feavers
             ,
             without
             pain
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             back
             ,
             or
             limbs
             ,
             which
             is
             analologicall
             to
             the
             pain
             of
             the
             Gout
             .
          
           
             And
             indeed
             what
             are
             all
             diseases
             ,
             but
             so
             many
             and
             distinct
             furies
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Archeus
             ,
             which
             is
             variously
             provoked
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             varieties
             of
             the
             occasionate
             peccant
             matter
             ,
             or
             impressed
             Ideall
             character
             ;
             on
             any
             of
             the
             viscera
             ,
             from
             whence
             by
             irradiation
             of
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             various
             parts
             are
             variously
             tormented
             ,
             as
             the
             accidentall
             occasionate
             matter
             shall
             give
             distinction
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             the
             highest
             and
             noblest
             way
             of
             medicine
             ,
             is
             by
             pacifying
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             to
             bring
             it
             to
             absolute
             quiet
             and
             rest
             ,
             whereby
             it
             neglects
             
             that
             provocation
             by
             which
             it
             was
             incensed
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             furious
             Idea
             being
             totally
             blotted
             out
             ,
             it
             repents
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             its
             former
             madnesse
             ,
             and
             do
             Nature
             disposeth
             of
             the
             excrementitious
             product
             insensibly
             .
          
           
             The
             preserving
             therefore
             in
             health
             ,
             consists
             not
             in
             taking
             of
             poyson
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             the
             Archeus
             ,
             being
             another
             way
             more
             enraged
             ,
             by
             an
             eminent
             danger
             immediately
             threatning
             the
             life
             ,
             may
             be
             put
             into
             a
             hurly
             burly
             ,
             in
             hopes
             that
             its
             fury
             ,
             with
             the
             poyson
             taken
             ,
             it
             may
             throw
             out
             what
             ever
             was
             peccant
             before
             ,
             but
             in
             keeping
             it
             from
             fury
             and
             rage
             if
             not
             already
             provoked
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             appeasing
             it
             .
             And
             I
             appeal
             to
             all
             ingenious
             men
             ,
             which
             of
             the
             two
             is
             the
             better
             method
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             the
             height
             of
             medicine
             ,
             and
             is
             performable
             by
             the
             glorified
             ,
             spirituated
             ,
             and
             perfected
             Sulghurs
             ,
             which
             by
             their
             eminent
             purity
             and
             perfection
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             fermentall
             
             irradiation
             ,
             at
             once
             mortifie
             whatever
             is
             malignant
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Archeus
             finding
             such
             powerfull
             assistance
             ,
             begins
             to
             repent
             of
             its
             madnesse
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             so
             disquiet
             it self
             and
             its
             whole
             habitation
             ,
             about
             a
             thing
             so
             quickly
             mastered
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             joy
             and
             jubile
             conceived
             upon
             its
             speedy
             help
             found
             ,
             it
             cheers
             up
             all
             its
             parts
             ,
             which
             seem
             revived
             ,
             as
             the
             earth
             when
             after
             winter
             it
             begins
             to
             smile
             with
             buddes
             and
             flowers
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             strength
             that
             a
             while
             before
             seemed
             decayed
             ,
             appears
             in
             short
             time
             renued
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             noble
             effect
             of
             these
             (
             truly
             Astral
             )
             medicines
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             such
             who
             cannot
             attain
             to
             this
             height
             of
             Ast
             ,
             (
             as
             truly
             all
             are
             not
             elected
             hereto
             )
             I
             shall
             advise
             other
             (
             more
             easily
             attainable
             )
             medicines
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
             only
             to
             desire
             to
             Tantalize
             ,
             and
             not
             really
             to
             benefit
             and
             profit
             the
             Reader
             .
          
           
           
             The
             noble
             Helmont
             on
             such
             a
             question
             propounded
             ,
             that
             if
             by
             purgations
             and
             by
             vomits
             ,
             cures
             are
             not
             to
             be
             expected
             ,
             how
             then
             they
             may
             be
             performed
             ;
             makes
             this
             answer
             to
             his
             own
             question
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             the
             ends
             are
             to
             be
             promoted
             .
             If
             saith
             he
             ,
             any
             filth
             be
             in
             the
             first
             rooms
             or
             places
             of
             digestion
             ,
             then
             Abstersives
             only
             are
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             Nature
             easily
             and
             very
             safely
             performing
             the
             rest
             .
             But
             if
             any
             filth
             be
             lodged
             more
             deeply
             ,
             then
             volatile
             Alcalies
             are
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             which
             cleanse
             the
             the
             body
             throughly
             ,
             just
             as
             Sope
             cleanseth
             Linnen
             .
             The
             same
             advice
             I
             give
             to
             such
             as
             would
             become
             true
             Sonnes
             of
             Art.
             
          
           
             There
             are
             noble
             Arcana's
             in
             Nature
             preparable
             by
             the
             great
             Dissolvent
             ,
             the
             liquor
             Alchahest
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             for
             every
             one
             to
             command
             ;
             although
             the
             liquor
             when
             prepared
             be
             of
             infinite
             vertue
             ,
             yet
             would
             I
             not
             advise
             a
             young
             Artist
             so
             to
             dote
             
             on
             that
             search
             ,
             as
             to
             neglect
             more
             easily
             attainable
             secrets
             ,
             especially
             ,
             since
             by
             succedaneous
             secrets
             the
             same
             diseases
             may
             be
             restored
             ,
             although
             not
             with
             the
             same
             speed
             or
             universality
             ,
             (
             one
             of
             the
             grand
             Arcana's
             curing
             equally
             all
             diseases
             )
             yet
             in
             a
             little
             more
             time
             ,
             and
             with
             greater
             care
             ,
             as
             certainly
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             therefore
             here
             not
             speak
             of
             any
             Alchahestical
             preparations
             ,
             that
             liquor
             being
             difficult
             to
             prepare
             ,
             and
             rarely
             possessed
             ,
             but
             shall
             come
             to
             the
             succedaneous
             Keyes
             of
             this
             Art
             ,
             which
             any
             ingenious
             man
             may
             with
             industry
             (
             with
             Gods
             blessing
             )
             easily
             attain
             .
          
           
             Although
             I
             must
             ingenuously
             professe
             that
             my
             mind
             was
             so
             fired
             with
             eagernesse
             after
             that
             secret
             ,
             that
             I
             did
             for
             nigh
             ten
             years
             make
             it
             my
             main
             search
             ,
             which
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             knew
             ,
             and
             could
             prepare
             ,
             my
             spirit
             was
             straightway
             so
             satisfied
             with
             the
             knowledge
             thereof
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             bitherto
             prepared
             it
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             way
             as
             I
             made
             it
             was
             very
             tedious
             ,
             and
             it
             in
             making
             and
             using
             subject
             to
             chances
             ,
             so
             that
             although
             it
             be
             (
             when
             made
             )
             incorruptible
             ,
             yet
             the
             breaking
             of
             one
             Glasse
             will
             lose
             that
             which
             otherwise
             is
             immortall
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             well
             be
             used
             without
             accurate
             furnaces
             both
             for
             digestion
             and
             distillation
             ,
             which
             required
             to
             the
             preparation
             of
             medicaments
             which
             are
             to
             be
             obtained
             thereby
             .
          
           
             Of
             this
             Subject
             I
             have
             spoken
             largely
             in
             a
             peculiar
             Treatise
             on
             that
             only
             Liquor
             ,
             and
             in
             another
             Treatise
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Art
               of
               Pyrotechny
               opened
               and
               discovered
            
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             Treatise
             entituled
             ,
             
               Truth
               asserted
               and
               maintained
            
             ,
             or
             a
             Chymicall
             and
             Philosophicall
             resolution
             of
             certain
             questions
             sent
             me
             by
             one
             veyling
             himself
             under
             the
             name
             of
             
               Philalethes
               Zeteticus
            
             .
             All
             which
             Tractates
             I
             purpose
             speedily
             to
             send
             abroad
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             find
             what
             entertainment
             
             this
             Tractate
             will
             find
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             To
             which
             Arcanum
             if
             you
             cannot
             attain
             ,
             learn
             saith
             Helmont
             to
             make
             
               Alcalies
               volatile
            
             ,
             that
             by
             mean
             of
             them
             you
             may
             perfect
             or
             make
             your
             solutions
             of
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             For
             fixed
             Alcalies
             according
             to
             Helmont's
             Doctrine
             are
             of
             wonderfull
             vertues
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             equals
             them
             in
             vertue
             to
             the
             great
             Arcana's
             ,
             as
             being
             so
             penetrative
             ,
             that
             wherever
             they
             will
             not
             reach
             ,
             nothing
             else
             will
             :
             whose
             Doctrine
             I
             shall
             not
             repeat
             ,
             but
             rather
             illustrate
             .
          
           
             Nor
             shall
             I
             here
             speak
             but
             only
             briefly
             of
             this
             Subject
             ,
             having
             in
             a
             peculiar
             Treatise
             entituled
             ,
             
               de
               mysteriis
               Alcalium
            
             ,
             spoken
             largely
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             which
             (
             as
             which
             I
             intend
             speedily
             to
             make
             publike
             )
             I
             shall
             remit
             the
             studious
             Reader
             for
             full
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             However
             I
             shall
             in
             this
             place
             discover
             so
             much
             (
             though
             very
             briefly
             )
             as
             may
             serve
             for
             direction
             to
             him
             
             that
             is
             industrious
             ,
             by
             what
             he
             shall
             find
             here
             ,
             to
             unlock
             many
             secrets
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             those
             very
             noble
             as
             to
             the
             Philosophy
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             usefull
             as
             to
             the
             application
             of
             them
             unto
             mankind
             .
          
           
             Know
             then
             that
             Alcalyes
             are
             the
             the
             fixt
             Salts
             of
             combustible
             Concretes
             ,
             fixed
             by
             the
             activity
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             which
             were
             (
             before
             burning
             )
             volatile
             ,
             and
             meerly
             fixed
             in
             this
             act
             of
             conflagration
             .
             In
             these
             Salts
             the
             seminal
             vertue
             is
             totally
             extinct
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             the
             proper
             operation
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             on
             whatsoever
             it
             can
             master
             and
             overcome
             )
             so
             that
             they
             have
             only
             a
             Saline
             ,
             Diuretick
             and
             abstersive
             vertue
             ,
             which
             withall
             from
             the
             fire
             borrowes
             a
             fiery
             corrosive
             quality
             ,
             in
             which
             respect
             it
             contains
             a
             little
             hostility
             and
             reluctancy
             toward
             the
             stomack
             .
          
           
             Truth
             ,
             I
             know
             many
             Chymists
             according
             to
             the
             sentence
             of
             Quercetan
             ,
             do
             hold
             that
             the
             seminal
             principles
             
             are
             kept
             and
             preserved
             uncorrupt
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             but
             I
             rather
             Jean
             to
             the
             contrary
             judgement
             of
             Helmont
             ,
             which
             experience
             hath
             often
             and
             satisfactorily
             convinced
             me
             of
             .
          
           
             I
             grant
             that
             Alcalies
             do
             differ
             one
             from
             the
             other
             
               (
               per
               genera
               &
               species
            
             )
             since
             the
             operation
             of
             each
             Agent
             is
             received
             by
             the
             Patient
             
               (
               per
               modum
               recipient
               is
            
             )
             and
             so
             the
             uniform
             Act
             of
             burning
             in
             stones
             produceth
             one
             sort
             of
             Calx
             or
             Alcaly
             ,
             in
             Oyster-shells
             another
             ,
             in
             Trees
             another
             ,
             in
             Herbs
             &c.
             another
             ,
             and
             yet
             this
             distinction
             doth
             not
             lie
             in
             the
             formal
             ,
             seminal
             ,
             Balsamick
             qualities
             of
             the
             Concrete
             ,
             but
             in
             another
             quality
             ,
             or
             other
             qualities
             ,
             which
             are
             determined
             by
             the
             specificated
             forms
             ,
             although
             themselves
             in
             this
             act
             of
             determination
             expire
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Salt
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             first
             Alcalizate
             intention
             of
             kinne
             to
             all
             other
             Salts
             ,
             than
             are
             made
             effectively
             by
             Vulcan
             ,
             yet
             distinguished
             from
             all
             
             others
             according
             to
             the
             capability
             of
             reception
             of
             the
             Agents
             activity
             in
             the
             Patient
             ,
             whose
             specificated
             form
             gave
             the
             Alcaly
             a
             certain
             distinction
             in
             determination
             ,
             although
             to
             its
             own
             extinguishment
             .
          
           
             All
             then
             that
             remains
             in
             the
             Alcali
             of
             the
             former
             Concrete
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             very
             sleight
             modicum
             of
             the
             
               magnum
               oportet
            
             ,
             and
             so
             Alcalies
             do
             differ
             each
             from
             other
             ,
             although
             all
             of
             them
             in
             their
             primary
             intention
             ,
             are
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             nature
             and
             qualities
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             Alcaly
             of
             Tartar
             hath
             deserved
             and
             gotten
             the
             name
             of
             
               Respub
               .
               Alcalium
            
             ;
             since
             whatever
             vertue
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             any
             Alcaly
             ,
             may
             be
             found
             in
             and
             demonstrated
             from
             the
             Alcali
             of
             Tartar.
             
          
           
             For
             the
             fire
             having
             no
             seminal
             power
             ,
             it
             makes
             what
             proceeds
             from
             it
             effectively
             ,
             though
             not
             efficiently
             ,
             for
             the
             Salt
             to
             speak
             Philosophically
             ,
             doth
             in
             this
             act
             of
             Vulcan's
             fury
             ,
             
             lay
             hold
             on
             its
             neighbouring
             Sulphur
             ,
             and
             both
             being
             before
             volatile
             ,
             they
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             melt
             together
             into
             a
             Salt
             ,
             and
             so
             fix
             themselves
             into
             an
             Alcalizate
             Body
             .
          
           
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             Alcalies
             are
             easily
             volatized
             ,
             since
             their
             generation
             proceeds
             not
             from
             seminal
             beginnings
             ,
             but
             is
             a
             spontaneous
             Larva
             ,
             which
             part
             of
             the
             Salt
             and
             Sulphur
             of
             the
             Concrete
             assume
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             withstand
             Vulcans
             fury
             ,
             as
             Mercury
             by
             bare
             circulation
             in
             the
             fire
             ,
             will
             spontaneously
             assume
             the
             larva
             of
             a
             red
             (
             and
             somewhat
             fixed
             )
             Precipitate
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             processe
             of
             this
             Anomalous
             Generation
             ;
             yet
             is
             the
             product
             very
             noble
             ,
             if
             especially
             this
             fixed
             body
             by
             art
             brought
             back
             again
             to
             a
             volatile
             substance
             .
          
           
             Which
             is
             to
             be
             done
             very
             successefully
             by
             mean
             of
             vegetable
             essentiall
             Sulphurs
             (
             that
             is
             distilled
             Oyls
             )
             to
             which
             Alcalies
             have
             a
             very
             
             neer
             ,
             nay
             an
             intimate
             affinity
             ,
             which
             may
             appear
             first
             ,
             by
             the
             unctuous
             Apperinesse
             of
             Alcalies
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             by
             their
             ready
             mixture
             with
             any
             expressed
             Oyl
             ,
             between
             both
             which
             is
             made
             a
             Sope
             ,
             being
             a
             neuter
             from
             both
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             by
             the
             greedy
             mixture
             of
             them
             with
             Sulphurs
             minerall
             ,
             which
             are
             known
             to
             be
             unctuous
             ,
             and
             of
             neer
             kin
             to
             Oyls
             .
          
           
             Alcalies
             being
             thus
             volatized
             ,
             become
             noble
             medicines
             ,
             and
             of
             excellent
             use
             both
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             making
             of
             other
             preparations
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             touch
             briefly
             ,
             and
             so
             draw
             toward
             a
             conclusion
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             this
             operation
             ,
             Helmont
             hat
             given
             more
             light
             the
             any
             that
             went
             before
             him
             ,
             yet
             hath
             he
             written
             darkly
             enough
             ,
             (
             although
             wondrous
             Philosophically
             ,
             )
             which
             as
             many
             as
             understand
             him
             with
             me
             ,
             will
             don
             esse
          
           
             I
             must
             seriously
             professe
             ,
             that
             for
             night
             seven
             years
             I
             made
             about
             two
             
             thousand
             experiments
             to
             this
             intent
             ,
             but
             was
             always
             unsuccessefull
             ,
             till
             pondering
             the
             words
             of
             that
             old
             Philosopher
             concerning
             this
             Subject
             ,
             I
             found
             my
             errors
             and
             the
             truth
             likewise
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             do
             suppose
             that
             scarce
             the
             hundredth
             Artist
             will
             attain
             this
             secret
             ,
             unlesse
             it
             be
             from
             him
             only
             who
             is
             the
             giver
             of
             every
             good
             and
             perfect
             gift
             ,
             to
             whom
             alone
             be
             all
             glory
             and
             everlasting
             benediction
             .
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             a
             rare
             thing
             to
             have
             any
             of
             these
             secrets
             communicated
             in
             form
             of
             receipts
             ,
             or
             if
             communicated
             ,
             yet
             so
             that
             much
             be
             left
             out
             in
             the
             direction
             ,
             which
             ,
             without
             pains
             ,
             study
             ,
             and
             sedulity
             will
             never
             be
             attained
             ,
             so
             I
             did
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             have
             done
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             masters
             of
             secretes
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             advice
             each
             desirous
             student
             in
             this
             Art
             to
             do
             .
             And
             for
             the
             help
             of
             such
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             as
             candid
             ,
             as
             the
             Lawes
             of
             this
             art
             wil
             permit
             and
             allow
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             forasmuch
             as
             I
             have
             undertaken
             the
             vindication
             of
             noble
             Helmont
             ,
             and
             the
             explication
             of
             Nature
             according
             to
             those
             principles
             which
             eperience
             in
             the
             fire
             had
             taught
             him
             ,
             I
             shall
             from
             my
             own
             experience
             also
             further
             illustate
             what
             was
             obscurely
             laid
             down
             by
             him
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             preparation
             of
             noble
             medicaments
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             fire
             taught
             Helmont
             to
             understand
             Paracelsus
             ,
             so
             it
             hath
             also
             taught
             me
             to
             understand
             them
             both
             ,
             and
             by
             it
             must
             every
             one
             that
             would
             understand
             Nature
             truely
             ,
             and
             not
             notionally
             ,
             have
             his
             Philosophy
             regenerated
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             Alcalies
             ,
             the
             noble
             Helmont
             saith
             ,
             that
             being
             volatized
             ,
             they
             equall
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             most
             noble
             Arcana's
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             being
             indued
             with
             an
             abstersive
             and
             resolutive
             vertue
             ,
             they
             passe
             even
             to
             the
             fourth
             digestion
             ,
             and
             resolve
             all
             preternaturall
             excrements
             and
             coagulations
             
             in
             all
             the
             Vessels
             .
             That
             they
             take
             away
             all
             filthy
             residence
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             any
             of
             the
             veins
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             do
             resolve
             all
             (
             though
             never
             so
             obstinate
             )
             obstructions
             ,
             and
             so
             cut
             off
             the
             materiall
             cause
             of
             all
             apostemations
             ,
             and
             ulcers
             both
             within
             and
             without
             .
             That
             their
             spirit
             is
             so
             penetrative
             ,
             and
             efficacious
             ,
             that
             whithersoever
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             reach
             ,
             nothing
             else
             will.
             And
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             that
             as
             Sope
             cleanseth
             linnen
             ,
             so
             they
             cleanse
             the
             whole
             body
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             ,
             and
             cleanse
             away
             the
             material
             cause
             of
             all
             diseases
             .
          
           
             Their
             spirit
             is
             of
             an
             admirable
             dissolving
             quality
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             it
             will
             dissolve
             any
             simple
             Concrete
             Body
             ,
             and
             dissolving
             will
             be
             coagulated
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             borrow
             from
             the
             dissolved
             Body
             a
             specificated
             vertue
             ,
             which
             having
             entrance
             into
             the
             Body
             ,
             will
             actually
             cure
             deplorable
             and
             chronick
             diseases
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             all
             Feavers
             .
          
           
           
             This
             is
             the
             summe
             of
             his
             Doctrine
             concerning
             Alcalies
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             I
             can
             be
             a
             faithfull
             witnesse
             with
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             born
             true
             testimony
             unto
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             operation
             he
             gives
             some
             hints
             in
             two
             or
             thee
             places
             ,
             one
             ,
             where
             speaking
             of
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Cinamon
             ,
             how
             it
             may
             be
             made
             into
             Slat
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             if
             that
             Oyl
             be
             mixed
             with
             its
             own
             Alcali
             ,
             without
             any
             water
             ,
             being
             circulated
             three
             moneths
             with
             an
             occult
             and
             secret
             circulation
             ,
             it
             is
             wholly
             turned
             into
             a
             volatile
             Salt
             ;
             of
             which
             elsewhere
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             noble
             remedy
             for
             the
             Palsy
             ,
             Epilepsy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             where
             he
             teacheth
             (
             in
             defect
             of
             the
             Alcha-hesticall
             preparation
             )
             to
             sever
             the
             Sulphur
             from
             
               Paracelsus
               Metallus
               masculus
            
             (
             that
             is
             Spelter
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Sulphur
             
               Glaure
               Augurelli
            
             )
             and
             to
             cohobate
             it
             with
             Oyl
             of
             Mace
             ,
             Anise
             ,
             or
             Therebinth
             ,
             till
             it
             all
             come
             over
             
             the
             Helm
             in
             a
             fetid
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             circulate
             it
             with
             an
             Alcali
             (
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             till
             it
             be
             turned
             into
             an
             Elixir
             of
             volatile
             Salt
             ,
             and
             after
             to
             take
             away
             its
             fetor
             by
             rectifying
             it
             with
             good
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             this
             he
             commends
             ,
             and
             justly
             ,
             for
             a
             cure
             of
             very
             many
             (
             if
             not
             most
             ,
             or
             all
             )
             chronicall
             diseases
             .
          
           
             For
             explication
             of
             which
             Doctrine
             ,
             let
             me
             admonish
             the
             Reader
             ,
             that
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
             ,
             or
             any
             Alcali
             ,
             may
             be
             made
             severall
             wayes
             volatile
             ,
             and
             each
             way
             yeelding
             noble
             medicaments
             ,
             yet
             one
             way
             far
             nobler
             then
             other
             .
          
           
             Now
             of
             all
             wayes
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             most
             inferiour
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             by
             Oyls
             ,
             as
             Helmont
             well
             notes
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             Salts
             ,
             those
             are
             most
             languid
             which
             contain
             the
             
               vita
               media
            
             of
             Sulphurs
             ,
             which
             he
             oalls
             
               (
               Sulphurum
               prosapiam
            
             )
             cap.
             3.
             
               de
               Duelech
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             these
             Elixirs
             do
             follow
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Oyl
             by
             which
             they
             are
             
             made
             ,
             and
             are
             called
             
               Sal
               volatile
            
             ,
             or
             
               Elixir
               volatile
               ,
               Cinamoni
               ,
               Macis
               ,
               Nucis
               Myristicae
               ,
               Therebinthinae
               ,
            
             &c.
             according
             as
             the
             Oyls
             are
             by
             which
             the
             Alcali
             is
             made
             fugitive
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             are
             noble
             medicines
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             Specificks
             subordinate
             much
             to
             universall
             Arcana's
             ,
             to
             which
             Helmont
             equalls
             ,
             and
             that
             justly
             the
             Spirits
             of
             Salt
             of
             Tarrar
             ,
             which
             are
             by
             a
             far
             more
             secret
             Art
             preparable
             .
          
           
             Such
             are
             the
             volatile
             Salts
             made
             of
             Cephalike
             Herbs
             ,
             as
             Rosemary
             ,
             Sage
             ,
             &c.
             which
             are
             commended
             by
             that
             Philosopher
             only
             ,
             as
             particular
             remedie
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             yet
             such
             ,
             that
             if
             given
             due
             time
             before
             the
             fit
             ,
             in
             itermittents
             ,
             on
             a
             fasting
             stomach
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             time
             in
             continual
             Feavers
             ,
             and
             sweat
             be
             provoked
             ,
             they
             will
             never
             put
             a
             faithfull
             Physitian
             to
             derision
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             give
             all
             ingenuous
             Artists
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             Alcalies
             
             are
             noble
             Bodies
             ,
             ordained
             by
             God
             for
             great
             uses
             to
             mankind
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             handled
             as
             the
             artist
             pleaseth
             .
          
           
             Many
             simple
             Mechanists
             know
             to
             take
             Oyl
             expressed
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Lixivium
             of
             Alcalies
             to
             boy
             it
             into
             a
             Sope
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               (
               Tertium
               neutrum
            
             )
             from
             both
             the
             Oyl
             and
             the
             Alcali
             .
             But
             when
             they
             have
             done
             this
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             how
             to
             proceed
             further
             with
             it
             ,
             nor
             do
             our
             modern
             Philosophers
             ,
             although
             they
             think
             themselves
             wise
             men
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             lowest
             and
             most
             inferiour
             way
             of
             preparing
             Salts
             ,
             viz.
             with
             exprest
             Oyls
             which
             contain
             much
             heterogeneity
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             full
             of
             fuliginous
             vapours
             ,
             (
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             their
             speedy
             growing
             rancid
             ,
             especially
             if
             once
             heated
             )
             yet
             notwithstanding
             ,
             in
             their
             union
             with
             Alcalies
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             much
             of
             Philosophy
             learned
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             but
             duly
             considered
             ,
             and
             the
             effect
             pondered
             with
             its
             causes
             .
             Yet
             this
             I
             must
             
             say
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             making
             of
             Sope
             be
             the
             utmost
             of
             the
             Sope-boylers
             work
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             the
             first
             step
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             work
             ,
             and
             indeed
             is
             but
             an
             Abortive
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             caused
             by
             violent
             decoction
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Oyl
             and
             the
             Salt
             enter
             each
             other
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             but
             do
             not
             radically
             penetrate
             each
             others
             profundity
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             by
             instance
             make
             to
             appear
             .
          
           
             For
             let
             the
             best
             Sope
             be
             distilled
             ,
             with
             an
             acute
             water
             stinking
             of
             an
             Empyreum
             ,
             will
             distill
             of
             an
             high
             coloured
             fetid
             Oyl
             ,
             of
             a
             greenish
             ceruleous
             colour
             to
             view
             in
             a
             glasse
             .
             The
             
               Caput
               mortuum
            
             being
             elixated
             by
             warm
             water
             will
             give
             an
             Alcali
             ,
             fixed
             as
             before
             (
             though
             giving
             an
             high
             coloured
             Lixivium
             )
             but
             the
             quantity
             both
             of
             Salt
             and
             Oyl
             ,
             less
             then
             what
             was
             taken
             to
             make
             the
             Sope
             ,
             and
             therefore
             considerable
             part
             of
             both
             ,
             in
             this
             decoction
             into
             Sope
             ,
             are
             turned
             into
             an
             Aqueous
             
             Liquor
             ,
             which
             being
             redistilled
             ,
             according
             to
             Helmont's
             prescription
             ,
             from
             a
             fixt
             body
             ,
             becomes
             insipid
             like
             to
             elemen
             all
             water
             ,
             leaving
             the
             volatile
             Salt
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Spirit
             coagulated
             upon
             the
             fixt
             Body
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             the
             Oyl
             and
             Salt
             had
             not
             ingresse
             to
             each
             others
             profundity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             part
             of
             each
             are
             separable
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             the
             Salt
             in
             its
             Alcalizate
             ,
             and
             the
             Oyl
             in
             its
             unctuous
             nature
             :
             by
             which
             may
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             a
             centrall
             ingression
             was
             not
             made
             of
             each
             into
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             for
             essentiall
             or
             distilled
             Oyls
             ,
             as
             of
             Therebinth
             ,
             Mace
             ,
             Nutmeg
             ,
             &c.
             they
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             volatility
             ,
             not
             abiding
             decoction
             ,
             are
             with
             difficulty
             made
             into
             a
             Sapo
             ,
             although
             by
             Cohobation
             upon
             a
             Lixivium
             ,
             they
             will
             yeeld
             a
             Collostrum
             like
             to
             Tarre
             in
             colour
             ,
             which
             will
             have
             the
             whole
             taste
             and
             smell
             of
             the
             Concrete
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Oyl
             that
             distills
             over
             will
             be
             of
             little
             vertue
             ,
             being
             thus
             robbed
             of
             its
             specifick
             odor
             and
             taste
             ,
             this
             Collostrum
             will
             dissolve
             (
             in
             part
             )
             either
             in
             water
             or
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             leaving
             part
             that
             will
             not
             dissolve
             ,
             much
             like
             to
             Shoo-makers
             waxe
             :
             of
             this
             operation
             some
             make
             a
             secret
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             only
             triviall
             ,
             for
             though
             by
             it
             dissolved
             in
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             a
             good
             medicine
             may
             be
             made
             against
             wind
             in
             the
             stomack
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             the
             Elixir
             of
             volatile
             Tartar
             ,
             but
             a
             certain
             substance
             of
             the
             Oyl
             made
             by
             the
             fretting
             of
             the
             Lixivium
             in
             decoction
             ,
             and
             swims
             upon
             the
             Lixivium
             ,
             nor
             will
             be
             made
             by
             any
             industry
             to
             mixe
             with
             it
             ;
             the
             Lixivium
             then
             is
             highly
             tincted
             ,
             and
             possibly
             by
             long
             cohobation
             there
             might
             be
             made
             an
             union
             ,
             but
             my
             patience
             would
             never
             suffer
             me
             to
             persist
             to
             see
             the
             utmost
             of
             that
             operation
             ,
             especially
             when
             I
             knew
             a
             better
             way
             .
          
           
           
             For
             to
             be
             ingenuous
             ,
             I
             tryed
             severall
             wayes
             in
             pursuance
             of
             volatile
             Alcalies
             ,
             which
             upon
             Helmont's
             commendation
             ,
             and
             Paracelsus
             also
             ,
             I
             highly
             valued
             ,
             and
             next
             to
             the
             great
             Dissolvent
             made
             them
             my
             search
             ,
             which
             I
             assayed
             to
             make
             severall
             wayes
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             tedious
             here
             to
             tell
             of
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             enough
             for
             the
             Reader
             ,
             that
             he
             know
             that
             it
             is
             not
             sufficient
             for
             him
             to
             be
             able
             to
             make
             a
             Sapo
             with
             Salts
             and
             Oyls
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             easie
             in
             exprest
             ,
             harder
             in
             distilled
             Oyls
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             best
             but
             trivial
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             the
             best
             Sapo
             ,
             being
             distilled
             by
             a
             graduall
             fire
             ,
             will
             give
             ,
             besides
             a
             Spirit
             smelling
             of
             an
             Empyreum
             ,
             an
             Oyl
             of
             a
             strong
             sent
             ,
             and
             a
             Salt
             (
             in
             the
             
               caput
               mortuum
            
             )
             Alcalizate
             and
             fixt
             ,
             which
             shews
             that
             this
             operation
             is
             but
             an
             abortive
             birth
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             nor
             is
             the
             spirit
             thus
             got
             by
             distillation
             that
             noble
             spirit
             of
             Tartar
             ,
             of
             which
             Helmont
             and
             Paracelsus
             
             glory
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             a
             spirit
             ,
             in
             which
             is
             very
             little
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Alcali
             ,
             and
             that
             but
             very
             languid
             ,
             the
             nobler
             parts
             of
             both
             Oyl
             and
             Salts
             ,
             being
             for
             want
             of
             union
             each
             with
             other
             ,
             separable
             in
             their
             former
             nature
             ,
             and
             qualities
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             therfore
             a
             way
             far
             more
             secret
             ,
             by
             which
             is
             made
             not
             a
             Sapo
             ,
             but
             a
             Salt
             in
             form
             of
             Sugar-candy
             ,
             liquable
             in
             water
             or
             Wine
             ,
             and
             volatile
             ,
             in
             which
             are
             these
             notable
             and
             very
             remarkable
             things
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             that
             one
             parts
             of
             Alcali
             will
             turn
             two
             or
             three
             parts
             of
             Oyl
             into
             meer
             Salt
             ,
             without
             any
             the
             least
             oleaginity
             ,
             save
             only
             a
             very
             small
             portion
             of
             the
             Oyl
             will
             be
             turned
             into
             a
             resinous
             gumme
             ,
             distinct
             from
             that
             which
             is
             salificate
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             dissolves
             in
             a
             liquor
             ,
             not
             as
             Sope
             ,
             which
             makes
             a
             troubled
             suddy
             water
             ,
             but
             as
             any
             other
             Salt.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             being
             boyled
             to
             a
             Cuticle
             ,
             will
             shoot
             like
             to
             any
             other
             
             Salt
             ,
             tincted
             according
             to
             the
             Concretes
             colour
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             sharpnesse
             of
             the
             Salt
             is
             totally
             mortified
             ,
             and
             it
             becomes
             so
             mild
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             offend
             the
             mouth
             ,
             though
             taken
             alone
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Oyls
             ,
             though
             hot
             and
             of
             a
             very
             acute
             taste
             ,
             yet
             they
             retain
             only
             so
             much
             raste
             and
             smell
             ,
             as
             is
             inseparable
             from
             the
             
               vita
               media
            
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             medicine
             is
             temperature
             ,
             diuretick
             ,
             and
             insensibly
             Diaphoretick
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             Salt
             thus
             made
             is
             totally
             volatile
             ,
             without
             leaving
             any
             fixed
             Salt
             in
             the
             
               Caput
               mortuum
            
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             This
             may
             be
             done
             perfectly
             in
             ten
             weeks
             or
             lesse
             ,
             in
             very
             great
             quatity
             ,
             provided
             it
             be
             according
             to
             Helmont's
             order
             ,
             done
             
               (
               sine
               aquâ
               ,
               occuliâ
               &
               artificiosâ
               circulatione
               )
            
             or
             to
             speak
             plainly
             ,
             that
             the
             digestion
             be
             made
             
               (
               in
               cintro
               profunditatis
               matiria
               .
               )
            
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             heat
             required
             ought
             never
             to
             exceed
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Sunne
             
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             that
             is
             according
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             Helmont's
             Essences
             ,
             in
             which
             heat
             alone
             ,
             by
             Art
             ,
             the
             Salt
             receivoth
             a
             fermentall
             determination
             from
             the
             Oyls
             ,
             and
             they
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             receive
             the
             same
             from
             the
             Salt
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             made
             of
             both
             a
             volatile
             temperate
             Salt
             ,
             of
             the
             vertue
             of
             each
             patent
             .
             For
             from
             the
             Alcali
             ,
             it
             receives
             a
             vertue
             Diuretick
             and
             abstensive
             and
             from
             the
             Oyl
             a
             Balsamick
             Nature
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             reacheth
             ever
             unto
             our
             Constitutive
             principles
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             way
             resolves
             whatever
             preternaturall
             coagulation
             it
             meets
             withall
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             This
             Salt
             thus
             elixerate
             is
             volatile
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             may
             be
             dissolved
             in
             water
             ,
             and
             boyled
             up
             again
             without
             losse
             of
             vertue
             ,
             in
             manner
             of
             Cremor
             ,
             Tartari
             ,
             Sal
             Ammoniack
             ,
             Sugar
             ,
             Sugar-Candy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             By
             this
             means
             the
             Sulphur
             of
             any
             metall
             or
             minerall
             (
             that
             may
             be
             separated
             from
             the
             Mercuriality
             and
             
             distilled
             with
             Oyls
             essentiall
             over
             the
             helm
             )
             may
             be
             made
             into
             the
             form
             of
             an
             essentiall
             Salt
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             being
             rectified
             with
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             (
             or
             with
             clean
             water
             )
             will
             lose
             its
             strong
             odor
             ,
             and
             thus
             may
             be
             obtained
             a
             Medicine
             for
             most
             (
             or
             all
             )
             Chronicall
             diseases
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             This
             Elixir
             thus
             made
             ,
             contains
             a
             communicable
             ferment
             to
             any
             other
             Herb
             ,
             which
             being
             digested
             with
             it
             (
             dissolved
             in
             Wine
             )
             is
             by
             it
             turned
             into
             a
             volatile
             Salt
             ,
             (
             except
             only
             the
             Faeces
             of
             the
             true
             vertue
             of
             the
             Concrete
             .
             )
          
           
             12.
             
             This
             Elixir
             is
             an
             absolute
             Corrector
             of
             the
             venome
             in
             all
             vegetables
             ,
             which
             it
             mortifies
             immediately
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             Hellebore
             ,
             Aconitum
             ,
             Hyosciam
             ,
             Elaterium
             ,
             &c.
             by
             bare
             mixing
             with
             this
             Elixir
             of
             volatile
             Tartar
             ,
             become
             gentle
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             this
             done
             ,
             without
             any
             heat
             stronger
             then
             for
             the
             hatching
             of
             an
             Egge
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             Elixir
             
             in
             a
             short
             (
             but
             very
             artificiall
             )
             decoction
             may
             be
             made
             volatile
             Salts
             of
             such
             Herbs
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             yeeld
             an
             Oyl
             by
             distilling
             with
             water
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             essentiall
             Oyl
             ,
             such
             as
             Hellebore
             ,
             Jalap
             ,
             Briony
             ,
             Enula
             Campana
             ,
             &c.
             which
             are
             noble
             Medicines
             thus
             corrected
             ,
             having
             besides
             their
             own
             excellency
             the
             united
             vertue
             of
             the
             Elixir
             ,
             which
             alone
             is
             a
             balsamicall
             Ens
             of
             admirable
             efficacy
             in
             deplorable
             cases
             .
          
           
             Whoever
             then
             thou
             art
             that
             wouldest
             be
             a
             true
             Sonne
             of
             Art
             ,
             learn
             to
             use
             Salts
             according
             to
             the
             true
             Philosophicall
             preparation
             of
             them
             ,
             not
             as
             the
             foolish
             fort
             of
             Chymists
             do
             ,
             by
             giving
             them
             as
             they
             are
             extracted
             out
             of
             their
             ashes
             ,
             thinking
             no
             other
             work
             to
             belong
             to
             them
             ,
             then
             by
             repeated
             filtration
             to
             make
             them
             as
             crystalline
             and
             pure
             as
             may
             be
             ;
             for
             although
             they
             are
             noble
             Subjects
             ,
             yet
             their
             Lixiviate
             Acrimony
             is
             somewhat
             hostile
             ,
             and
             
             besides
             this
             they
             are
             unable
             in
             their
             fixt
             corporeous
             nature
             to
             passe
             beyond
             the
             Vessels
             of
             the
             second
             digestion
             ,
             and
             are
             cast
             forth
             by
             siege
             partly
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             by
             urine
             .
          
           
             But
             being
             volatized
             ,
             they
             become
             balsamical
             tinctures
             ,
             and
             familiar
             to
             our
             natures
             ,
             and
             so
             are
             easily
             admitted
             to
             have
             entrance
             even
             to
             our
             constitutive
             principles
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Concrete
             ,
             whose
             Crasis
             in
             its
             volatility
             it
             doth
             contain
             )
             and
             in
             their
             passage
             they
             clear
             the
             Organs
             of
             all
             offensive
             excrements
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             gratefull
             odor
             they
             refresh
             the
             veins
             ,
             and
             blot
             out
             all
             forain
             Idea's
             that
             are
             impressed
             on
             any
             of
             the
             viscera
             .
          
           
             Now
             among
             all
             fixed
             Salts
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             of
             greater
             vertue
             then
             Salt
             of
             tartar
             ,
             whence
             it
             hath
             deserved
             to
             be
             called
             
               Alcalium
               Respublica
            
             ,
             and
             among
             all
             Oyls
             there
             is
             none
             for
             its
             abstersive
             nature
             excells
             Oyl
             of
             Therebinth
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             limpid
             Oyl
             ,
             exquisitely
             
             penetrative
             ,
             and
             of
             its
             own
             nature
             eminently
             diuretick
             .
          
           
             By
             means
             of
             this
             Oyl
             the
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
             is
             made
             into
             a
             volatile
             Elixir
             ,
             Crystalline
             very
             pure
             ,
             and
             temperate
             ,
             retaining
             so
             much
             tast
             and
             odor
             of
             the
             Therebinth
             as
             doth
             follow
             necessarily
             the
             
               vita
               media
            
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             it
             may
             be
             barely
             distinguished
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             an
             acute
             palate
             ,
             this
             Elixir
             is
             mild
             without
             sharpnesse
             ,
             crystallizing
             like
             to
             any
             other
             Salt.
             
          
           
             And
             note
             ,
             that
             in
             making
             this
             or
             any
             other
             Salt
             of
             an
             essentiall
             Oyl
             ,
             when
             the
             digestion
             is
             compleat
             ,
             and
             the
             Salt
             without
             the
             least
             oleaginity
             ,
             will
             dissolve
             in
             water
             ,
             that
             then
             the
             water
             which
             is
             first
             drawn
             off
             will
             seem
             a
             notable
             spirit
             ,
             which
             yet
             is
             not
             the
             spirit
             of
             volatile
             Tartar
             ;
             for
             that
             water
             being
             saved
             so
             long
             as
             the
             eminent
             taste
             remains
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Salt
             is
             nigh
             drie
             ,
             put
             on
             it
             again
             ,
             leaves
             all
             its
             tast
             behind
             ,
             and
             is
             left
             insipid
             ,
             and
             so
             at
             last
             distilled
             away
             
             without
             taste
             ,
             then
             is
             that
             Salt
             to
             be
             distilled
             or
             sublimed
             for
             the
             obtaining
             of
             Helmont's
             noble
             spirit
             ,
             by
             him
             and
             Paracelsus
             so
             highly
             commended
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             courteous
             Reader
             ,
             imagining
             your self
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             these
             clixerated
             Oyls
             ,
             and
             essencificated
             Salts
             (
             for
             all
             are
             made
             by
             one
             rule
             ,
             and
             therefore
             learn
             one
             and
             learn
             all
             )
             you
             may
             desire
             to
             know
             what
             excellency
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             these
             beyond
             what
             is
             and
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             common
             medicines
             .
          
           
             To
             answer
             ;
             first
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             making
             the
             Salts
             is
             rather
             a
             common
             place
             then
             a
             single
             receipt
             ,
             for
             make
             one
             ,
             and
             make
             all
             the
             sorts
             of
             Essentiall
             Salts
             ,
             so
             that
             thus
             you
             may
             commend
             Salt
             of
             Cinnamon
             ,
             Mace
             ,
             Nutmeg
             ,
             Cloves
             ,
             &c.
             for
             the
             curing
             of
             the
             Palsy
             ,
             Epilepsie
             ,
             Convulsions
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             rigorous
             and
             Chronick
             diseases
             .
          
           
             But
             by
             first
             cohobating
             Sulphurs
             
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             
               metallus
               masculus
            
             ,
             &c.
             with
             an
             Oyl
             ,
             till
             they
             come
             over
             the
             Helm
             ,
             and
             then
             circulating
             these
             Oyls
             with
             an
             Alcali
             into
             an
             essentiall
             Salt
             ,
             will
             behad
             Medicines
             truly
             succedaneous
             to
             Alchahesticall
             Arcana's
             .
          
           
             And
             thirdly
             ,
             thus
             have
             you
             a
             Key
             by
             which
             you
             may
             enter
             the
             Closet
             of
             the
             most
             noble
             vegetable
             ,
             suspending
             its
             virulency
             ,
             digesting
             its
             crudity
             ,
             besides
             which
             there
             is
             no
             preparation
             comparable
             to
             that
             of
             the
             Liquor
             Alchahest
             ,
             to
             which
             this
             is
             truly
             and
             may
             be
             adjudged
             succedaneous
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             is
             most
             solemn
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             when
             the
             whole
             Concrete
             is
             totally
             and
             perfectly
             reduced
             into
             a
             liquid
             form
             ,
             with
             distinction
             of
             all
             its
             heterogeneities
             ,
             in
             their
             severall
             colours
             ,
             among
             which
             is
             alway
             one
             liquor
             ,
             eminently
             distinguishab'e
             from
             the
             rest
             in
             colour
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             substance
             but
             little
             ,
             yet
             contains
             perfectly
             the
             
             very
             Crasis
             of
             the
             Concrete
             :
             this
             is
             the
             highest
             of
             vegetable
             preparations
             ,
             especially
             where
             the
             body
             is
             resolved
             in
             a
             gentle
             tepidity
             ,
             and
             the
             Oyl
             (
             in
             such
             Concretes
             which
             yeeld
             Oyl
             )
             separated
             from
             the
             Mercuriall
             liquor
             ,
             and
             both
             from
             the
             Dissolvent
             ,
             and
             be
             after
             in
             the
             same
             heat
             decocted
             into
             a
             Salt
             ,
             which
             is
             their
             first
             Ens.
             However
             ,
             this
             preparation
             made
             by
             means
             of
             elixerated
             Salts
             and
             Oyls
             ,
             although
             as
             to
             the
             Crasis
             of
             the
             vegetable
             ,
             it
             advance
             it
             not
             to
             the
             dignity
             of
             that
             Essence
             which
             is
             made
             by
             mean
             of
             the
             Alchahest
             ,
             yet
             the
             medicaments
             thus
             made
             are
             no
             whit
             inferior
             in
             vertue
             ,
             excelling
             them
             in
             generality
             of
             Energy
             .
             For
             the
             liquor
             Alchahest
             in
             its
             preparations
             is
             separated
             from
             the
             body
             dissolved
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Medicament
             expresseth
             only
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             Concrete
             whence
             it
             was
             taken
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             precise
             and
             singular
             ,
             but
             here
             the
             Elixir
             of
             volatile
             Alcali
             ,
             together
             with
             
             the
             Balsamick
             tincture
             of
             the
             volatizing
             Oyl
             ,
             is
             united
             with
             the
             Essence
             of
             the
             added
             Vegetable
             ,
             (
             as
             for
             instance
             ,
             hellebore
             ,
             black
             or
             white
             ,
             Asarum
             ,
             Opium
             ,
             Zalap
             ,
             &c.
             )
             whereby
             it
             is
             not
             only
             endowed
             with
             the
             specifick
             endowments
             of
             the
             additionall
             Concrete
             ,
             but
             also
             is
             ennobled
             by
             the
             admirable
             Abstersive
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             universall
             power
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Elixir
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             enriched
             with
             most
             excellent
             medicinal
             qualities
             ,
             and
             becomes
             penetrative
             and
             ingressive
             as
             Balsamick
             and
             volatile
             ,
             abstersive
             ,
             resolutive
             ,
             and
             diuretick
             ,
             and
             gently
             Diaphoretick
             ,
             as
             saline
             and
             Alcalizate
             ,
             and
             besides
             this
             specifically
             intended
             and
             directed
             according
             to
             the
             particular
             vertues
             of
             its
             other
             compounded
             simple
             ,
             (
             out
             of
             which
             it
             forms
             a
             reall
             Salt
             ,
             void
             of
             all
             virulency
             ,
             without
             any
             losse
             of
             vertue
             )
             by
             and
             from
             which
             it
             receives
             a
             more
             peculiar
             determination
             .
          
           
             For
             between
             the
             Oyls
             essentiall
             
             and
             Salts
             Alcalizate
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             fermentall
             appetite
             ,
             whereby
             they
             close
             each
             with
             other
             radically
             and
             in
             the
             Centrall
             profundity
             each
             of
             other
             ,
             which
             give
             not
             a
             Sapo
             ,
             nor
             a
             Collostrum
             ,
             (
             which
             are
             the
             triviall
             products
             of
             erring
             operators
             )
             but
             a
             reall
             Salt
             ,
             mild
             without
             Corrosivenesse
             of
             the
             Alcali
             ;
             and
             temperate
             without
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Oyl
             ,
             which
             then
             being
             of
             kin
             to
             Vegetalls
             ,
             and
             thus
             fitted
             to
             them
             ,
             becomes
             a
             due
             and
             proper
             Agent
             to
             salifie
             or
             bring
             to
             a
             Sacharine
             Salt
             any
             Vegetall
             with
             which
             it
             is
             mixed
             and
             Philosophically
             decocted
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             a
             Solar
             heat
             or
             rather
             an
             an
             mall
             warmth
             ,
             wherein
             in
             about
             ten
             dayes
             or
             more
             as
             the
             quantity
             is
             ,
             the
             whole
             substance
             will
             be
             transmuted
             into
             a
             reall
             Crystallizing
             Salt
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             
               media
               vita
            
             of
             the
             Concrete
             only
             remains
             ,
             retaining
             the
             whole
             Crasis
             or
             vertue
             not
             in
             the
             least
             diminished
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             efficacy
             of
             the
             Species
             or
             Concrete
             contracts
             
             an
             intimate
             union
             with
             the
             Salt
             or
             Elixir
             of
             Tartar
             volatile
             ,
             and
             both
             conspire
             to
             the
             performing
             of
             really
             wonderfull
             Cures
             .
          
           
             These
             tincted
             Crystalls
             if
             you
             put
             into
             pure
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             and
             digest
             them
             in
             a
             gentle
             heat
             ,
             the
             spirit
             by
             reaffusion
             ,
             and
             powring
             off
             ,
             as
             oft
             as
             it
             is
             tincted
             ,
             will
             extract
             the
             whole
             tincture
             of
             the
             Vegetable
             ,
             leaving
             the
             Salt
             behind
             robbed
             of
             the
             tincture
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             may
             be
             gathered
             that
             the
             Salt
             and
             the
             tincture
             are
             centrally
             distinct
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             centrally
             wrought
             each
             on
             other
             ,
             yet
             not
             so
             as
             to
             contract
             an
             union
             each
             with
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             then
             distilled
             off
             in
             a
             gentle
             heat
             ,
             the
             tincture
             will
             remain
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             whole
             Crasis
             of
             the
             Concrete
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             noble
             preparation
             for
             such
             Concretes
             ,
             which
             are
             Balsamicall
             and
             odoriferous
             ,
             where
             the
             tincture
             is
             desired
             free
             from
             the
             mixture
             of
             the
             Salts
             ,
             as
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             where
             bare
             refreshment
             
             without
             Abstersion
             is
             desired
             and
             required
             .
          
           
             Thus
             is
             made
             the
             most
             noble
             Aroph
             of
             Helmont
             out
             of
             Satyrion
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             used
             either
             the
             tincture
             alone
             ,
             separated
             from
             the
             Salt
             by
             extraction
             with
             spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             or
             mixed
             with
             the
             Elixir
             ,
             which
             I
             rather
             approve
             and
             choose
             ,
             unlesse
             in
             case
             where
             the
             Back
             is
             to
             be
             strengthned
             in
             women
             afflicted
             with
             wasting
             ,
             otherwise
             the
             Abstersivenesse
             of
             the
             Saline
             Elixir
             promotes
             the
             cure
             for
             the
             Nephritis
             and
             Stone
             ,
             or
             gravell
             of
             the
             bladder
             ,
             wonderfully
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             my
             decocting
             Apothecaries
             ,
             where
             are
             you
             ?
             Come
             in
             upon
             the
             Stage
             with
             your
             decoctions
             ,
             Syrups
             ,
             Electuaries
             ,
             Lochsana's
             ,
             Boles
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             your
             Trinkets
             ,
             and
             bring
             your
             Masters
             the
             Doctors
             with
             you
             to
             plead
             your
             cause
             and
             to
             mantain
             and
             defend
             you
             .
          
           
             The
             Doctors
             say
             of
             me
             that
             I
             am
             a
             Mountebank
             ,
             and
             want
             method
             ,
             and
             
             I
             say
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             Methodists
             ,
             and
             want
             Medicaments
             .
             Not
             that
             you
             want
             drugges
             or
             slops
             ,
             you
             are
             confessed
             by
             all
             to
             have
             more
             then
             enough
             ,
             but
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             in
             comparison
             to
             true
             Medicaments
             ,
             you
             have
             nothing
             that
             truly
             deserves
             to
             be
             named
             so
             .
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             God
             that
             I
             am
             ignorant
             when
             it
             is
             a
             sit
             time
             to
             let
             blood
             to
             preserve
             health
             ,
             when
             to
             take
             it
             away
             to
             restore
             health
             ,
             when
             to
             give
             poy
             sons
             to
             purge
             ,
             in
             expectation
             that
             Nature
             being
             forced
             to
             play
             a
             desperate
             game
             ,
             and
             reduced
             to
             a
             forc't
             put
             ,
             may
             winne
             that
             by
             adventure
             ,
             which
             you
             by
             all
             your
             Art
             cannot
             ascertain
             her
             with
             safe
             and
             speedy
             remedies
             .
             But
             this
             I
             know
             ,
             namely
             ,
             to
             cure
             those
             diseases
             by
             most
             certain
             speedy
             ,
             and
             safe
             Medicaments
             ,
             which
             you
             by
             your
             method
             despair
             of
             .
          
           
             Your
             method
             only
             teacheth
             you
             when
             your
             Medicaments
             are
             put
             to
             
             a
             Non-plus
             ,
             to
             have
             recourse
             to
             such
             things
             which
             my
             judgement
             disapproves
             ,
             and
             therefore
             my
             Conscience
             abhorres
             :
             my
             method
             teacheth
             me
             what
             diseases
             such
             and
             such
             Medicines
             will
             restore
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             disease
             is
             more
             deeply
             rooted
             and
             obstinate
             ,
             it
             furnisheth
             me
             with
             more
             commanding
             Arcana's
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             peccant
             occasionall
             matter
             be
             only
             in
             the
             Concave
             of
             the
             first
             Vessels
             ,
             as
             the
             stomack
             ,
             Pylorus
             ,
             Duodenum
             ,
             &c.
             although
             the
             Symptomes
             be
             never
             so
             violent
             ,
             yet
             with
             Abstersive
             things
             I
             undertake
             the
             Cure
             ,
             and
             perform
             it
             ;
             such
             is
             the
             forenamed
             Elixir
             ,
             either
             
               per
               se
            
             ,
             or
             specificated
             with
             any
             Abstersive
             Simple
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             Abstersive
             Simple
             that
             I
             ever
             knew
             among
             the
             whole
             number
             of
             Vegetalls
             ,
             is
             Opium
             ,
             which
             of
             it self
             is
             a
             Narcotick
             deleteriall
             venome
             ,
             but
             by
             means
             of
             this
             elixerated
             Salt
             it
             loseth
             all
             those
             odious
             qualities
             ,
             
             and
             is
             a
             most
             powerfull
             sudorisick
             ,
             anodynous
             eminently
             and
             cures
             all
             Feavers
             though
             never
             so
             acute
             ,
             and
             all
             Agues
             ,
             yea
             ,
             although
             Quartans
             and
             Autumnall
             ,
             which
             it
             helps
             by
             continued
             taking
             ,
             in
             no
             long
             time
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             correction
             of
             which
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             that
             only
             a
             feculent
             sediment
             is
             separated
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             is
             totally
             turned
             into
             a
             volatile
             Salt
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             to
             be
             excelled
             in
             the
             whole
             vegetable
             Family
             .
             So
             corrected
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             safely
             administred
             to
             the
             quantity
             of
             20
             grains
             ,
             &
             is
             so
             far
             from
             causing
             sleep
             ,
             compulsively
             ,
             that
             it
             withholds
             from
             sleep
             ,
             especially
             where
             the
             party
             affected
             is
             troubled
             with
             a
             Cough
             ,
             but
             against
             a
             Cough
             it
             is
             so
             powerfull
             ,
             that
             very
             well
             wrote
             Helmont
             concerning
             it
             .
             
               Felinem
               illum
               Medicum
               qui
               novit
               lethalia
               ab
               Opi●
               separate
               cum
               retentâ
               potestate
               agendi
               in
               Duumviratum
               .
            
             Happy
             is
             that
             Physitian
             who
             knowes
             how
             to
             separate
             
             the
             deadly
             qualities
             which
             are
             in
             Opium
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             it
             may
             retain
             its
             vertue
             of
             acting
             upon
             the
             Duumviratus
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             Simple
             thus
             corrected
             ,
             by
             its
             innate
             specificated
             quality
             doth
             work
             on
             the
             seat
             of
             life
             ,
             pacifying
             the
             Archeus
             without
             the
             least
             stupefaction
             ,
             but
             rather
             keeping
             the
             Patient
             awake
             ,
             and
             provoking
             sweat
             either
             moderate
             or
             more
             strong
             ,
             as
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             party
             is
             ,
             and
             the
             malignity
             of
             the
             disease
             .
          
           
             Thus
             it
             extinguisheth
             all
             defluxions
             (
             called
             catarhs
             )
             and
             on
             that
             score
             is
             a
             certain
             remedy
             for
             fluxes
             ,
             either
             bloudy
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             all
             Coughs
             (
             not
             brought
             to
             their
             highest
             exasperation
             ,
             or
             most
             intimate
             rooting
             )
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             it
             resolves
             by
             sweat
             and
             urine
             the
             cause
             of
             many
             diseases
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             too
             deeply
             fixed
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             will
             not
             reach
             ,
             only
             a
             great
             Arcanum
             will.
             
          
           
             To
             be
             brief
             ,
             many
             diseases
             ,
             carrying
             the
             face
             of
             an
             Ague
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             
             distemper
             ,
             may
             sometimes
             be
             beyond
             this
             Medicines
             cure
             ,
             yet
             even
             in
             such
             it
             will
             give
             ease
             ,
             and
             where
             it
             will
             not
             throughly
             extinguish
             the
             malady
             ,
             there
             let
             higher
             Arcana's
             be
             used
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             Vegetable
             remedies
             corrected
             ,
             this
             only
             that
             I
             know
             works
             by
             vomit
             ,
             which
             (
             with
             some
             only
             )
             it
             causeth
             the
             next
             day
             after
             its
             taking
             ,
             I
             usually
             advising
             it
             after
             a
             very
             light
             supper
             to
             bed
             ward
             last
             ,
             (
             because
             it
             is
             Diaphoretick
             )
             and
             the
             next
             morning
             it
             causeth
             a
             spontaneous
             vomit
             ,
             with
             little
             sicknesse
             or
             nauseousnesse
             .
          
           
             It
             binds
             the
             body
             for
             most
             part
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             at
             all
             times
             to
             be
             administred
             ,
             but
             with
             other
             advise
             added
             ,
             to
             supply
             what
             is
             defective
             in
             it
             ,
             't
             is
             splenetick
             in
             operation
             ,
             and
             an
             admirable
             remedy
             against
             wind
             in
             the
             stomack
             or
             bowels
             ,
             as
             also
             against
             Hypochondriatick
             melancholy
             .
          
           
             The
             some
             way
             Hellebore
             corrected
             is
             a
             noble
             remedy
             against
             ling
             ring
             Quartans
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             could
             instance
             in
             
             very
             many
             Simples
             ,
             but
             that
             time
             will
             not
             permit
             my
             enlargement
             here
             .
          
           
             Only
             this
             for
             a
             close
             I
             shall
             admonish
             ,
             that
             this
             Key
             being
             had
             ,
             the
             noble
             Energy
             of
             all
             Vegetables
             will
             be
             at
             command
             without
             the
             least
             footsteps
             of
             virulency
             ,
             and
             so
             a
             man
             may
             be
             his
             own
             experience
             (
             with
             very
             much
             safety
             )
             trie
             and
             satisfie
             himself
             ,
             of
             what
             my
             experience
             will
             not
             permit
             me
             to
             write
             ,
             nor
             will
             my
             time
             allotted
             allow
             me
             to
             mention
             so
             far
             as
             my
             experience
             hath
             gone
             .
          
           
             And
             by
             the
             way
             as
             an
             admonition
             to
             our
             wise
             Masters
             of
             this
             science
             ,
             I
             shall
             mind
             them
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             whole
             Vegetable
             Family
             there
             is
             not
             a
             simple
             comparably
             so
             Diaphoretick
             as
             Opium
             ,
             which
             they
             account
             of
             all
             Vegetables
             the
             most
             cold
             ,
             in
             which
             let
             them
             learn
             from
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Narcotick
             virulency
             may
             be
             separarated
             ,
             without
             altering
             the
             specifick
             vertue
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             anodynous
             with
             much
             pleasure
             to
             the
             
             Patient
             ,
             and
             a
             help
             for
             great
             maladies
             ,
             giving
             case
             and
             comfort
             in
             most
             ,
             but
             prejudiciall
             in
             none
             ,
             (
             save
             only
             an
             obstinate
             costivenesse
             )
             it
             being
             the
             specifick
             quality
             of
             that
             medicine
             to
             bind
             the
             belly
             ,
             which
             it
             doth
             in
             most
             ,
             yet
             so
             as
             to
             appear
             like
             a
             purge
             to
             some
             ,
             but
             those
             very
             rarely
             .
          
           
             In
             Zalap
             ,
             Rhabarb
             ,
             and
             all
             purgative
             Medicines
             so
             called
             (
             or
             rather
             vegetall
             poysons
             )
             it
             takes
             away
             the
             virulency
             totally
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             remain
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             is
             then
             either
             Diaphoretick
             or
             Diuretick
             ,
             or
             rather
             both
             ,
             without
             any
             molestation
             to
             the
             Patient
             ,
             and
             thus
             a
             certain
             remedy
             for
             all
             acute
             ,
             and
             many
             Chronicall
             (
             not
             too
             highly
             graduated
             )
             maladies
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             then
             demand
             of
             me
             an
             account
             of
             my
             mystery
             and
             method
             ,
             I
             answer
             :
             By
             the
             Symptomes
             I
             judge
             of
             the
             disease
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Patient
             ,
             and
             the
             rigor
             of
             the
             distemper
             I
             order
             my
             medicines
             accordingly
             .
          
           
           
             Acute
             diseases
             ,
             and
             many
             Chronicall
             not
             too
             highly
             graduated
             I
             cure
             by
             the
             Elixir
             of
             volatile
             Tattar
             alone
             ,
             given
             in
             Wine
             ,
             or
             else
             specificated
             with
             some
             Vegetable
             ,
             as
             I
             see
             occasion
             .
             And
             with
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             can
             promise
             the
             Patient
             cure
             to
             their
             comfort
             ,
             and
             perform
             it
             to
             my
             own
             credit
             .
          
           
             But
             where
             either
             the
             disease
             is
             too
             high
             ,
             or
             Nature
             too
             succumbent
             ,
             there
             I
             volatize
             Sulphurs
             by
             essentiall
             Oyls
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             into
             Elixirs
             ,
             and
             after
             given
             them
             a
             specification
             from
             restorative
             aromatick
             Balsoms
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             beyond
             this
             there
             is
             a
             way
             to
             make
             such
             a
             spirit
             of
             Tartar
             which
             is
             second
             to
             none
             but
             the
             great
             Dissolvent
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             not
             speak
             here
             ,
             having
             already
             transgressed
             the
             bounds
             prefixt
             to
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             and
             besides
             in
             my
             other
             Treatise
             concerning
             the
             Art
             of
             Pyrotechny
             ,
             it
             is
             fully
             handled
             ,
             and
             with
             as
             much
             candor
             as
             can
             be
             expected
             .
          
           
           
             I
             shall
             at
             present
             conclude
             ,
             advising
             the
             Captious
             Reader
             either
             to
             mend
             what
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             to
             forbear
             his
             censure
             ;
             and
             the
             studious
             Artist
             I
             shall
             advise
             to
             go
             on
             in
             his
             begun
             task
             with
             cheerfulnesse
             and
             diligence
             ;
             for
             true
             Medicine
             is
             a
             serious
             and
             weighty
             matter
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Poet
             ,
             
               
                 —
                 Facilis
                 descensus
                 Averni
                 ,
              
               
                 Sed
                 —
                 super
                 as
                 evadere
                 ad
                 auras
              
               
                 Hic
                 labor
                 hoc
                 opus
                 est
                 .
                 —
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Lector
           vive
           ,
           vale
           ;
           &
           si
           quid
           sois
           rectius
           istis
           ,
        
         
           Candidus
           imperti
           ;
           si
           non
           ,
           his
           utere
           mecum
           .
        
      
       
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